Milk Chocolate Caramel Bars Food

CHOCOLATE SALTED CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Beat butter, sugars and vanilla until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Gradually beat in flour, mixing well. Press 3 cups of dough onto bottom of a greased 13x9-in. pan. Bake until set, 20-22 minutes. , Cool 10 minutes on a wire rack. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt caramels with cream over low heat until smooth. Pour over crust. Sprinkle with salt, then chocolate chips. Drop remaining dough by teaspoonfuls over top. Bake until light golden brown, 30-35 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack.

CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt together the caramels and heavy cream, stirring occasionally until smooth.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Stir in the melted butter until well blended. Press Half of the mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking pan. Reserve the rest.
• Bake the crust for 8 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove and sprinkle with chocolate chips and walnuts. Pour the caramel mixture over the top and then crumble the remaining crust mixture over everything.
• Return to the oven and bake for an additional 12 minutes, or until the top is lightly toasted. Cut into squares while it is still warm.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over low heat, melt caramels with 1/4 cup milk; stir until smooth. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Beat in dry cake mix and remaining milk., Spread half of the dough into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 6 minutes; sprinkle with chocolate chips. , Gently spread caramel mixture over chips. Drop remaining dough by tablespoonfuls over caramel layer. Return to the oven for 15 minutes.

MILK CHOCOLATE CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 (350 for glass baking dish).
• In a large bowl mix first 4 ingredients until crumbly.
• Reserve 2/3 cup and firmly press remainder evenly in ungreased 9-inch square or 11 x 7-inch baking dish.
• In same bowl combine the 2/3 cup reserved flour mixture, caramel topping, cream cheese, vanilla and egg.
• Mix with electric mixture at low speed until blended.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour over crust.
• Bake 30- 35 minutes or until firm.
• Immediately sprinkle with Hershey bar sections or chocolate morsels; spread when softened.
• Cool before cutting.

CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the 1st 6 ingredients together in mixer until crumbly -- Grandma says mix like pie crust.
• Pat all but approximately 1 1/2 cups of batter into a 9 X 13 cake pan.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• While this is baking, melt the caramels with the 3/4 cup whipping cream. A double boiler is recommended, but you could use the microwave if you stop and stir often to make sure the caramels do not burn.
• Spread caramel mix over the 1st layer when it has baked.
• Use the remaining 1 1/2 cups of batter and pat down in small sections over the caramel mix.
• Return to oven and bake for about 15 minutes or longer -- til they are done.
• Remove from oven and cool.
• Enjoy!
• *Pointer-Can use Caramel bites that are now available in the baking aisle at the grocery store rather than having to unwrap all the caramels. Also, Grandma says that 1/2 and 1/2 could be used rather than cream if you would like.

FAVORITE CHOCOLATE-CARAMEL-NUT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Cook caramels and 1/3 cup milk in saucepan on low heat 5 to 7 min. or until caramels are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
• Combine cake mix, butter and remaining milk; press half onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 10 min.
• Sprinkle with 1 cup nuts and 1/2 cup chopped chocolate. Drizzle with caramel sauce; carefully spread to edges of pan. Top with teaspoonfuls of the remaining cake mix mixture; press gently into caramel sauce with back of spoon. Sprinkle with remaining nuts and chocolate.
• Bake 18 min. or until lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Mix the 1st cake mix with 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter and 1/3 cup of evaporated milk.
• Press this into a 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 mins or until top is flaky. (It depends on your oven, my oven is weird so I always have to take a fork to the top and kind of pull a little back to see if it's still gooey in the middle).
• Melt entire bag of caramels with 1/3 cup evaporated milk until smooth.
• Pour over the first layer after it is finished baking.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of the Carmel. (you can use as many as you want to).
• Mix 2nd cake mix with other 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter and 1/3 cup evaporated milk.
• Because of the melted Carmel you won't be able to spread this over the top for the second layer so you have to make it into patties and lay them on top.
• Once the second layer is on top, Bake for another 18 mins or until the top is flaky.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Cut butter into cookie mix in bowl until crumbly.
• Press into bottom of greased 9 x 13-inch pan, reserving 1 cup.
• bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.
• Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
• Melt caramels in evaporated milk saucepan, stirring constantly.
• Pour over chocolate chips.
• Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture. bake for 15 minutes longer.
• Cool completely, apprx. 1 hour.
• These are generous sized servings.If you cut the squares smaller, you can get more servings.