30 Mouthwatering Square Dessert Bars For Every Sweet Tooth

From brownies to cheesecake bars, sweet treats always seem to be just a little bit better when they're in a bar form. We're firm believers in that philosophy, which is why we've gathered together 30 of our best dessert bars for you to share with your family. Try lemon cheesecake bars, cake mix cookie bars, Rice Krispies hay bales, and so many more delicious, hand-held treats that everyone will love.

Lemon Cheesecake Bars

A stack of Lemon Bar Cheesecake squares on a plate, garnished with lemon slices and lemon zest. — Lemon Cheesecake Bars. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This Lemon Bar Cheesecake is the perfect combination of sweet and tangy. You'll love the creamy texture and added lemon zest!
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Cranberry Pretzel Salad

This Cranberry Pretzel Salad has wonderfully balanced flavors and textures. It has a crispy pretzel crust and luscious filling, and is finished with Jello.
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Easy Creamy Peach Squares

A peach bar on a plate. — Easy Creamy Peach Squares. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

Creamy Peach Squares are so easy and the perfect layered dessert, with cream cheese, a graham cracker crust, and canned peaches in every bite!
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Reese's Brownies

Reese's Brownies are super moist, oh so chewy, full of Reese's peanut butter candy flavor and always disappear lightening fast.
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Chewy Cream Cheese Brownies

Cream Cheese Brownies on a plate. — Chewy Cream Cheese Brownies. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

These Chewy Cream Cheese Brownies are so soft and totally chewy. A little bit of the cream cheese mixture in every chocolaty bite!
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Stack of festive chocolate chip cookie bars, perfect for 9x9 desserts, topped with chocolate and red, green, and white sprinkles. — Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars are easy, no bake, eggless, with edible peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate chip ganache.
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Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

A pile of bars with top one missing bite. — Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars Recipe. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

My grandma's Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars recipe is amazing with a peanut butter base topped with melted chocolate chips and more!
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The Best Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

A pile of bars. — The Best Peanut Butter Cookie Bars. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

The cookie bars are soft, chewy and thick with a chocolate layer on top covered with a sprinkling of M & M's.
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A close-up view of a dessert bar featuring a crumbly texture and embedded with chunks of rich chocolate-covered wafer pieces. — Kit Kat Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Kit Kat Cookie Bars are mouth-watering, soft, chewy, easy to make treats, perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth and impressing your friends and family.
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Peanut Butter Banana Brownies

Peanut butter banana brownies are super-moist and tender and loaded with chocolate, peanut butter, banana, and nuts. Delicious!
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A close-up of stacked peanut butter and chocolate chip cookie bars, showcasing visible chunks of chocolate chips and swirls of peanut butter – a delightful treat perfect for any sweet recipes. — Caramel Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

These Caramel Cookie Bars are a deliciously soft and chewy cookie with a gooey chocolate and caramel center. They are the perfect treat for caramel and chocolate lovers!
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Oreo Brownies

This Oreo brownies recipe features classic Oreo sandwich cookies inside rich, fudgy brownies. The best brownies you'll ever eat!
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M&M Brownies

This M&M brownies recipe is rich, fudgy, and topped with colorful M&Ms. They're a colorful, double shot of chocolaty goodness.
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Can't Get Enough Of That Golden Crisp Squares

A pile of Golden Crisp Squares on plate. — Can't Get Enough of That Golden Crisp Squares. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

Golden Crisp squares are a tasty cereal treat bar and a twist on classic Rice Krispies treats made with Golden Crisp cereal.
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Nutty Condensed Milk Brownies

A brownie square topped with chopped nuts on a plate. — Nutty Condensed Milk Brownies. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

These sweetened condensed milk brownies are super moist and so fudgy. They're perfect for moments when nothing but chocolate will do!
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Easy Cake Mix Cookie Bars

A tray of chocolate chip cookie bars, cut into squares. The golden-brown bars are topped with scattered chocolate chips. — Easy Cake Mix Cookie Bars. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This Easy Cake Mix Cookie Bars recipe makes melt in your mouth, soft, fluffy cookie bars that are full of chocolate chips.
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Chocolate Chip Brownies

