Every now and then, we’re fortunate enough to have God put people in our paths that in the instant we meet them, we feel like we’ve know them our whole lives. It’s like in one second you’ve known them forever and know that you’ll be lifelong friends. Isn’t that an amazing and wondrous feeling? Those people are few and far between. But for me, one of those people is my buddy Christy Jordan. From the moment we met, we were fast friends. And it’s like I can’t ever remember us not being friends. She is a constant and consistent supporter and is always there when I need talk, or vent, or just to say something silly. Now, I’ll keep it from getting too sappy, but I think it’s important to point out that our friendship goes well beyond our blogs and extends to a true friendship that is immeasurable. All that said, cracking open the spine on her new cookbook, Sweetness, was an amazing thing for me. I got the unbelievable chance to get to see a preview copy long before it hit the shelves. In fact, I think I got to see it even before Christy did. In true Christy fashion this is a book that fills your belly and feeds your soul. If you’re a fan, then you must add this one to your collection. It’s packed with the most amazing sweets and desserts that you could imagine. Christy is an encourager and the inspiration and encouragement you’ll get from this book is boundless.
Over the course of the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing some of Christy’s favorite recipes from this new book so y’all can get a glimpse of all the sweetness that’s in store. First up are these Chocolate Chip Dream Bars. And dreamy they are! They’re easy to put together and super impressive. And if you’re a fan of chocolate, you’ll fall madly in love with these babies. Think chocolate chip cookies on steroids! And when so many baking recipes call for a laundry list of ingredients, this one only calls for 8. I like that a LOT! 🙂
I’m also going to give you a chance to win a copy of Christy’s new book, Sweetness, in each of these posts, so be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of these posts to enter for your chance to win!
Ingredients
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
- ¾ cup butter, melted and cooled
- 1 ½ cups dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ½ cups baking mix (such as Bisquick)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Lightly coat a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
- Combine the sweetened condensed milk with 1 ½ cups of the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and heat at 30-second intervals, stirring between each, until melted and smooth. (Alternatively, melt together in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until smooth.)3 Place the melted butter, brown sugar, vanilla, eggs, and baking mix in a medium-size bowl and stir until well combined. Stir in the remaining 1 cup chocolate chips. 4 Spread two-thirds of the batter in the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread the melted chocolate mixture on top and spread to the sides. Drop spoonfuls of the remaining batter over the top. 5 Bake until golden brown on top, 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely in the pan before cutting into bars.
Notes
* If nutritional values are provided, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands used. The values do not include optional ingredients or when ingredients are added to taste. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, I recommend grabbing your favorite brands and plugging those ingredients into an online nutritional calculator.
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Love anything chocolate. Will have to try these!
Sure hope you’ll enjoy them!
I am trying your recipe for the Chocolate Chip Dream Bars. Question: it says “drop spoonfuls” of the remaining batter over the top. Do you spread out the remaining batter, or just leave the spoonful? Thanks.
You can do it either way, but I usually leave them as spoonfuls. They will spread as they bake.
how can I make this dairy free? but not margarine…
I’m honestly just not sure there’s a reasonable way to replace the sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, and butter and still get something that will work.
Will try these as soon as I get the condensed milk.
Hope you’ll enjoy them!!
Bars!
I love brownies, blondies and cupcakes.
These look delicious! I love cakes, cookies and pies. 🙂 Thank you for sharing. Christy’s recipes are always tasty.
These sound yummy and will be next on my list to bake.
I like most anything Christy has a recipe for!
These sound delicious! Can’t wait to try them. And aren’t good friends great????
Just love trying recipes from your site. Keep the sweets coming…
I love making brownies.These bars look and sound delish! I cannot wait to try this recipe.
I love to make a good pound cake!!
Brownies are my favorite, followed closely by pies, then cookies! I do have quite a sweet tooth 😉
I love brownies and they MUST have nuts in them. Also, peach cobbler.
looks yummy! I will definitely be making these. My favorite thing to bake is peach cobbler.
Yes please! These are definitely on my list of things to make soon. Thanks Stacey, for a chance to win!
I love baking cookies, especially anything that have oatmeal in it.
Thanks for the chance to win Christy’s new book Sweetness
I can’t wait to try this recipe! I am a cookbook collector, and would LOVE to add Christy’s cookbook to my collection.
Thank you so much for giving us cooks a chance to win such a treasure!
Probably cake, because it’s so fast!
Sounds like an absolutely delicious and rich recipe! LOVE IT!!!
Thanks for sharing!
I love Christy’s recipes – simple but delicious!
One of my new favorite sweets is Christy’s Mud Hen bars. That’s some amazing deliciousness!
I adore Christy’s and Stacey’s recipes because each recipe is simple yet totally yummy!
I would dearly love to win this book to give as a gift to add some Sweetness to someone’s life!!!!!
I love to bake cookies!!!!
But brownies and cakes are a close second!
You know, I can’t choose just one thing I love to make…I loooove baking cookies, cakes, brownies/bars, cupcakes, and Key lime and cherry cream cheese pies. Variety is the spice of life!
I love to make brownies!
I love to bake and my favorite is making cookies, especially at Christmas time
when I make tons of cookies for everyone as a sweet treat for gifts. Oh my do I
love to bake cookies and eat them too anytime!
These look yummy! Too bad I didn’t check my email sooner or I would have made these for the school bake sale that is tomorrow!
