Lower Sugar Recipe Swaps
These decadent 5-ingredient bars combine layers of chocolate chip cookies and a fudgy chocolate filling made with a genius secret ingredient—Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting. They're impressive enough for a special occasion, but easy enough for weeknight baking, too.
How to Make this Recipe Lower in Sugar
Swapping in Betty Crocker’s new Lower Sugar Baking Mixes and Frosting is an easy way to reduce the sugar in these fudgy cookie bars. You can enjoy the same great taste and same ease of prep. Read below for the simple steps.
Prepare the Cookie Dough
Swap Betty Crocker™ Lower Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix for the original cookie mix. Use the amounts of butter and egg called for on the lower sugar packaging.
Prepare the Filling
Replace the original chocolate frosting with Betty Crocker™ Lower Sugar Milk Chocolate Frosting. Blend with the cream cheese as directed in Step 3 for a chocolaty lower sugar filling.
Assemble the Bars
Set aside 1/2 cup of the cookie dough to use as the topping. Press remaining cookie dough into bottom or sprayed 9-inch square pan. Spread frosting mixture on top of cookie dough base. Crumble reserved 1/2 cup of cookie dough over top.
Bake and Cool
Bake the bars about 30 minutes. The bars are done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and bars are golden brown. The bars need to cool on a cooling rack for about an hour and a half to set up before cutting.
Enjoy a Lower Sugar Treat
Replacing the original cookie mix and frosting with Betty’s new lower sugar products reduces the total grams of sugar per serving from 20 grams to 11 grams without sacrificing the indulgence.
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Fudgy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 20 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 4
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
- Butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch
- 1/2 cup from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting
- 2 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch square pan with cooking spray.
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Step2In large bowl, mix cookie mix, butter and egg until soft dough forms. Remove 3/4 cup of the cookie dough; set aside. Press remaining dough evenly in bottom of pan.
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Step3In small bowl, beat frosting and cream cheese with spoon until well blended. Spread frosting mixture on top of cookie base. Break remaining cookie dough into small pieces, and sprinkle over top of frosting mixture.
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Step4Bake 30 to 34 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store in airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 230
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 18%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 34%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 200mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 65mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 29g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 20g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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