The picture says it all folks! These bars are just about the best thing since sliced bread, since PB&J, since peanut butter and chocolate for goodness sake!!! As per my usual, I'm a HUGE fan of Caramel!(with some chocolate mixed in there too;) These Caramelitas are buttery-rich and chewy! Enjoy!
The line up for the crust and topping:
2 cups flour
2 cups quick oats
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups butter, softened
For the filling:
1 (14 oz) bag craft caramels, unwrapped
3 tablespoons evaporated milk
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup milk chocolate chips(semi-sweet is obviously fine to use)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 by 13 inch pan or baking dish. Combine all of the crust/topping ingredients in a large bowl and mix at low speed until crumbly. Divide in half. Press 1/2 evenly into your pan. Then put in the oven for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a saucepan over medium heat, melt and combine together the caramels and evaporated milk. Once melted and mixed well, take off the heat and mix in the flour.
Remove partially baked crust from the oven. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips and drizzle the caramel evenly over the chocolate chips. Sprinkle the other half of the topping over the caramel. Then back into the oven for roughly 20 minutes or until the top is slightly golden. Cool on a rack for 1 hour and then refrigerate until filling it set.
These are soooo dang good, I had to start bagging them up and giving them to friends! Otherwise, and this is no joke, I would've consumed the entire pan myself! Yes, I admit, being a nursing mother makes me want to eat a lot of really rich and decadent things! In really LARGE quantities!:)
Original recipe can be found here!
Modified by Kara
Images by Kara
9 comments:
Yeah these are pretty irresistible! I had to get them out of my sight! They are sweet, salty and chocolatey in one...that says it all!
I totally agree with you Bre! They are irresistible! Thanks for your sweet comment!;)
MmmMmm . . . I sure wish I was one of those lucky friends! :)
I am totally getting the "would eat the whole pan . . . nursing mother . . . decadent things . . . large quantities"!!!!!!!!! That is SOOOOOO me right now too! (So glad I'm not alone there!)
These sound AMAZING . . . my mouth is seriously watering!
Now I know what I'm making tomorrow for a treat! :) Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Love you!
Get. In. My. Belly.
These look amazing!
Thanks you guys! You all need to make them! You won't be sorry! Honest!!!!!
These are insane.
Do you think they could be made with caramel sauce instead of the caramel squares? I'm too lazy to go to the store to get the caramels, and I have all the ingredients for caramel sauce already here. Maybe I'll try it and let you know how it goes.
Sarah!!! For sure use caramel sauce if you have it! You'll just need to add more flour! If you go to the link where I found the original recipe, she used caramel sauce in hers!:).
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