Peppermint Bark Cookie Bars Recipe

What are Peppermint Bark Cookie Bars?

Buttery-soft sugar cookies topped with candy cane-coated Christmas bark create a hybrid dessert.

“Part bar, part bark, and all cookie, this hybrid dessert is one for the cookie tray.”

Why are they popular for holidays?

Cookie bars break up the monotony of an all-cookie Christmas platter with more flavor and texture variety.

“Cookie bars break up the monotony of an all-cookie christmas platter, offering more variety in terms of flavors and textures (one of the secrets to the best christmas cookie tray!).”

Recipe Tested by Taste of Home

Taste of Home's Test Kitchen approved this recipe with a 30-minute prep and 20-minute bake time.

“Tested by Taste of Home Test Kitchen”

Key Ingredients

Butter, sugar, egg yolks, flour, dark chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and crushed peppermint candies.

How to Make Them

Line a pan, cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, mix in flour, bake, melt chocolate, and add peppermint candies.

Baking Instructions

Bake cookie base until edges are lightly browned and center is dry, then melt dark and white chocolate over cooled bars.

Storage Tips

Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to five days or in the fridge for up to one week.

Recipe Variations

Use milk or semisweet chocolate, add peppermint extract, swap for Hanukkah themes, or make gluten-free versions.

Why This Recipe Works

The melted chocolate and crushed peppermint candies give the bars a 'snap' they wouldn't otherwise have.

“These bars combine two of your favorite christmas desserts, shortbread cookies and peppermint bark!”

How to Serve

Wait for chocolate to harden, then cut into bars or break into pieces like chocolate bark.