Cookie Dough Billionaire Bars
These multi-layered, extremely decadent Cookie Dough Billionaire Bars may be the best dessert you’ve ever tasted!! Brownie, caramel, cookie dough, and ganache for the win!
Absolutely everyone will swoon with their first bite of these layered Homemade Brownies from Scratch! They’re outrageously delicious!!!
Why You Must Make
- These babies start with a layer of brownies, then caramel and cookie dough, and topped off with some creamy ganache.
- The sweet tooth trifecta of chocolate, caramel, and cookie dough is amazing. Sold yet?
- The calorie count of these cookie dough billionaire bars is not for the faint of heart, but they’re definitely worth an occasional splurge!
I’ve always loved cookie dough as much as or even more than the baked cookies themselves. I bake oodles of chocolate chip cookies, so I have ample opportunities to sample. But there’s something ultra-delicious about an actual cookie dough-laden treat!
Ingredient Notes:
- Kitchen Staples – Butter, Sugar, Salt, Eggs, Brown Sugar, Vegetable Oil
- Cocoa Powder – Unsweetened
- Flour – The flour used in the cookie dough should be heated to kill any potential bacteria, like ecoli, that can be found in raw flour. Spread on a sheet pan and bake for 5 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool before using.
- Vanilla Extract – Make sure the label reads “real” vanilla extract, not artificially flavored. I use the Nielsen-Massey brand.
- Store-bought Caramels – I prefer Werther’s brand.
- Heavy Cream – 36% Butterfat
- Semisweet Chocolate Chips – Regular and Mini, I like the Ghirardelli brand, but Nestles works well, too.
How to Make
- Make, bake, and cool the brownie layer in the prepared pan.
- Melt the caramels with the cream and pour over the brownie layer. Chill.
- Make the cookie dough layer and carefully spread it over the caramel layer.
- Melt together the chocolate and oil and stir until smooth. Pour over the top and chill.
- Slice into squares and serve.
Expert Tips
- Line your 8 x 8-inch Square Cake Pan with Non-Stick Foil (affiliate links) or regular foil sprayed with non-stick cooking spray for easy removal.
- PRO-Tip: Note that raw flour can contain bacteria. See how to make it safe under the ingredient notes above and in the recipe card below.
- Use a Small Offset Spatula to evenly spread both the brownie layer and the cookie dough layer.
- Refrigerate before cutting so that the caramel gets firm.
- To cut, first use a warm, dry knife to score the chocolate. Then slice into bars. I love this Wusthof Classic 7-Inch Santoku Knife for slicing all my brownies and bar cookies.
- Don’t slice until you’re ready to serve as the caramel will start to ooze as they come to room temperature.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator. Even if they ooze, they’re still delicious!
Frequently Asked Questions
When you’re making cookies, you are probably adding raw eggs and raw flour to the dough. Both can harbor bacteria that can make you ill. Raw eggs may be contaminated with salmonella bacteria that may be found on their shells and also inside the shell. Raw flour can have e-coli, a bacteria you may associate with raw meat.
It’s best not to eat cookie dough if you’re very old, very young, or are immune suppressed.
Take your time when adding each layer so they are all level. A small offset spatula is a great spreading tool to help with this task.
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Cookie Dough Billionaire Bars
Layers of brownies, caramel, cookie dough and ganache create an outrageously rich dessert!
Ingredients
Brownie Layer:
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup flour
Caramel layer:
- 30 caramels, unwrapped (I used about 1 cup of Werther's.)
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Cookie dough layer:
- ½ cup butter, at room temperature
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ¾ cup flour*
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Chocolate glaze:
- 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 tablespoons vegetable oil (I used canola oil)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325º, line an 8×8 inch pan with non-stick foil, or use regular foil and spray with non-stick spray.
- Prepare the brownie batter. Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl. Mix in cocoa powder and salt. Add vanilla and eggs and mix until smooth. Mix in flour until incorporated. Spread brownie batter in the prepared pan. Bake for 15 minutes.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, add caramels and heavy cream. Microwave for 60 seconds, stir, then repeat at 30-second intervals until melted and smooth.
