Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2010

Wow! I changed a few things: 3/4 cup butter, 2 tsps vanilla and 1/4 cup strong espresso to the cookie mix, no coffee grounds on top! We ate them hot out of the oven and they were delicious!

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jmr8033

Reviewed: Jul. 30, 2007

A wonderful bar cookie. This was devoured at a potluck and gor rave reviews. It won a blue ribbon at the county fair and was overall a good cookie.

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Leslie Sullivan

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Estacada, Oregon, USA

Living In: Hood River, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2007

Wow, did this turn out greasy. Just out of morbid curiosity, I tested the base with my cake tester and it came out clean even before it was baked. The flavor was wonderful with 1/3c instant coffee mixed in the the flour and the chocolate chips melted over the top, but I couldn't get over that greasiness. Next time I'll use a regular chocolate chip pan cookie base with the added coffee and save the chocolate chips for the top.

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metaldog

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Misawa, Aomori, Japan

Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2006

Absolutely delicious and easy to make. I used semi-sweet chocolate chips as I had no candy bars. The idea of sprinkling actual ground coffee seemed strange, but the taste is bewitching. Only problem is that the top is dusty and the walnuts don't stick even though I pressed them in. Maybe it would work better to pre-melt the chocolate and mix the coffee in with the melted chocolate, then spread it over the cookie base and sprinkle on the walnuts.

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jennygulch.com

Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2006

Flavor was good....but texture was terrible. I'll try this again, but I'll make very strong coffee instead of using coffee grounds.

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SHANESMOMMY

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2006

I read the reviews and used 1/4 cup coffee granules in with the flour as suggested, instead of the grounds on top. I also reduced the sugar to 3/4 cup. And oh my, these are to die for! I won't be making them too often as my husband and I would be in danger of getting enormously fat!

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Miller Lane

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: ???, Hertfordshire, England, U.K.

Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2005

I gave these as a gift in a coffee gift basket and my bro-in-law loved them. Let the bars cool completely before cutting. I had problems with the chocolate seperating. I think I was in too much of a hurry. Definitely stir in the coffee with the flour. And make sure it is really finely ground.

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CRAZY4SUSHI

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2005

The coffee grounds (how you're suppost to add them) gives it the wrong texture, the cookie base collaspes and because of that when spreading the chocolate, it tears the unstable cookie base.

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inshorttime

Reviewed: Jul. 1, 2005

These are delicious and easy to make. They are definately only for the coffee lover. I melted the chocolate in the microwave and stirred the ground coffee in with the chocolate.

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ADEWING

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2005

I tweeked this recipie quite a bit. I added egg beaters equal to two eggs, and added 1/4 cup of instant coffee to the dough instead of adding coffee grounds to the top of it. I've had recipes with coffee grounds and I don't care for them. The bars tasted good, but next time I will use regular chocolate frosting instead of the chocolate chips. My family loved them.

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