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Banana Pudding Cookie Bars

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Pudding cookies. As in, pudding mix mixed into the cookie dough. Brilliant.

banana pudding cookie bars #recipe #cookies I have been reading a lot about this pudding mix cookie thing for a while now and have been itching to try my own.

While perusing the grocery store aisles (AKA wandering around aimlessly and staring at every single product for at least 1 full minute trying to decide what I wanted to buy and eat for the week) I found myself in front of the pudding mixes.

Let me tell you, there are a lot of different types of pudding mixes, but the banana pudding mix caught my eye almost immediately and I thought, “umm, yes. Banana pudding cookies. Those would be amazing.”

banana pudding cookie bars #recipe #cookies And, of course, when you have banana pudding you need to have vanilla wafers. You have to. I’m pretty sure it’s some sort of rule somewhere in the world and I always (for the most part) abide by the rules.

banana pudding cookie bars #recipe #cookies So vanilla wafers are in and white chocolate chips are in too. Just for fun.

Also just for fun, I decided to take these cookies to the next level: I turned them into bars.

Literally. They have more than one level: vanilla wafer crust + white chocolate + banana pudding cookie dough.

banana pudding cookie bars #recipe #cookies So soft. So crumbly. So flavorful. So delicious. Thank you, pudding mix.

If you have never baked cookies/cookie bars with pudding mix try them now pleaseeeeee. They are so good.

banana pudding cookie bars #recipe #cookies Bake up a batch and bring them to a picnic this weekend.

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Soft and flavorful banana pudding cookie bars. A layer of vanilla wafer crust, topped with a layer of white chocolate, and finally the banana pudding cookie dough.
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
For the crust:
  • 3 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
  • ¾ cup butter, melted
For the cookies:
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 (3.4 oz) package banana pudding mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup vanilla wafers, coarsely chopped
  • 2 cups white chocolate chips (divided)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan.
  2. In a medium bowl, stir together the vanilla wafers crumbs and melted butter until well combined. Press the mixture into the bottom of the pan and bake for 7-9 minutes. After removing the pan from the oven sprinkle 1 cup of white chocolate chips over the crust. Set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  4. In a large bowl of an electric mixer, cream together sugars and butter until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the pudding mix, eggs, and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Add in the flour mixture. Stir until combined. Fold in the vanilla wafers and white chocolate chips (1 cup).
  5. Place the cookie dough on parchment paper and form into a 9x13” rectangle (give or take ½”).
  6. By this time the white chocolate chips on top of the vanilla wafer crust should be slightly melted. Use a spatula to spread the melted chocolate across the entire crust, similar to frosting a cake. Then top this with the cookie dough rectangle. Use your fingers to press the cookie dough in and adjust the shape as needed.
  7. Bake for 12-14 minutes. Let bars cool completely before cutting and eating.

banana pudding cookie bars #recipe #cookies Work is kind enough to offer half-day Fridays in the summer, so I am done with work and heading to the family cabin. YAY WEEKEND.

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  1. Dori Duesterhoeft says

    I’m going to try these with chocolate chips – I love banana and chocolate!

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