Soft and gooey cookie bars crammed with Maltesers, who wouldn’t want one of these Maltesers Cookie Bars?! The Maltesers Bunnies make these perfect for Easter – or any time of year.
Who doesn’t love Easter baking?
Easter is my favourite holiday to bake for. I love all of the different Easter chocolates which are calling out to be baked with.
I love the little Maltesers Bunnies you can buy at Easter so I had to turn these into something yummy!
Why cookie bars and not cookies?
I absolutely love cookies. But I am also occasionally a lazy baker. Cookie bars are all the deliciousness you want from a cookie but quicker and easier!
Instead of scooping out cookie dough into little balls, you just tip it all into a tin. Fantastic!
For the photos, I didn’t want to commit bunny murder so I left them whole. For serving, I did cut them in half again because a whole square would be a very large portion!
However, the choice is yours depending on how hungry you’re feeling!
Do you have to use Maltesers?
Absolutely not! These Maltesers Cookie Bars are a variation of my Chocolate Orange Cookie Bars so you can really use any chocolate you fancy.
Also if you want to use Maltesers but it isn’t Easter so you can’t get hold of the bunnies, just leave these off.
Gooey or crisp cookie bars?
I prefer my cookie bars like my cookies; gooey in the centre. If you like you’re like this too, bake them for 20 minutes. If you prefer a firmer cookie with crisper edges, bake them for 25 minutes.
Then when they are baked, you can fight over who wants an edge piece and who wants the middle!
What to consider when making these cookie bars
Before you make these Maltesers Cookie Bars, there are a few things I should mention. The Maltesers Bunnies may turn slightly dark when the cookie bars are baking.
If they start looking to dark, loosely cover the tin with foil. Mine were slightly darker, but this didn’t affect the taste at all.
Another thing to note is that the Maltesers inside the cookie bars get chewy once they are baked. I liked this and so did everyone that taste tested them for me.
But I wanted to mention it because I know some people wouldn’t like a chewier texture.
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Maltesers Cookie Bars
Soft and gooey cookie bars crammed with Maltesers, who wouldn’t want one of these Maltesers Cookie Bars?! The Maltesers Bunnies make these perfect for Easter – or any time of year.
Ingredients
- 125 g margarine
- 100 g light brown sugar
- 125 g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- 225 g self raising flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 200 g Maltesers crushed
To finish
- 9 Mini Malteser Bunnies (2 packs)
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 180ºC (fan assisted, 200ºC non fan) and line a 20x20cm tin with baking paper
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Cream the butter and the sugars together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined
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Add in the flour, salt and crushed Maltesers and mix until combined
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Tip all of the mix into the prepared tin and smooth the top until it is level. Place the Malteser Bunnies at regular intervals across the cookie dough
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Bake in the oven for 20 minutes for a soft cookie and 25 minutes for a firmer cookie
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Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before leaving to cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into 18 equal squares
Recipe Notes
I crush the Maltesers in a bowl with the end of a rolling pin.
Keep for up to two days in an airtight container.
Nutritional information is given as a guide only.
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Sisley White says
cookie bars are such a good idea! I have to try these. I love the idea so much
Curly says
Thank you, I absolutely love them!
Mandy says
Such a great idea. My daughter in particular would love these as she is rabbit obsessed! I can only imagine how moreish they are…
Curly says
Aww bless. Thanks 🙂
Hannah says
These look absolutely delicious – I love cookie bars so much! And with malteser bunnies on top? Even more perfect! #cookblogshare
Curly says
Got to love those bunnies! Thanks 🙂
Corina Blum says
They sound delicious! I know my kids would love these and so would my husband. I’d be lucky if I managed to eat more than one!
Curly says
But if you made them you surely would have to taste the first one for safety purposes 😉
Jacqui Bellefontaine says
Love the idea of these. Thansk for linking to #CookBlogShare
Curly says
Thanks 🙂
Kat (The Baking Explorer) says
What a fab bake for Easter!
Curly says
Thanks Kat 🙂
Lucy says
Am a Maltese’s fiend! These are just perfect for me
Curly says
Once you start you can’t stop eating them can you!
Choclette says
You’re always such a wicked temptress. I adore maltesers and absolutely wouldn’t be able to resist a bar or three of these. Yum!
Meg Isleta says
Hello from the Philippines! These bars were so delicious! I had to add 15 mins to baking time as made a mistake with flour conversion (grams to cups and I think my 1 cup conversion was inadequate), but as I was going for the underbaked version, it turned out well. Chewy and nice and crusty at the sides. Winner!!! Doing this again for my Malteser-loving family!
Curly says
Hi Meg! I am so pleased you liked them. I am glad they turned out well despite having to convert the measurements. I am happy you and your family liked them 🙂