Dark Chocolate & Pistachio Cookie Bars are soft dark chocolate and pistachio cookie bars. These make a great salty and sweet treat!
Chocolate and pistachio is a delicious combination, and what better way to enjoy it than in an easy chocolate chip cookie bar? These sweet bars are easier to make than a batch of cookies and even easier to enjoy.
I am on a sweet and salty kick.
I was craving pistachios and wondering how I could feed my craving while making the kids a special treat for after school. That’s when this cookie bar recipe hit me.
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Adding dark chocolate, my favorite kind of chocolate, and pistachios to a cookie bar seemed like the perfect combination. Top it with a white chocolate caramel drizzle, and you have a bite of heaven on earth.
It’s an easy dessert bar recipe in less than 30 minutes. This not only satisfied my craving, but it also caused me to overindulge… oh so good!
how to make dark chocolate chip bars
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 13×9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray.
In a large bowl, beat dark brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with a spoon.
Stir in flour and baking powder until well blended.
Stir in pistachios and 1 cup dark chocolate chips.
Spread the dough into the prepared pan.
Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and center is set. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
Drizzle with melted chips and caramel sauce. Let stand until set. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows.
The first time I made these, I was a little worried when the kids walked in the door to get their after-school treat, they would be gravely disappointed, mainly because their cookie bars had nuts!
Oh, was I wrong! And honestly, I should have known better; they all love pistachios! Each of them got one then went outside to play. Within minutes, they all came in for seconds.
Instead of seconds, though, they got to take a nice walk delivering these chocolate chip cookie bars to some of our favorite neighbors. Hey, you gotta share the love, right?!
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Dark Chocolate & Pistachio Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups dark brown sugar packed
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup shelled pistachios
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt optional
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 13×9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray.
- In large bowl, beat dark brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with a spoon. Stir in flour and baking powder until well blended. Stir in pistachios and 1 cup dark chocolate chips. Spread in pan.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and center is set. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Drizzle with melted chips and caramel sauce. Let stand until set. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows.
i’ve never thought to make it with pistachios but i think anything with dark chocolate would be yummy!
Anything Dark Chocolate is amazing!
Alright, I’m struggling to keep myself from seeing if a local bakery delivers. These look SO good! I’ll be filing this recipe away to try another time. Yum!
Thanks Rebekah! xo San
Sandra, I am ALL about sweet and salty and these look so, so good! Especially since pistachios are involved 🙂
Girl, we must be made from the same mold! xo San
I love pistachios so I’m sure I’m going to love these! They look like they would taste amazing and seem fairly easy to make!
Yummy! Pistachios usually never last long enough in this house for me to use them in a recipe. I may have to hide a bag from my kids so I can make this.
It’s so funny – my husband and I don’t like pistachios, but the kids LOVE them, so I bet they would really go for these.
I do love looking at food pictures but this is so mouth watering! I really have a craving now for something close to this! Anything! lol! Thanks for the recipe!
I’ve never had pistachios in a cookie bar before – it sounds so good! Thanks!
This looks amazingingly GREAT. I am drooling over these pics and the recipe.
My daughter will love these – her favorite is dark chocolate! Then add in her favorite nut pistachios! Perfect treat for her
I love pistachios! These look awesome. Pinning for later reference. 🙂
These look absolutely amazing! Definitely bookmarking this recipe, thank you for posting!
Oooh, I love anything that has dark chocolate… these look delicious. I will have to try these. Thanks so much
This looks so good! I love the combo of sweet and salty…and anything with pistachios!
This sounds so delicious! Great to go with coffee or tea on a cold afternoon!
These look delicious. The caramel sauce sounds divine!
That combination sounds really delicious together. I want some now!
Those look so good and I love the combination of chocolate and pistachio!
You had me at dark chocolate! The pistachios were just kind of the icing on the cake!!
Mmm, I love anything with dark chocolate!
Ooh Yum! I love pistachios! I always feel like it’s a special occasion when I eat them because they were outside of our budget when I was a kid. 🙂
Mmmmmmmmmm, these look so delicious! I really want to try to make these for my family.
I really love dark chocolate! That is something that I will probably never tire of. 🙂
They Look So Yummy Will Definitely Be Making Thank You!
I’m not big on dark chocolate but these looks SO good, I totally have to try it!