Filled with crunchy walnuts and melty chocolate pieces, this chewy bar cookie couldn’t be simpler to make: It starts with a German chocolate cake mix. Make the six-ingredient treat up to 3 months in advance.
Chewy Chocolate-Caramel Bars
2015-10-17 17:36:34
Serves 48
Prep Time
25 min
Total Time
50 min
Ingredients
- 1 package 2-layer-size German chocolate cake mix
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 5 ounce can (2/3 cup) evaporated milk
- 1 14 ounce package vanilla caramels, unwrapped
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set aside.
- In large bowl, combine cake mix, melted butter and 1/3 cup of the evaporated milk. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Spread half the dough in prepared baking pan; set aside remaining dough. In a heavy large saucepan combine caramels and remaining 1/3 cup evaporated milk. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted and smooth. Pour evenly over dough layer in pan. Sprinkle with nuts and chocolate pieces. Crumble remaining dough evenly over nuts and chocolate pieces.
- Bake for 25 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 48 bars.
Notes
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