Brown Butter Halloween Caffeinated Cookie Bars

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Trick or Treat? These Brown Butter Halloween Caffeinated Cookie Bars are hauntingly delicious. Gooey, buttery, and just the thing to keep you from turning into a zombie before the party’s over.

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cups (170g) unsalted butter, browned and cooled

  • 1/2 cup (100g) dark brown sugar

  • 1/2 cup (100g) white sugar

  • 1 large egg, room temperature

  • 1 large egg yolk, room temperature

  • 1 tbsp vanilla

  • 1 3/4 cups (210g) all-purpose flour

  • 1/2 tsp baking soda

  • 1/4 tsp baking powder

  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon

  • 1/4 tsp salt

  • 3/4 cups (120g) semi-sweet chocolate chips

  • Halloween sprinkles

  • 9 AWAKE Caramel Caffeinated Chocolate Bites

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350℉/180℃. Line a 9x9 inch pan with parchment paper and set aside.

  2. Brown the butter: Melt the butter in a medium sized pan over medium heat. Once it melts, it will foam up – keep mixing the butter to prevent burning. The butter will go from melted to golden quickly, it’ll be done when a nutty aroma arrives and the milk solids turn an amber brown. The whole process should take about 5 minutes! Cool completely.

  3. Whisk together the brown butter, brown sugar and white sugar.

  4. Whisk in egg, egg yolk, & vanilla.

  5. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Gently fold just until no dry streaks appear.

  6. Mix in chocolate chips.

  7. Spread evenly in a 9x9 baking pan. Add AWAKE Chocolate Bites on top. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

  8. Allow to cool, and enjoy!

Recipe: @taffeybakery