Dessert for 24
Cake Mix Chocolate Bars
These chewy bar cookies combine cake mix, pudding, vanilla, and two kinds of chocolate chips before baking in one pan.
Typical price
$1.64for 4 servings
$0.41 per serving$1.64 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
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- 35 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 24servings as written
- $typical cost tier
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Eggs$0.30 each typical | 2 | $0.60Typical price |
| Cake, pancake and baking mixes$0.18/oz typical | 19 oz | $3.36Typical price |
| Chocolate chips and baking chocolate$0.45/oz typical | 11 oz | $4.73Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $9.84 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Olive and cooking oil
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 box (15 1/4 oz) white cake mix
- 1 box (3 2/5 oz) instant pudding mix
- 3/4 cup semi chocolate chips
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- optional to taste sanding sugar or sprinkles
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and lightly oil a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
- Whisk the eggs, oil, water, and vanilla in a large bowl.
- Stir in the cake mix and pudding mix until thick and smooth.
- Fold in the semi-sweet and dark chocolate chips.
- Press the dough evenly into the pan and add sanding sugar or sprinkles if desired.
- Bake for 20 to 24 minutes, until the center is set and the edges are lightly browned.
- Cool the bars in the pan before cutting them.
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