{"id":4735,"date":"2016-04-08T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2016-04-07T17:22:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T21:22:56","slug":"ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"My Ten Minute Hospitality Solution: Candy Cookie Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Candy Cookie Bars Recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Candy Cookie Bars Recipe\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1604\/26270633246_9f829f7009_z.jpg\" alt=\"Candy Cookie Bars Recipe\" height=\"461\" width=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My Ten Minute Hospitality\/Kids Need a Goodie Solution: Candy Cookie Bars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1 package Nestle&#8217;s break-apart cookie dough (in refrigerator section; I prefer peanut butter but others will do too)<\/p>\n<p>6 oz chocolate chips<\/p>\n<p>6 oz butterscotch chips (or 1\/2 cup peanut butter)<\/p>\n<p>8 to 10 fun-sized candy bars (I like Butterfinger, Kit Kat, Reese&#8217;s, any type of M and M, and\/or Reese&#8217;s Pieces&#8211;or any combination thereof)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Open cookie dough slab and microwave for ten to twenty seconds until super soft but not hot or cooked. (Do not break cookies apart at the perforation.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Press slab down into a greased 9 x 13 (or smaller but deeper) baking pan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Bake at 350 degrees for ten to fifteen minutes, depending on oven type (convection vs. regular, etc.). Cook until dough is completely baked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> While dough is baking, place candies in quart size zip-lock bag and crush with kitchen mallet (or process in mini processor).<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> When bars are nearly done, place both chips (or chocolate only) in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on 50% for one to two minutes, stirring every thirty seconds. (When chips are glossy, stir them, and they will be melted and done. Do not over-cook.) If using peanut butter, stir peanut butter into melted chocolate chips.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Spread melted mixture over bars and sprinkle the &#8220;icing&#8221; with the crushed candies. Let cool\/harden. Cut into bars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> You can make this more festive by using pastel colors in the spring, or holiday colors of M and M&#8217;s or Reese&#8217;s Pieces in the fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Ten Minute Hospitality\/Kids Need a Goodie Solution: Candy Cookie Bars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[635],"tags":[979,1154,1019,1156,119,1155],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My Ten Minute Hospitality Solution: Candy Cookie Bars - Character Ink<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Ten Minute Hospitality Solution: Candy Cookie Bars - Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My Ten Minute Hospitality\/Kids Need a Goodie Solution: Candy Cookie Bars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-08T14:00:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-07T21:22:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1604\/26270633246_9f829f7009_z.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Donna\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Donna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/\",\"name\":\"My Ten Minute Hospitality Solution: Candy Cookie Bars - Character Ink\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-08T14:00:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-07T21:22:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"My Ten Minute Hospitality Solution: Candy Cookie Bars\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/\",\"name\":\"Character Ink\",\"description\":\"Home of the Language Lady &amp; Cottage Classes!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64\",\"name\":\"Donna\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Donna\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/author\/cqlalady\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"My Ten Minute Hospitality Solution: Candy Cookie Bars - Character Ink","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"My Ten Minute Hospitality Solution: Candy Cookie Bars - Character Ink","og_description":"My Ten Minute Hospitality\/Kids Need a Goodie Solution: Candy Cookie Bars","og_url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/","og_site_name":"Character Ink","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks","article_published_time":"2016-04-08T14:00:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-04-07T21:22:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1604\/26270633246_9f829f7009_z.jpg"}],"author":"Donna","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Donna","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/","url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/","name":"My Ten Minute Hospitality Solution: Candy Cookie Bars - Character Ink","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-04-08T14:00:54+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-07T21:22:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ten-minute-hospitality-solution-candy-cookie-bars\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"My Ten Minute Hospitality Solution: Candy Cookie Bars"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/","name":"Character Ink","description":"Home of the Language Lady &amp; Cottage Classes!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64","name":"Donna","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Donna"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks"],"url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/author\/cqlalady\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4738,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735\/revisions\/4738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}