Kinder Bueno Cookie Bars!
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Gooey, delicious Kinder Bueno cookie bars packed full with Kinder chocolate and Kinder Bueno pieces
Kinder Bueno bakes
Kinder Bueno recipes honestly take over my blog a little. They’re always popular, and people always want more. I’ve actually only got four Kinder Bueno related recipes on my blog so far, but they’re some of my most popular, especially my Kinder Bueno Cheesecake.
Because of how Kinder Bueno is an absolute kicker, I thought I should post another and I know you’ll love these. Cookie bars are always a hit as well, but Kinder Bueno Cookie Bars?! Utterly next level.
Kinder Bueno cookie bars
Packed full of Kinder Chocolate, and Kinder Bueno pieces, this is the sort of treat that people will ask for again and again without fail. If you don’t like Kinder chocolate, however, please see my many other cookie bar recipes I have available
- Flour – always use plain flour, you don’t want to use self raising. I also add cornflour to create a softer texture
- Raising agents – I only use bicarb in the cookie bars, you don’t want to use baking powder
- Salt – the best addition in my opinion. I use chunky sea salt, not table salt
- Butter – block butter or bakings spread works well
- Sugar – the standard cookie mix of light brown and also white granulated sugar
- Egg – one egg only, I use medium, but large will also work
- Vanilla – an added little bit of sweetness
Chocolate
So as this is a kinder bueno themed bake, I use the kinder chocolate and the kinder bueno bars. The kinder chocolate is best for the softer more chocolate chunk style part, and the kinder bueno is just kinder bueno with that iconic wafer filling.
Folding through the Kinder Chocolate is easy as its solid, but folding in the Kinder Bueno isn’t as easy because they’re quite a bit more fragile. If you’re worried, I did it a couple of times where I put the Kinder Chocolate pieces into the cookie dough first, and then the Bueno so it wasn’t quite as solid as just the dough on its own. It’s not the end of the world if they Kinder Bueno pieces break up, but if you do it by hand it’ll be a lot safer than using a mixer for this bit
Adapting the bake
If you wanted to make these into a chocolate cookie dough, rather than a ‘plain’ one, you can add in 25g of cocoa powder, but take out 50g of the plain flour. The cocoa powder dries the cookie dough out more in comparison to the flour, so you’d have a smidge less dry ingredients.
I do have Kinder Bueno cookies on my blog which are always worth a try because, yet again with Kinder, HEAVEN! Also, Kinder lovers rejoice for my other Kinder Bueno recipes such as ice cream, blondies, a cookie pie or a Kinder tart – absolutely yes please, get me a plate now!
Tips & Tricks
If you’re not careful, the chocolate that is on top or sticks out of the cookie bars can burn slightly, but if your oven is the correct temperature it should be fine. If it’s catching, you need to lower the temperature of your oven.
- These cookie bars will last for 4-5+ days at room temperature
- These will freeze for 3+ months
- You can switch to milk chocolate chips instead of kinder chocolate
- I use this 9″ square tin
I hope you love this recipe as much as I did! Enjoy! x
Kinder Bueno Cookie Bars!
Ingredients
- 275 g plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 115 g unsalted butter
- 55 g granulated sugar
- 135 g light brown sugar
- 1 medium egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 250 g Kinder chocolate (chopped)
- 170-250 g Kinder Bueno bars (chopped)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 190ºc/170ºc fan, and line a 9x9 inch square tin with parchment paper, and leave to the side for now.
- Whisk together the plain flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and cornflour together in a bowl and leave to the side for now.
- Melt the unsalted butter until liquid, and add to a bowl. Add in the light brown sugar and granulated sugar and whisk the mixture together for two minutes by an electric whisk, 3 minutes by hand.
- Add in the egg and vanilla and whisk again until they're combined.
- Add in the mixed together dry ingredients and mix until a really thick cookie dough is formed.
- Add in the chopped Kinder chocolate, and chopped Kinder Bueno, and fold through. Reserve some of the Kinder chocolate for the top of the cookie bars.
- Push the mixture into the 9x9 inch tin, and add on the last few bits of Kinder goodness.
- Bake the cookie bars in the oven for 17-22 minutes. I usually do 19 minutes so they stay reasonably gooey.
- Once baked, leave in the tin for 10 minutes to cool a bit, and then remove and cool fully on the wire rack. Enjoy!
Notes
- If you're not careful, the chocolate that is on top or sticks out of the cookie bars can burn slightly, but if your oven is the correct temperature it should be fine. If it's catching, you need to lower the temperature of your oven.
