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    Home » Recipes » Plain Culture

    Swiss Roll Bars

    Published: Mar 9, 2022 · Updated: Mar 9, 2022 by Kevin Williams | 9 Comments

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    Swiss Roll Bars

    I have seen recipes for Swiss Roll Bars in many Amish cookbooks.   I don't know about you but the name "Swiss roll" evokes delicious nostalgia on my part.

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    • 🍰 Swiss Roll Bar Ingredients
    • 📋 Instructions
    • 🍰 More Copycat Amish Snack Cakes
    • 🖨️ Amish Swiss Roll Bars

    SIGH, I doubt I've had a treat like that in over 30 years.  Not that I really miss them.  They are packaged, processed foods that are basically diabetes in a wrapper, but...when you are 10 years old you don't worry about stuff like that.   And besides why buy them when you can make your own?  Rachel decided to tackle the Swiss roll recipe and I am glad she did because they turned out amazing.  No, no white swirl of cream here.

    It's better: a layer of white cream encased in moist chocolate sweetened with, of all things, applesauce! Sort of reminds me of the old Hostess "Suzy Q's" more than a Swiss roll.  Either way this is an amazing dessert and I can see why it is a favorite in Amish kitchens.  Ready to tackle it yourself?  Here it is along with some more process photos.

    Swiss Rolls
    These are true store-bought Swiss Rolls

    But these homemade ones are better!

    Swiss Roll Bar mixing ingredients

    A great, chocolately taste!

    Chocolately batter
    Swiss Roll

    Wax paper helps a lot with this one, you can use baking dishes or cookie sheets.

    This recipe is work, but, wow, it is so worth it!

    🍰 Swiss Roll Bar Ingredients

    • 2 cups flour
    • 1 /2 cup cocoa
    • 1 /4 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 1 /2 cups sugar
    • 1 /2 cup vegetable oil
    • 2 cups applesauce
    • Filling:
    • 1-16 ounce container of whipped topping
    • 1-8 ounce package of cream cheese
    • 1 1 /2 cups of powdered sugar
    • Topping
    • 1 package of chocolate chips
    • 5 tablespoons of butter

    📋 Instructions

    1. BARS: Stir flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda together in a medium bowl.
    2. In a large mixing bowl add eggs, sugar, vegetable oil and applesauce and mix well.
    3. Add dry ingredients to the mixing bowl a little at a time and mix until combined. Divide batter between two greased (10 X 15) cookie sheets.
    4. Put wax paper under one it is easy to remove.
    5. (Rachel did not have two cookie sheets with a rim so she used two greased 9 x 13 baking dishes with a strip of parchment paper under the batter to help remove the finished cakes).
    6. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes.
    7. FILLING:
    8. Cream together the cream cheese and powdered sugar with a mixer, then slowly add whipped topping.
    9. Mix together and spread on one of the cooled layers of cake.
    10. Remove the other cake from pan and put on top of this.
    11. TOPPING:
    12. Melt butter.
    13. Remove from heat.
    14. Add chocolate chips and stir until they are melted.
    15. Spread on top of cake.
    16. Chill and cut into bars.

    🍰 More Copycat Amish Snack Cakes

    Amish Twinkies - these are so good!

    Homemade Little Debbies - Wow, these are good too!

    🖨️ Amish Swiss Roll Bars

    Swiss Roll Bars

    Amish Swiss Roll Bars

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    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 cups flour
    • 1 /2 cup cocoa
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 1 /2 cups sugar
    • 1 /2 cup vegetable oil
    • 2 cups applesauce

    Filling

    • 1 16 ounce container of whipped topping
    • 1 8 ounce package of cream cheese
    • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar

    Topping

    • 1 package chocolate chips
    • 5 tablespoons butter

    Instructions
     

    BARS

    • Stir flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda together in a medium bowl. I
    • In a large mixing bowl add eggs, sugar, vegetable oil and applesauce and mix well.
    • Add dry ingredients to the mixing bowl a little at a time and mix until combined.
    • Divide batter between two greased (10 X 15) cookie sheets.
    • Put wax paper under one it is easy to remove.
    • Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes.

    FILLING

    • Cream together the cream cheese and powdered sugar with a mixer, then slowly add whipped topping.
    • Mix together and spread on one of the cooled layers of cake.
    • Remove the other cake from pan and put on top of this.

    TOPPING

    •     Melt butter.
    •   Remove from heat.
    • Addchocolate chips and stir until they are melted
    • Add chocolate chips and stir until they are melted
    • Chill and cut into bars.
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    Comments

    1. Teresa

      February 20, 2014 at 4:16 pm

      Thank you for posting this recipe I requested. The photo looks amazing. They do bring back lots of memories for me, too. I can't wait to try them!

      Reply
    2. Patricia T

      February 20, 2014 at 4:24 pm

      I have fond memories of Little Debbie Swiss Rolls, but Rachel's Swiss roll bar looks AWESOME! (A must try!) Thanks!

      Reply
    3. Kentucky Lady 717

      February 21, 2014 at 5:10 pm

      I agree with Patricia, Rachel's Swiss Roll Bars look so delicious....I too want to make these....
      thanks for posting this recipe.....

      Reply
    4. janette

      February 22, 2014 at 4:25 pm

      Wow does this look good. But Kevin you really don't need this. You are to big the way it is.

      Reply
    5. Andi

      September 28, 2014 at 2:23 pm

      This is the best cake,,,,,,,,love it.. I did change my filling only because I didn't have the refrigeration space but used a wonderful buttercream. The cake is so moist and a keeper for sure. I have posted it on my blog thewednesdaybaker.blogspot.com. Please tell Rachel how much we enjoyed this cake and a big thank you to her for sharing the recipe. So much better then the childhood memory..........of Little Debbie's. Andi

      Reply
    6. Tiffanie of Truly Skrumptious

      May 01, 2016 at 12:44 am

      Suzie Qs were my favorite! There's also a restaurant here that does a version of this, except with sweet whipped cream, and we adore it!

      Reply
      • Kevin

        May 01, 2016 at 9:21 am

        Yummmmm, that is my kind of restaurant, what is the name of it??

        Reply
    7. Carolyn

      March 12, 2021 at 2:55 pm

      2 recipes, one says a package of yeast for topping? why?

      Reply
      • Kevin Williams

        March 12, 2021 at 8:36 pm

        That was an auto-correct typo, sorry about that, I corrected it!

        Reply

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