Salty Chocolate Chip Bars
One of the best parts of having athletes for children, especially when you didn’t grow up an athlete, is the whole “team” concept. I am the mother of a Field Hockey player and a Wrestler. They both do winter sports as well, but overall, those are the dominating sports in our home. Fortunately one ends, I have a few weeks, and the next begins. We are busy, we are on the move, but life is a gift.
Salty Chocolate Chip Bars
I love every minute. From early drop offs to all day sitting on a bench, I am thankful. Thankful for my children, thankful for their teams, thankful for the families we get to know and grow with as our kids train and play. We holler their names out when they succeed, and cheer them on when they need to hear “Good hustle!” or “Great endurance!” We do our parent thing.
Another wonderful part of being on a team is working together, providing snacks, helping out in the concession stand, ribbons for the team, supporting the fundraisers. Tomorrow, the team is helping out a family in need.
Salty Chocolate Chip Bars
Tomorrow the Field Hockey Team is having a fundraiser for a fellow student who was diagnosed with cancer. In addition to charging admission and opening up the concession stand, there will be a Bake Sale. So this week, all of the posts will be about baked goods for a cause. Today, we have Salty Chocolate Chip Bars.
If you ever thought about a big soft cookie with the shape of a brownie, chewy and buttery, with big chunks of chocolate, this is your dessert.
It is a one bowl, one pan mix with the addition of, you guessed it, salty on top.
This recipe can be made with Sea Salt Flakes, or freshly ground sea salt, but we have a sea salt allergy in my building, so when I make these for work, I use regular Kosher Salt. The combination of salt on top with the sweet of the cookie makes this the quintessential snack. In fact, it will be the snack I pack for the team when it is my game to host. They slice up nicely and the chunks of chocolate stay gooey. Who can say no?!
On our first day of Staff Professional Development, a pan of these made their way into the training, still warm from the oven. I took home an empty pan. That, to me, says it all.
Salty Chocolate Chip Bars
When a day spent in my kitchen brings smiles to people’s faces, my heart is happy. When I can add a fundraiser for a great cause to the mix, my heart is filled and overflowing. I’m hoping tomorrow there are no left overs, and a family in need is blessed.
I hope you enjoy this recipe, and as always, thank you for coming to the table!
Chrissy
(click below for printable recipe)
Salty Chocolate Chunk Bars
Delicious combination of sweet and salty.
Ingredients
- 3/4 C Softened Butter
- 1/4 C Cream Cheese
- 1 1/2 Packed Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1 1/2 Cup Cake Flour
- 1 1/4 Cup AP Flour
- 2 Large Eggs
- 3 Tablespoons Vanilla Extract
- 1 Package (approx. 2 Cups) Chocolate Chunks
- Additional Kosher Salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Line and prepare a 9 X 13″ cake pan with foil or parchment.
- Preheat oven to 350*
- Use either a hand held mixer or a stand mixer with paddle attachment.
- Cream together Butter and Cream Cheese, add Brown Sugar.
- Add Salt, Baking Soda, and Beat until combined.
- Add Eggs and Vanilla.
- Add Flour(s) until combined.
- Fold in Chocolate Chunks.
- Turn mixture out into prepared pan and smooth until flattened and even.
- Bake 20 minutes, until tester in center comes out clean.
- Sprinkle Kosher salt as soon as bars come out of oven.
- Cut into bars. (Wait for a few minutes before you devour them)!
Notes
You can use Sea Salt Flakes in this recipe, but for school we do Sea Salt Free (That’s what you do when your friend is allergic)!