- I use this 9" square tin
- You can switch to milk chocolate chips instead of kinder chocolate
- These will freeze for 3+ months
- These cookie bars will last for 4-5+ days at room temperature
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Hi Jane, I have done this recipe in the tin recommended and its PERFECT!!
Would it also work if divided up into smaller trays?
Yay!! So glad you liked it! Yes it would – the only thing that would change is the baking time! X
If I use an 8” square tin how longer would I cook the mix for?
It can take up to 30 minutes – but keep an eye on it because you don’t want it to burn!
I’ve just made these! Omg wow they are delicious!!! Thank you so much. How shall I store them over night? In the fridge? Sorry stupid question!! Xx
Hey! No I store these at room temp in a tub! X
Hi! Love your recipes! I have light brown sugar and castor sugar would this work instead of the granulated? Thanks
Hey! I would use all light brown sugar xx
Hi! Can I use caster sugar to sub the brown sugar? And would it be the same quantity for the substitute?
You can – but it’s better to just use all granulated sugar rather than caster!
These are so good, thank you! So. Much. Chocolate. Delicious (and easy)! x
Hey Jane, the light brown sugar in this recipe. Is it soft light brown sugar or golden granulated sugar ?
It’s soft light brown sugar!
OMG!!!! Soo yummy , only had milky way chocolate so used that instead of the kinder but still delish 🙂
Hi I’m planning on baking these but can’t get my hands on any kinder chocolate! Would it make a difference if I replaced with either smarties or magic stars? Thankyou! Your recipes look lush!
It would work well! I love using magic stars!
Hi Jane
I just realised I added 250g butter not 115g once all my ingredients are mixed (not added the kinder yet though) – what would you recommend to save it? (if anything)
Thanks 🙂
How did they turn out? x
Hi Jane I’m thinking about trying to bake these but was wondering would it still work if I used a round tin as I dont have a square tin thank you.
A 9″ square is equal to about a 10″ round (not exact, but it’s the closest) – so if you use a smaller round tin they will take longer to bake!
Hi, I made these, they tasted good, but had a after taste of salt, is that normal? I put the amount in which the recipe said.
It can depend on the salt you use – if you used a fine table salt that can be too salty (I don’t recommend it generally for baking – sea salt or salt chunks are better!) X
Hi Jane! I’m very new to baking. I was wondering what you meant by “folding” in the chocolate. Should I chop it up, and then carefully mix it into the batter so the kinder chocolate and bueno don’t break? I also don’t have an electric whisk at all but I do have a regular whisk, would this recipe still work for me? As for the heating, my oven has some strange settings. I can select heat from top and/or bottom, plus a fan. What would be the best setting?
and finally, would this be too difficult for a beginner like me? 🙂
Thank you so much, just want to make something nice for my boyfriend.
Hey! So yeah you basically add in the chocolate pieces to the dough (there’s lots of chocolate, but keep going as it will add in, sometimes it’s easier to do it with your hands) – and without an electric mixer, I would use a whisk for the sugar/butter, and then a spatula, and add the flour in slower so it’s easier to mix in! If you have the fan option, definitely use the fan! x
I baked this recipe for my Daughters 18th during Lockdown, she doesn’t like normal cake, but loves brownies, cookies and especially Bueno, so it seemed fitting.
I only amended one thing. I mixed in the Kinder chocolate as you suggested, but I then put half the mix in the pan, smoothed it out best I could, then added the Bueno pieces and put the rest of the mix on top, which helped to not crush up the Bueno, giving you that nice smooth filling ‘ooze’ when you bite into a piece.
Thank you for this recipe, My Daughter absolutely loved it and I’ve had orders for it to be made again very soon, although I’m not sure how soon as it is very, very rich, its definitely a special occasion cookie bar.
Hi Jane, I only have demerara sugar or golden caster sugar. am I able to use either of them instead of light brown sugar? thank you! x
I would say use all granulated if you have that for the other part of the recipe personally – if you don’t also have the granulated, then I would try a 50/50 mix! x
These bars look amazing – can’t wait to try them! Also, I was wondering if you could use light muscavado instead of light brown sugar? 🙂
Yes you can!
This recipe is a firm favourite in our household, so delicious! The only thing is I have made it a couple of times and it sinks when it comes out of the oven, could I be over whisking it? Thanks 🙂
Hey! It can be, but that’s usually for something such as brownies! You can try mixing the the mix a bit less and see if it helps! X