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    Home » Recipes » Traybakes

    Published on Feb 27, 2016. Modified on Oct 23, 2022 by bakingqueen74. This post may contain affiliate links. 37 Comments

    Creme Egg Chocolate Cookie Bars

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    We’ve had Valentine’s Day, Pancake Day and Lent is in progress, so it must be nearly Creme Egg time! Take a look at my Cadbury Creme Egg Chocolate Cookie Bars, the perfect Easter treat to share with a crowd. Yum!

    Creme Egg Chocolate Cookie Bars

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    A thick layer of cookie, a very thick layer of chocolate, a LOT of mini Creme Eggs, with icing to decorate.

    Would you share? My work colleagues were rather happy when I brought this in. Can’t think why!

    Creme Egg Cookie Bars

    Make a batch this Easter, slice into pieces and enjoy.

    Simple to make with store-cupboard ingredients, you really can’t go wrong with this recipe, and it is great for a party. This would fly off the plate for an Easter bake sale too.

    Ingredients

    Here’s what you will need for the recipe (quantities in the recipe card below):

    • butter
    • dark brown sugar
    • caster sugar
    • egg
    • vanilla bean paste – or extract
    • plain flour
    • self-raising flour
    • baking powder
    • salt
    • dark chocolate
    • white chocolate
    • min Creme eggs
    • icing sugar
    • orange food colour

    Method

    1. Freeze your mini Creme Eggs the night before, to make them easier to cut in half.
    2. First make the cookie layer.
    3. Place the butter and two different sugars in a large bowl. Beat together with a wooden spoon (or mixer) until the mixture is creamy.
    4. Add the egg and vanilla bean paste and beat well.
    5. Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt.
    6. Mix together with a wooden spoon until the mixture starts to come together.
    7. Place the cookie dough in a square pan (I used an eight-inch silicone pan) lined with baking paper.
    8. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 180 degrees, until golden brown and cooked through.
    9. Leave the cookie to cool for a couple of hours.
    10. Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie (bowl over a pan of simmering water).
    11. Pour melted chocolate over the (cooled) cookie layer, spread with a spatula until smooth.
    12. Leave the remaining chocolate in your bowl to set again, and make chocolate shavings with it using a knife.
    13. Cut the mini Creme Eggs in half along the join on the side and place them with the cut side up in the melted chocolate. Press them down into the chocolate. I used about ten mini Creme Eggs here in total, and arranged them in rows.
    14. Carefully transfer the pan to the fridge and chill until set.
    15. Once set, make up two small bowls of water icing. Make sure your icing is quite thick and not runny.
    16. Colour one bowl of icing with the orange food colour and leave the other white.
    17. Drizzle the white and orange icing over the top of the chocolate layer to give the effect of the Creme eggs running all over the place. Allow the icing to set.
    18. Decorate with the chocolate shavings, cut into pieces and enjoy!

    Creme Egg Cookie Bars

    More Easter recipe inspiration

    If you like my Creme Egg Chocolate Cookie Bars, you might also like my Creme egg chocolate ganache tart, perfect for a posh dessert at Easter!

    Or perhaps my Easter egg slow cooker fudge or Creme Egg slow cooker chocolate cake might tempt you?

    If you are more of a mini egg fan, my mini egg bundt cake or mini egg white chocolate slice might be your preference.

    Don’t forget to subscribe to my posts so you never miss a recipe, and get them straight into your inbox. You might also like my post about baking in the slow cooker.

     

    Creme Egg Cookie Bars

    More Creme Egg recipes

    This is the time of year when food blogs are going Creme Egg crazy! Here are some of the best Creme Egg recipes out there:

    • Creme egg chocolate caramel shortbread from Kerry Cooks
    • Creme egg rocky road from Taming Twins
    • Creme egg pancakes from Foodie Quine
    • Creme egg meringue nests from Emily’s Recipes and Reviews
    • Creme egg milkshake from Fuss Free Flavours
    • Creme egg ice cream cake from Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
    • Creme egg ice cream sundae from The Hedgecombers
    • Creme egg chocolate mug cake from My Fussy Eater
    • Creme egg stuffed chocolate cookies from Munchies and Munchkins
    • Creme egg peanut butter and Nutella cake from Recipes from a Pantry
    • Creme egg caramel pavlova from Little Sunny Kitchen
    • Spicy chocolate and orange Easter bundt cake from Tin and Thyme

    Which Easter treat are you going to make? Let me know in the comments!

