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Chocolate Snickerdoodle Bars- Chocolaty bars with the added flavor of cinnamon. We are then topping them off with a creamy chocolate- cinnamon buttercream frosting.  They are dreamy!

Chocolate + Cinnamon = A great flavor combination. 🖒

Ingredients Needed

• Chocolate cake mix
• Snickerdoodle cookie mix
• Butter
• Milk
• Eggs
• Chocolate chips
• Unsweetened cocoa powder
• Powdered sugar

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Frosting

Don't want to make it homemade?  Use your favorite store brand instead! 

Cookie Mix

• I used Betty Crocker Snickerdoodle Cookie Mix.  It's a 17.9 oz pouch that also includes a small packet of cinnamon sugar mix.  Any brand equivalent will work.  Be sure to check the size of your package before using, to make sure the recipe works. 
• You are only using the dry mix! Don't make the cookie batter. 

Cinnamon Sugar Mixture

If your cookie mix does not include a cinnamon sugar mixture, that is ok!  You can make it yourself. Mix together 1/3 cup of sugar with about a tablespoon of ground cinnamon.  Remove your 2 teaspoons of the mixture for the frosting and continue the recipe as noted.

Chocolate Snickerdoodle Bars

Chocolaty bars with the added flavor of cinnamon. We are then topping them off with a creamy chocolate- cinnamon buttercream frosting. They are dreamy!

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Hands-Off Time: 60 mins

Yield: 12 to 15 bars

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Ingredients

• FOR BARS:
• 17.9 oz pouch, snickerdoodle cookies mix
• 1 standard box, chocolate cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted and cooled
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips
• FOR FROSTING:
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 TBSP milk
• 2 tsp cinnamon sugar

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 baking pan.
2. Open cookies mix and remove cinnamon sugar packet. Reserve 2 teaspoons of it for your frosting.
3. In a mixing bowl, mix together dry cookie mix, dry cake mix, melted butter, eggs and remaining cinnamon sugar mixture (from cookie mix). Beat until fully combined.
4. Stir in chocolate chips. Your batter will be thick.
5. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
6. Let the bars cool completely before frosting.
7. Make Frosting: Beat butter until creamy. Gradually add in powdered sugar, cocoa powder and the reserved 2 teaspoons of cinnamon sugar mixture. Add in milk and beat until creamy.
8. Frost on cooled bars.

Written by Erin at Recipes My Mom Gave Me

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