Gingerbread Bars
Gingerbread bars with some dark chocolate chips snuck in for good measure. Skip the hours of cookie cutting and get straight to the good stuff.
Can we talk about gingerbread for a minute?
The best part about gingerbread, as a kid, was the rolling out the dough. The cutting it into shapes of little people. The gallons of icing and little candies for decorating. The sprinkles.
Oh, god. The sprinkles.
Now I’m an adult, y’all. (Oh, shuddup. I am! I might not always act like it, but I totally am.)
The worst part about gingerbread is the rolling out the dough. (Flour everywhere.) The cutting into little people shapes. (My kids don’t know how to properly align the cookie cutters to make the most of the space and heaven help you if you don’t let them do the cooking cutting.) The icing and candies. (Nobody has time to be scraping colored icing off of their furniture and/or ceiling fan.) And, of course, the sprinkles.
We could decorate cookies once a year and I’d still find sprinkles in my underwear drawer, the bathroom vanity, and out in the garage behind an unpacked box from when we moved 3 months ago.
Sprinkles are magical. In a bad way. They hide and they multiply and, I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but I think they’re trying to take over the world.
So! I made gingerbread bars and I don’t even care that I’m ruining my children’s childhoods. These bars are amazing! They’re thick and chewy and so perfectly spiced. Did I mention how I snuck some dark chocolate chips in there? ‘Cuz I did. Lots of ‘em. White chocolate would be pretty nice too. Or milk chocolate. Or basically whatever chocolate you have will work great, because oh, right…chocolate.
Make your holiday a teensy bit easier this year and share the love with these gingerbread bars.
You know what else taste better as bars? Snickerdoodles and Red Velvet Cheesecake, that’s what.
This gingerbread bars recipe first appeared on Food Fanatic where I share new bar recipes once a month!
OMG Karly I <3 you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates the sprinkles. They are little freaking gremlins taking over corners of my house!
<3 these bars!!
Haha! Yes!!
How much butter do I use?
Don’t see butter in the ingredients, but it is mentioned in the directions.
Oh, you must have missed it. It’s in there. 🙂 2/3 cup of butter!
SO GOOEY I COULD DIE!
Dang. These look good. In an effort to watch calories this holiday season….I know, Bah Humbug…..I asked my guys what they wanted me to make as I will only make two things. Ginger cookies and bark won. Maybe I can convince them to try this bar instead of the cookies.
I’m bah humbugging with you…I quit carbs on the first. 🙁
I think if I made these, I would never make gingerbread cookies again! I so have to give these a try this holiday season! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe!
Enjoy!
omg, these look amazing!!
Thank you!
Feel free to ship a batch of these delicious looking goodies to my doorstep! 🙂
The gooeyness of these bars is AH-MAZING. I must make them.
The smell of molasses always makes me happy so I know these bars are made for me! I just need to make them! Pinned!
Me too!
These look soooo chewy!! GAH! And that chocolate inside…swooning right now so hard!
I like how gooey these bars look.. Yummy! Irresistible!
I am not a huge fan of gingerbread cut out cookies but I love the cakey, bar form. This gooey version is just to my liking.
I love gingerbread, but I totally agree with you on all the rolling and cutting! These look gooey and delicious. I cannot wait to give these a try.
Gingerbread is heaven for me, and I love these thick, gooey bars! Pinned. 🙂
um, I’m DYING for these!!
Why cut out cookies when you can have easy, breezy bars like these – amazing!
Exactly! 🙂
Have always loved molasses cookies, and have also been getting in the mood for gingerbread. You have just solved both my cravings in one delicious looking bar! Yum!!
Sometimes I crave gingerbread, but I don’t want to go through all the work of rolling and cutting out shapes. Great recipe!
Ha! Cookie rolling and decorating is pretty much the bane of my existence. I just don’t have the constitution for it. But BARS are a whole other story. Gimme gimme gimme!
“I just don’t have the constitution for it.” Hahaha! I love you.
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These look like the best Gingerbread bars; so fudgy in the middle! And, I love your little story about the sprinkles!
Thank you! 🙂
Oh my. These just look scrumptious and I will have to try them out this year as part of my holiday baking.
Also, all of your photos make my mouth water. Beautiful!
Thanks so much!
I know this post is a year old, but I just had to comment because I baked these and they are sooo yummy! Chewey gingerbread goodness! Thanks for the great recipe! Will be baking them again on Christmas day.
So glad you liked them!
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Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe. I baked them this afternoon. Lovely flavour and so gooey!
Ermagerrrrrd!! These look amaaaazing!! My husband LOVES gingerbread, and while it was never something I really cared for growing up, I’ve come to love it recently. We are absolutely giving these a try. Yes!!
Hope you enjoy!
These look amazing!! I’m completely obsessed with gingerbread 🙂