Soft and chewy chocolate chunk cookie bars are made with healthy and flavorful coconut oil and whole wheat flour! Ready for the bonus? This decadent recipe only requires ONE BOWL and 30 minutes of your time (and 25 of those minutes are the bars baking). These are sure to be a new favorite!
Can you tell I LOVE coconut oil? In the past few months I’ve made desserts like Caramelized Chocolate Coconut French Toast, Dark Chocolate Coconut Key Lime Pound Cake, Chocolate Coconut Cake Doughnuts, Lemon Coconut Sugar Cookies, and even Chocolate Covered Coconut Cream Eggsโฆ but it’s never enough! They all justย make me want more. I LOVE COCONUT OIL. It’s my Friday confession.
So with thatโฆ I give you these babies. Coconut oil chocolate chunk cookie bars!!! Yesssss.
Question:ย Have you tried baking with coconut oil yet? If yesโฆ are you as hooked as I am? If notโฆ are you at least intrigued?
These delightfully chewy cookie bars were inspired by my longing to crank the oven on and get cozy. It’s been chilly here this week (think sweaters and thick socks in the morningโฆ), but since I’m notย quite ready to jump on the pumpkin bandwagon (soon, soonโฆ), I decided to mix a little tropical flavor (coconut oil) with some dark brown sugar and aromatic cinnamon…
The results? Oh boyโฆ Rich, chewy, super chocolatey cookie bars ——> such a great compromise! Have a great weekend ๐
Soft and Chewy Coconut Oil Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour (be sure not to pack your flour)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup coconut oil, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 and 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 large eggs
- 1 and 1/2 cups chocolate chunks
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees (F). Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with parchment paper - letting the excess hang over the edges of the pan by about 1 inch so that removing the baked bars is easy once baked. Spray the parchment paper and any exposed pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Whisk the melted oil and sugars in a large bowl until combined. You can do this by hand, but I recommend using a handheld mixer if you own one, as it the by hand method takes a lot of elbow grease. Once the oil and sugar are well combined, add the cinnamon and eggs and mix well.
- Add in the flours and salt, and using a rubber spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture until just combined; do not overmix.
- Fold in the chocolate chunks and then pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula. *The batter will be very thick; this is normal ๐ You can use a piece of plastic wrap to press it into the pan if you don't have a strong enough spatula.
- Place the pan in the oven and bake until the top of the bars is golden brown, and just slightly firm to the touch; about 25-28 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack until they reach room temperature.
- Remove the bars from the pan by lifting the parchment paper overhang and transfer them to a cutting board. Cut into small squares and serve.
- *Bars will stay fresh for up to 3 days when stored in an airtight container.
These bars look just lovely and I can’t wait to make them tomorrow. I just notice that the recipe does not mention either baking soda or baking powder and I wanted to verify that this is not an oversight. Thanks
Hi Kirsten. No, this is not an oversight. The bars are chewy and dense, so a rising agent is not used. Enjoy! xo
I tried these cookies and they turned out really nice but they came out quite oily and they smelled like the coconut oil. I will try half a cup of coconut oil if that makes a difference
Hi Diana. I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe. We love these bars! I’m not sure why they’d be oily once cooledโฆ maybe decrease the coconut oil by a 1/4 cup to start. xo
Figures this excellent find would be during my Detox. I will be making these in 11 days.
Yay!!! They’ll be a great reward ๐
I LOVE baking with coconut oil!!! These cookie bars are the best I’ve seen in awhiiile-so chewy and perfect!
Yum! These cookie bars look heavenly! I just love fudgey cookie bars!
These look heavenly. I love baking with coconut oil!
This looks beyond amazing!!
MMM those are some yummy looking cookie bars! Love the use of coconut oil, I’m sure they’d be easy to veganize. You just gotta love bars, since they’ve got customizable size and all ๐
These look so delicious!! Perfect friday cookie!
I haven’t baked cookies with coconut oil yet, and these make me want to run into the kitchen to change that ASAP! They look delicious. ๐