Have you seen the new Cookie Butter Bars in Starbucks? They taste completely ridiculously good and you can make them at home, which also means you can eat way too many!
Once again my addiction to Starbucks has me trying to recreate one of their new menu items, freaking Cookie Butter Bars! You can also check out my S'mores Bars and Double Chocolate Loaf Cake as evidence of my problem.
It's my mission to always bring you recipes that I can stand behind 100%. Every time I hit publish I feel excited to add to the pile but this one has me a little more giddy than usual.
These are insane! I noticed them the other day and stupidly asked the barista if they were any good. He looked sort of ashamed, like he'd eaten way too many of them and just shook his head.
"So good," he said with eyes half closed, two jazz hands and looking up towards the sky like he was praying for a giant version of the bar to appear and just fall on top of him. They are good, and so easy to make at home.
Make that super-easy if you have a Trader Joe's nearby because that's where you can find the speculoos cookies and those addictive jars of cookie butter. If you don't have a TJ's handy no worries, you can still use any other brand of cookies and cookie butter.
Let's break these sweet layers of cookie butter dessert heaven down.
The base is crushed speculoos cookies and butter- duh! Because cookie butter needs more butter. Fact! Top that with the cookie butter straight from the jar, and I dare you to try and not take a lick of the spoon at this stage.
Finish the bars off with a blanket of cream cheese frosting and more crushed cookies. Cut these bars on the small side or not, I don't care.
I'll still be your friend even if you don't cut them and just eat it as one giant 8x8 inch square. Happy Friday!
