Cadbury Egg Cookie Cake Bars

"Attention! Attention!" said Ms. Eggard to begin the third annual meeting of the order of Cadbury Eggs (they meet once a year to celebrate the wonderfulness that is a Cadbury Egg).  Everyone found their seats and settled in waiting for the meeting to begin.

"Thank you everyone for joining us today. We are excited to see some new faces in the crowd. Before we officially begin, I need to bring something to your attention.  It appears that this year, our dearly loved Cadbury eggs have begun to meet with rather unfortunate ends.  Instead of enjoying the eggs whole, people are chopping them up, melting them or creating their own! It's rather disturbing." Looking around the room, she made eye contact with several people but noticed others quickly glanced away as her eyes scanned by them.  Taking a deep breath she said, "However, I must admit, some of the results are rather...delicious." Frenzy whispers were heard in the room.  While some looked shocked others looked relieved.  

Cadbury Egg Cookie Cake Bars

Original Pin     Recipe From: Picky Palate

A friend at work loves Cadbury Eggs so I made these for her birthday.  Then I had to make them again for another friends birthday because the were amazing!  You get a soft, cookie like texture but the Eggs turn into something akin to caramel. Yum!

Makes 12-16 bars

Gather:

• 1 stick/1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 large egg
• 3 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips
• 5 Cadbury Eggs, chopped

Make it:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a 9×13 inch baking dish with foil that’s been sprayed with cooking spray.
2. Place butter, cake mix, egg, oil and chocolate chips into a large mixing bowl, stirring to combine into dough. 
3. Gently stir in chopped Cadbury Eggs to combine. 
4. Transfer dough to prepared baking dish and press evenly. 
5. Bake for 25-30 minutes until baked through. Let cool for 30 minutes before cutting into squares. Serve and enjoy!

Hints: 

• As you chop up the Cadbury Eggs, spread them out on the cutting board so they don't clump together.
• Divide the chopped up eggs in half and place on half onto the pan before spreading the dough, that way, the eggs are spread more evenly.
• It's not easy to spread the dough - the second time I put it in dollops around the pan and that made it a little easier.