- Pour the caramel mixture over the brownie layer. Put the pan in the fridge to chill until the cookie dough layer is ready.
- Prepare cookie dough layer. Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla and heavy cream.
- Add flour and salt and mix until incorporated. Stir in mini chocolate chips. When the caramel layer is firm, carefully spread the cookie dough on top.
- Prepare chocolate glaze. In a microwave-safe bowl combine chocolate and oil. Microwave for 60 seconds, then stop and stir. Repeat using 30-second intervals till melted and smooth.
- Spread chocolate over the cookie dough layer. Chill for easier cutting. Serve at room temperature.
Notes
Adapted from Creme De La Crumb blog.
Cut with a hot dry knife before serving. Keep refrigerated in one layer as the caramel layer will start to ooze as these come to room temperature.
*Raw flour can harbor bacteria, so spread the flour used in the cookie dough layer on a sheet pan. Bake at 350° for 5 minutes, then cool before using.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Serving Size:
1 barAmount Per Serving: Calories: 279Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 139mgCarbohydrates: 38gFiber: 2gSugar: 28gProtein: 3g
32 Comments on “Cookie Dough Billionaire Bars”
Feeling weak in the knees because these billionaire bars look out of this world delicious. I fear I might eat the whole darn batch!
These are heavenly! I could eat a billion of them 😉 My girls also loved helping me make them, which is always my favorite part of baking.
This was a huge hit with my kids!! They can’t stop asking for more!
Holy moly these look amazing! I can’t wait to try these.
Every layer of these is delicious! I am so in love with these!
you had me at cookie dough! these look like they would send me into a sugar comma, but i think it would be worth it haha!
Everything I love about dessert is in these bars! So delicious!
Can you clarify- the caramel directions do not mention the heavy cream and the glaze directions say heavy cream but the ingredient list calls for vegetable oil?
Hi, Kathleen, it should make more sense now. This was an old recipe and the directions definitely needed some tweaking! Sorry for the inconvenience!
I have to say again that your bars are always so perfectly cut and I think of you whenever I’m attempting that daunting task. After one, maybe two of these I’ll definitely need that low carb cookbook.
Oh my these look so great I want one now! Sharing on Social media & Pinned. Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
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These look absolutely delicious, I nee few bars right now!
Look at those layers! These bars are pure heaven 🙂
Looks incredible!!!
How decadent and well worth the splurge on caolories, stunning as usual Liz 😀
These are my kind of billionaire bars! Love that they have a cookie dough layer.
As much as I love cookies, cookie dough will always have my heart :). These are the ultimate bar cookie and I think I need to eat a dozen immediately!
Saw these on instagram! These look absolutely amazing Liz!!! 😀
I would feel as lucky as a billionaire if I got to eat these. All those dreamy layers!
These look SO good. So not diet-friendly but SO GOOD. You’re in Ohio too! Maybe we’ll run into each other someday!
I wish! She’s in Indiana 🙁 not too far though!
Oh no you did not. These look absolutely out of this world! Definitely stealing the show at any and every holiday party with these bad boys in tow!
very decadent amazing job with perfect cuts!
These look so incredibly decadent and amazing! So many layers of goodness.
What better time to go decadent that the holidays? These look wonderful! What a sweet virtual shower!
It’s amazing how we’ve followed each other along major life events! So happy we are celebrating Kayle today. These bars are AMAZING!! Each layer is a delightful surprise.
They look sinfully delicious and decadent! Love those wonderful layers.
This has totally made my day!!! You guys are the absolute best. I’m so happy and touched! And I LOVE the theme lol. These bars are definitely up my alley, soooo decadent! I wish this shower could’ve been in person so I could’ve eaten one of each of these treats!
You are still the master of perfectly cut treats! These bars look amazing and even though it’s early in the morning, I’d still eat more than my share if they were in front of me:@)
Wow! How fitting that it is called billionaire bars. Looks decadent! So the cookie dough is raw?
It’s made without raw eggs, so it tastes like cookie dough without the worry of salmonella 🙂