    Pin for later!

    Creme Egg Cookie Bars

     

    Recipe

    Creme egg cookie traybake on white baking paper.

    Creme Egg Chocolate Cookie Bars

    A delicious Easter treat with thick cookie covered in chocolate and decorated with Creme eggs
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: British
    Prep Time: 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 3 hours hours
    Servings: 12
    Calories: 438kcal
    Author: Lucy Allen | BakingQueen74

    Ingredients

    For the cookie layer:

    • 120 g unsalted butter softened
    • 90 g dark brown sugar
    • 35 g caster sugar (superfine sugar)
    • 1 medium egg
    • 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
    • 80 g plain flour (all-purpose flour)
    • 120 g self-raising flour
    • 0.5 tsp baking powder
    • pinch of salt

    For the chocolate layer and decoration:

    • 150 g dark chocolate
    • 200 g milk chocolate
    • 2 bags of Cadbury mini Creme Eggs approx 8 per bag
    • 100 g icing sugar
    • Orange food colour to colour half of the icing
    UK Measurements - US Measurements

    Equipment

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    spatula
    spatula

    Instructions 

    • Freeze your mini Creme Eggs the night before, to make them easier to cut in half.
      2 bags of Cadbury mini Creme Eggs
    • First make the cookie layer.
    • Place the butter and two different sugars in a large bowl. Beat together with a wooden spoon (or mixer) until the mixture is creamy.
      120 g unsalted butter, 90 g dark brown sugar, 35 g caster sugar (superfine sugar)
    • Add the egg and vanilla bean paste and beat well.
      1 medium egg, 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
    • Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt.
      80 g plain flour (all-purpose flour), 120 g self-raising flour, 0.5 tsp baking powder, pinch of salt
    • Mix together with a wooden spoon until the mixture starts to come together.
    • Place the cookie dough in a square pan (I used an eight-inch silicone pan) lined with baking paper.
    • Bake for 20-25 minutes at 180℃ / 350℉, until golden brown and cooked through.
    • Leave the cookie to cool for a couple of hours.
    • Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie (bowl over a pan of simmering water).
      150 g dark chocolate, 200 g milk chocolate
    • Pour melted chocolate over the (cooled) cookie layer, spread with a spatula until smooth.
    • Leave the remaining chocolate in your bowl to set again, and make chocolate shavings with it using a knife.
    • Cut the mini Creme Eggs in half along the join on the side and place them with the cut side up in the melted chocolate. Press them down into the chocolate. I used about ten mini Creme Eggs here in total, and arranged them in rows.
    • Carefully transfer the pan to the fridge and chill until set.
    • Once set, make up two small bowls of water icing. Make sure your icing is quite thick and not runny.
      100 g icing sugar
    • Colour one bowl of icing with the orange food colour and leave the other white.
      Orange food colour
    • Drizzle the white and orange icing over the top of the chocolate layer to give the effect of the Creme eggs running all over the place. Allow the icing to set.
    • Decorate with the chocolate shavings, cut into pieces and enjoy!
    Did you try and love this recipe?Then please leave a star rating and comment below to let me know how you got on!

    Sending this over to Tea Time Treats with The Hedge Combers and Lavender and Lovage

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    Linking up with Simply Eggcellent with Belleau Kitchen
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    Bakeoftheweek with Casa Costello and Maison Cupcake

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Linzi - Lancashire Food says

      March 19, 2016 at 10:32 pm

      Thanks for linking up to week should cocoa, fab looking bake and perfect easter treat

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        March 20, 2016 at 5:11 pm

        Thanks Linzi!

        Reply
    2. Helen Costello (@CasaCostello) says

      March 15, 2016 at 7:05 pm

      Oh my goodness, this is amazing! I daren’t show my girls or they would have me making it NOW! Thanks so much for joining in with #BakeoftheWeek and for sharing my brownies x

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        March 20, 2016 at 5:13 pm

        Thanks Helen! My kids loved the look of it but could only manage a tiny slice!

        Reply
    3. Sarah Trivuncic, Maison Cupcake says

      March 14, 2016 at 5:32 pm

      Oh golly, these look amazing. What a TERRIBLE influence you are!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        March 20, 2016 at 5:14 pm

        I’m sorry 😀 (or maybe not!)

