Decadent Triple Threat Chocolate Bars!

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You know how sometimes you want a really good semi-homemade dessert recipe? One that's looks impressive but is actually easy to make? Alas! this is the recipe, and it's crazy-good!!!   These decadent chocolate-y bars of goodness are very easy to make!  Mr. Cozy is the one who found this idea and ran with it.  (He loves chocolate as much as I do!)

We decided to make these in a muffin tin, because we took them to cell group (our church's home group) and thought they would be so cute and easy to eat this way.  They were perfect for the adults and kids to easily grab and eat up!!  I think the empty basket said that they were a hit! 

They're a layered bar starting with a chocolate chip cookie crust with chocolate-creme cookies in the middle and topped off with a layer of milk chocolate chip brownie!  You get three of some of the best things put into one dessert!

I mean they are goooood!!!

Yes ma'am!....I said milk chocolate dotted brownie batter, layered over chocolate-creme cookies, layered over chocolate chip cookie dough!

  These insist at the very least frosty milk or steamy coffee and at the most.....made into a sundae topped with ice cream and chocolate syrup and whipped cream!  What a fun dessert to eat with your loved ones! Gooey, crumbly, melty, sweet, chocolate-y, buttery,delicious and easy Triple Threat Chocolate Bars!  I hope you'll try them for your loved ones!

Decadent Triple Threat Chocolate Bars

Serves 24

1 Family-sized Box  (to fit 13x9 pan) Brownie Mix

(Prepare batter as the box instructs, but do not bake! I usually add about 4 oz of chocolate syrup to box mixes if it's not included for extra fudgey brownies...didn't have any at home for this round unfortunately.)

Double Stuffed Creme Filled Cookies

(We used Oreos)

2 Rolls of Refrigerated Cookie Dough

(We used Toll House and used about 1 1/2 of the rolls)

1 Heaping Hand full of Milk Chocolate Chips

(We used Ghiradelli)

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Line 2 muffin tins with cupcake papers.

Take about 2 tablespoons of cookie dough (or 1/3 inch slices of rolled cookie dough)and press into the bottom of the cup. Should fill cups to about 1/3 to 1/2 of muffin tin

Next, place one creme-filled chocolate cookie on top of the cookie dough. 

Lastly, spoon brownie batter evenly over each cookie in every cup until you run out of batter.Will be ~1-2 tablespoons batter into each muffin tin.

Sprinkle milk chocolate chips all over the top of the brownie batter.

Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until edges are set and center is still a bit gooey.

Allow to cool for 5 minutes, remove from the pan.

Peel off cupcake papers to show of the pretty layers if you want.

Eat them while they're still warm and gooey! 

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