Forgot to answer the question! I love to make fudge.
My favorite sweets to make are pastries, like cream puffs, followed by cookies!
Cobblers and crisps are my favorite sweets to make.
I love my recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookie bars.
I love carrot cake and enjoy making cakes!
Mississippi Mud is my favorite sweet.
I am making these tomorrow – sounds great!!!
Look delivious
lOOKS GREAT tHANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP
My favorite things to bake are apple crisp, pie, and cookies
I’m loving this recipe because it uses Bisquick.
When I’m craving something sweet I often make a fruit cobbler. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of Christys newest book.
Brownies for my granddaughter!
I plan to make these bars real soon.I love christys blog and her recipes and I would love to win her cookbook.have a blessewd day
Desserts are my favorite to make. Cakes especially. Love your blog/book and Christy’s!
I tend to go with cookies or brownies.
I love all southern recipes. Have many and would love more. My sweet thing is Banana Bread it is gone before you know it:)
i would love to win the new cook book
my favorite cookie to make i peanut butter cookies.
Thanks for the chance to win! I love Christy!
Thanks for the giveaway
I love bar type deserts, this one sounds yummy and easy win-win combination !!
These look scrumptious!!!
My favorite sweets to make are all types of cookies. Chocolate chip are probably my all time fave. I love this giveaway. I’ve followed her for several years & have 2 of her books. I’d be thrilled to win this.
I bet this is an awesome cookbook of Christy’s.
I love baking cookies and bars for the holidays! My list is together, and I will begin this weekend. I hope to win Christy’s newest cookbook — love her website!
I love baking sweets. Brownie, cookies, cakes and pies. I really enjoy Christi’s website.
She is a real inspiration and a godly woman.
I love cookies and pie.
Easy chocolate eclair dessert. YUM! A family favorite when some chocolate and something cool is in order.
I love making fruit pies
I love to make cookies, but ANYTHING sweet is good by me!!
Those look so good.
I love to make cookies!
These look delicious! Christy AND you have the best recipes!
Your recipes, and Christy’s, keep my family happily fed! I’d love to have a copy of her new book!
I love butterscotch fingers!!
I just love your skillet carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. It’s my husbands favorite! That’s the one he asks for. Thanks!
Sweetness and Chocolate Dream Bars, heavenly combination.
I love to bake but I guess pies and cobblers are my favs!
I like to make cakes, my husband loves pound cakes and i have a TON of them that I make, but my favorite to eat are bars of any kind, pumpkin bars, brownie bars, carmel cheesecake bars.. so, I make a lot of those too. My husband is the pie maker in our family and they are not only delicious but the are beautiful. Its funny because he works sooo hard on them and they are amazingly pretty so we all feel a little bad about cutting into them. Not that bad though. 😉
Yum, Y U M YUM! I can’t wait to bake these little morals of W O N D E R F U L up! WOWEEEEEE!
My fave to bake is ANYTHING, LOL! Whatever can be done in an ove and comes out ‘lishous!
I love Christy’s recipes, can’t wait to try this one.
Tis the season and time for a new cookbook. You are so generous and thanks for all your great comments and of course, your wonderful recipes.
Brownies
This is one of favorite bar cookies to make! Yummy!
My favorite sweet to make would probably be a cake or a bar cookie. Baking all in one pan is much easier than scooping out cookie dough, especially with a toddler running around 🙂
I love to make brownies. I love them– but my 3 and 5 year old think I am the best mom ever when they smell that chocolatey goodness in the air.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are a favorite in our household! Can’t wait to try these!
I love making all sweets, with my favorite being cakes 🙂
I already have a copy of my own, but would love to win a copy for a friend. And, these dream bars look wonderful!!
Love easy recipes and these look wonderful.
My favorite thing to make is cookies.
Bar cookies are my favorite sweet to bake!
I enjoy making brownies Everyone likes brownies. Cupcakes and cookies are at the top of my list too. Love to see the smiles on my grandkids faces when I pull the sweets out! Thanks for the chance to win Christy’s new book
I love making cookies for my grandchildren and I think they love that I do. My husband loves cakes and I`ve made my share of those too!!
Gosh these sound yummy…
I’m making a few things for the holidays that I found on Christy’s site. I love baking cookies.. so quick
thanks for sharing this !!
My favorite sweet treat is definitely a brownie with nuts! Love your blog, Stacy.
I love to cook and bake….but I really love to bake cakes. Dense pound cakes, sheet cakes, layer cakes, and poke cakes! It’s been a passion of mine since the age of twelve. Thanks for the chance to win this wonderful cookbook!
I love baking cookies and bars! I’m amping up my list for holiday baking!
Wow! Looks awesome! Everything Christy makes sounds, and usually is! At least what I’ve tried!
Love you both!
Would love to have A copy of Christys new book.If i lived closer I would surely sign up for your classes. Good luck and God bless you Stacy.
My favorite thing to make is Christy’s Pound Cake from her Aunt but I haven’t tried the sauce she puts on it yet!
Cupcakes are my favorite!
Cookies are my favorite thing to bake or cakes in simple 9×13 pans.
I love making all sorts of goodies, cakes have been my go to recently though.
I love making bars- you get the taste of chewy cookies with way less effort! I can’t wait to make these!
I’m easing into the holiday madness, one recipe at a time LoL