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What Are Chocolate bars and How Can I Use Them?

Here's everything worth knowing about chocolate bars and how to pick them, what they are, how to store them, and what to use instead, plus 56 recipes to cook tonight.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 bar 1.5 oz (42g)
Amount per Serving
Calories 223Calories from Fat 115
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 12.8g 20%
Saturated Fat 7.7g 39%
Trans Fat ~
Cholesterol 10mg 3%
Sodium 42mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 24.4g 8%
Dietary Fiber 1g 3%
Sugars 22.7
Protein 3.6g
Vitamin A 2% Vitamin C 2%
Calcium 11% Iron 2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your caloric needs.

Food group

Chocolate bars are a member of the Sweets US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.

How much do chocolate bars weigh?

Amount Weight
1 bar 1.5 oz 42 grams
1 bar 2.4 oz 68 grams

Sweets

In Chinese:巧克力棒
British (UK) term: Chocolate bars
en français:des barres de chocolat
en español:barras de chocolate

Recipes using chocolate bars

There are 56 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Scott's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Scott's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Scott's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with blender-pulverized oats, both chocolate chips and grated chocolate bar for double chocolate hits, and a quick 6-minute bake. Crisp edges, soft centers, dense with chocolate.

Peanut Butter Baby Ruth Cookies

Peanut Butter Baby Ruth Cookies

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Peanut butter cookies loaded with chopped Baby Ruth bars for chunks of caramel, nougat, and roasted peanuts in every bite. Drop, flatten with a fork, bake until golden.

Appalachia Mountain Fudge

Appalachia Mountain Fudge

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Appalachia Mountain fudge boils sugar, butter, and evaporated milk for exactly 13 minutes, then beats the syrup over chocolate chips, milk chocolate bars, and marshmallow cream until thick and glossy.

Neiman-Marcus Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Neiman-Marcus Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

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A most excellent chocolate chip cookie recipes with oats and nutty bits of pecans.

Lemon Snowflake Cake

Lemon Snowflake Cake

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White-chocolate snowflakes balance gracefully on a delicate, lemony three-layer white cake filled with zesty lemon custard and covered with a white-chocolate frosting.

Neiman Marcus Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie

Neiman Marcus Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie

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Buttery and moist inside, chewy and slightly crispy outside. Shaved chocolate bars and chocolate chips make these cookies double chocolaty and delicious. After the first bite, you will fall in love with these yummy treats.

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Peanut Pudding Cake

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Peanut pudding cake with four layers: peanut shortbread crust, peanut butter cream cheese, chocolate-vanilla pudding, and whipped topping with crumbled chocolate bars. A crowd-pleasing potluck dessert.

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The Not Exactly Nieman-Marcus Cookie

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A legendary chocolate chip cookie loaded with oat flour, grated chocolate bar, chocolate chips, and chopped nuts. Inspired by the famous Neiman Marcus recipe, this version makes 5 dozen crispy-edged gems.

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Sybil's Quick Peanut Pie

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This recipe is certain to satisfy your sweet tooth.

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Candy Bar Brownies

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Fudgy cocoa brownies loaded with chopped Snickers bars and topped with melted Hershey's milk chocolate. A candy lover's dream bake that turns leftover Halloween candy into something legendary.

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Candy Bar Brownies

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Fudgy cocoa brownies loaded with chopped Snickers bars and topped with melted Hershey's milk chocolate. A candy lover's dream bake that turns leftover Halloween candy into something legendary.

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Mickey's Toffee Cake

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Three-ingredient toffee cake made with angel food cake, whipped topping, and crushed Skor bars. No baking required, just 10 minutes of prep and an overnight chill for buttery toffee flavor in every slice.

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Holiday Ice Cream Cake

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Holiday ice cream cake: a triple-layer freezer cake with three flavors of ice cream stacked between chopped candy bars, Oreo cookies, and homemade chocolate ganache.

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Chocolate Bar Nut Cake

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Chocolate bar nut cake melts ten ounces of chocolate bars into a buttermilk batter loaded with two and a half cups of chopped nuts and chocolate syrup. Baked low and slow in a tube pan for 90 minutes. A dense, fudgy Bundt-style chocolate cake.

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Easiest Chocolate Mousse

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Four chocolate bars and 45 seconds in the microwave create instant molten mousse that's more pudding than traditional mousse but 100% crowd-pleasing.

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Double Chocolate Bar Cake with Pecans

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Dense chocolate tube cake loaded with melted chocolate bars plus chocolate syrup for double the flavor. Crunchy pecans throughout, no icing needed for this fudgy beauty.

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Chocolate Chip Almond Pie

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No-bake chocolate almond pie with a fudgy marshmallow-chocolate filling, studded with chocolate chips and slivered almonds in a buttery graham cracker crust.

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Very Chocolatey Chocolate Bar Cake

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Triple-chocolate bundt cake with melted chocolate bars, chocolate syrup, and a tender buttermilk crumb. Baked in an angel food pan for a tall, dramatic cake that delivers serious chocolate intensity.

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Favourite Milk Chocolate Bar Cake

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Milk chocolate bar bundt cake with melted Milky Way bars folded into the batter, plus buttermilk, pecans, and vanilla. A Southern church-cookbook classic with serious richness.

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Chocolate Chip Butter Cake

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Chocolate chip butter cake made with creamed butter, separated eggs, cake flour, and coarsely grated German sweet chocolate folded in and sprinkled on top. Light, tender, and rich.

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Easy Silky Chocolate Almond Pie

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Easy chocolate almond pie with melted milk chocolate almond bars, marshmallows, and whipped cream in a pie shell. A no-bake silky filling that sets overnight for a rich, mousse-like dessert.

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Roe's Ricotta Pie

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It is a delicious ricotta pie recipe that works in any occasion.

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Frozen Heath Bar Ice Cream Pie with Hot Fudge

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Layers of chocolate and vanilla ice cream studded with crunchy Heath bar pieces rest in a chocolate wafer crust, then get crowned with homemade hot fudge sauce. Each frozen slice delivers the perfect contrast of cold, creamy ice cream and warm, silky chocolate.

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Triple Espresso Brownies

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Three layers of espresso-spiked chocolate: a fudgy brownie base, a brown sugar walnut filling with coffee granules, and a mocha chocolate drizzle on top. For serious coffee and chocolate lovers.

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Candy Bar Cookies on a Stick

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Peanut butter cookie dough wrapped around mini Snickers or Mars bars on a stick. Golden, chewy, and loaded with candy bar surprise in every bite. A total showstopper for bake sales and holiday parties.

All 56 recipes

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