Two rich chocolate brownies stacked on a cooling rack, with more brownies and a bowl of chocolate chips in the background. The moist brownies reveal tantalizing chocolate chunks throughout. — Chocolate Chip Brownies. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

Chocolate Chip Brownies are super soft, chewy, and fudgy. This is a soft and chewy brownie cookie you have to try!
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Rice Krispie Hay Bales

This Rice Krispie hay bales recipe is a fun, fall take on the classic treat, with a melted peanut butter coating and licorice hay bale ties.
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Brown Butter Brownies

These Brown Butter Brownies with pecans are for nut and chocolate lovers everywhere! Wonderfully moist, chewy, and perfect for any occasion.
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Easy Blueberry Pie Bars

A hand holding a blueberry-filled bar with a crumbly topping, with more bars visible in the background. — Easy Blueberry Pie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

These Blueberry Pie Bars are a delicious combination of sweet blueberry filling nestled between a buttery crust and crumble topping.
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Easy Carrot Cake Bars

Three stacked frosted carrot cake bars with nuts, topped with cream cheese frosting, set against a blurred background. Perfect 8X8 desserts for any sweet tooth! — Easy Carrot Cake Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Easy Carrot Cake Bars are moist and covered in a wonderful cream cheese buttercream frosting. These cake bars are just like the full cake!
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Close-up of red velvet brownies, perfectly baked in a 9X9 pan, topped with white frosting and red and brown sprinkles, stacked on a cooling rack. — Red Velvet Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Red Velvet Cookie Bars are easy and quick to make. Perfect when you need an amazing, decadent, chocolate dessert in a hurry, covered in cream cheese icing!
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The Best Grasshopper Brownies

Grasshopper Brownies with a layer of green frosting on board. — The Best Grasshopper Brownies. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

The Best Grasshopper Brownies are decadent, fudgy, chocolate mint brownies with a minty cream cheese buttercream frosting! Just like a grasshopper cocktail!
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A stack of decadent chocolate chip cookie bars topped with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with rich caramel sauce. — Lazy Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Soft, chewy lazy cookie bars or cake mix cookie bars make a delightful dessert when you have no time to bake from scratch!
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Marshmallow Popcorn Bars

A close-up of colorful candy bark in a 13 x 9 inch dessert pan, topped with yellow candy eggs, multicolored sprinkles, and drizzled with blue and purple icing. The bark appears to be made of popped popcorn and cereal pieces. — Marshmallow Popcorn Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

These Easter-themed Marshmallow Popcorn Bars make the perfect treat for the spring holiday season — they're easy, versatile, & full of festive colors!
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Easy Sugar Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

The combo of butter and cream cheese makes this easy sugar cookie bars recipe so soft. Make these easy bar cookies as Christmas cookie bars!
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Grandma's Rhubarb Custard Bars

A plate with a serving of strawberry crumble topped with a golden oat crust and garnished with a fresh strawberry, reminiscent of the delightful 13 x 9 inch desserts we all love. — Grandma'S Rhubarb Custard Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Grandma's recipe for rhubarb custard bars are melt in your mouth delicious especially warm, right out of the oven. These are the best custard rhubarb bars around!
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Slices of vanilla frosted cake with golden sprinkles on a cooling rack displaying easy cookie recipes. — Eggnog Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Eggnog Cookie Bars are the ultimate creamy, eggnog lovers dessert bar. The perfect cookie bottom covered with the best creamy eggnog icing!
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Butterscotch Caramel Cashew Bars

Close-up of a caramel slice topped with sliced bananas and nuts on a plate, sweetened with brown sugar. — Butterscotch Caramel Cashew Bars. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

These butterscotch caramel cashew bars are loaded with sweet and salty goodness. Everyone always loves them!
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Chunky Monkey Bars

A close-up of a square chocolate chip cookie bar on a white surface, offering tempting treats in every bite. — Chunky Monkey Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This chunky monkey bars recipe is loaded with the classic Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavors we love like bananas, chocolate chunks, and walnuts.
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