        Reply
    4. Dominic Franks (@belleaukitchen) says

      March 12, 2016 at 4:11 pm

      well now, I do adore a creme egg and i’ve seen many creme egg bakes before but nothing quite as lovely as these. I want all of them now! Thanks so much for linking to Simply Eggcellent xx

      Reply
    5. Hayley (@SnapHappyBakes) says

      March 06, 2016 at 8:08 am

      Holy Moly this looks good 🙂 Thanks for sharing it with #CookBlogShare

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        March 06, 2016 at 10:07 am

        Thanks Hayley!

        Reply
    6. confarreo says

      March 03, 2016 at 5:32 pm

      Wow these look gorgeous Going to have to make these!! Xxx

      Reply
    7. Angela says

      March 02, 2016 at 8:54 pm

      These look wonderful! I think they will be fun to make with the kids, Pinned 🙂 Would love for you to share at the Sunday Fitness & Food Link-Up at: http://www.marathonsandmotivation.com

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        March 02, 2016 at 10:02 pm

        Thanks Angela! I will come over and visit your linkup 🙂

        Reply
    8. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says

      March 02, 2016 at 11:55 am

      Oh boy Lucy, those look soooo good. I can certainly understand why your work colleagues were so happy!
      Angela x

      Reply
    9. hijackedbytwins says

      March 01, 2016 at 3:50 pm

      Oh wow this is so naughty yet so good! My diet will be on hold over Easter! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x

      Reply
    10. Eb Gargano says

      March 01, 2016 at 1:40 pm

      This looks so gorgeous! I am loving all the creme egg recipes out there at the moment. Busy compiling a Pinterest board of all of them and have added this too it 🙂

      Reply
    11. jennypaulin says

      March 01, 2016 at 12:00 pm

      YUM! yep looks darn good to me x

      Reply
    12. Sarah says

      March 01, 2016 at 11:37 am

      Definitely want to treat myself to these! 🙂

      Reply
    13. Rahul @samosastreet.com says

      February 29, 2016 at 8:24 pm

      I can’t stop thinking about these! They look so fudgy and wonderful

      Reply
    14. gingey bites says

      February 28, 2016 at 3:57 pm

      OH WOW this looks amazing! Sod the diet, I’m going in 🙂

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 28, 2016 at 9:11 pm

        😀 exactly what I thought Alex!

        Reply
    15. littlesunnykitchen says

      February 27, 2016 at 8:17 pm

      Wow Lucy this sounds and looks heavenly! Would love to try a piece, or two, or the whole thing!! 🙂 Thanks for linking to my egg creme pavlova recipe!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 27, 2016 at 9:33 pm

        Sending you a piece Diana! In return, please send me a bit of your pavlova

        Reply
    16. recipesfromapantry says

      February 27, 2016 at 7:19 pm

      I was sondering what to do with my left over creme eggs. Now I know.

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 27, 2016 at 9:32 pm

        What is this phenomenon of leftover Creme Eggs I wonder? 😉

        Reply
    17. nicoleleemcneil says

      February 27, 2016 at 7:04 pm

      No!! Please! I can’t see this! Now I’m going to have to make it and I will probably eat the entire pan!!! Thanks for sharing 🙂 Love Cadbury eggs….they make the best desserts in the spring time!!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 27, 2016 at 9:32 pm

        Sorry for the temptation!! 😀

        Reply
        • nicoleleemcneil says

          February 27, 2016 at 11:04 pm

          It’s ok – I don’t mind 🙂

          Reply
    18. Platter Talk says

      February 27, 2016 at 6:11 pm

      I love this classic Easter treat but have never seen a recipe for it; thanks so much for doing this one!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 27, 2016 at 6:29 pm

        Glad you like it!

        Reply
    19. Kit Graham says

      February 27, 2016 at 6:02 pm

      Oh yes! Easter candy is the best and this is a creative way to turn it into something even better!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 27, 2016 at 6:28 pm

        🙂 thanks Kit

        Reply
    20. Jac -Tinned Tomatoes (@tinnedtoms) says

      February 27, 2016 at 4:24 pm

      Those look heavenly Lucy. Now just push one this way!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 27, 2016 at 6:28 pm

        Thanks Jac, sending one to you now!

        Reply
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