Chocolate & Caramel Drizzled Bars

Chocolate & Caramel Drizzled Bars
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1 Review
These bars feature melted caramel and bittersweet chocolate drizzled over a cookie crust.
20 min
Prep Time
1:20
Total Time
72 bars

Ingredients

1 cup
Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
2/3 cup
sugar
1
large Land O Lakes® Egg
1 teaspoon
vanilla
2 cups
all-purpose flour
1 cup
pecans, toasted, finely chopped
12
caramels, unwrapped
2 tablespoons
Land O Lakes® Heavy Whipping Cream
2 (1-ounce) squares
bittersweet baking chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon
shortening
1 to 2 tablespoons
large crystal salt or large crystal sea salt

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line 13x9-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, extending foil over edges. Set aside.
  2. Combine butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Add flour gradually, beating at low speed after each addition. Stir in pecans.
  3. Press dough evenly, with floured hands, onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake 25-27 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 10 minutes. Carefully remove bars from pan using foil ends; place onto large cutting board. Immediately cut into 36 bars; cut each bar diagonally into triangle shape. Cool completely.
  4. Combine caramels and whipping cream in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth. Drizzle caramel mixture over cooled bars.
  5. Combine chocolate and shortening in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth. Drizzle chocolate over caramel on bars. Immediately sprinkle with salt.

Recipe Tips

To toast pecans, place into ungreased shallow baking pan; spread out evenly. Bake at 350°F, 4-6 minutes, stirring once, until lightly browned. Cool completely.

Nutrition Facts (1 bar)

Calories
70
Cholesterol
10mg
Carbohydrates
6g
Protein
1g
Fat
4.5g
Sodium
170mg
Dietary Fiber
0g

Recipe Comments and Reviews

Rating

Good recipe, but not great. Honestly, the photo looks better than they taste. Nothing spectacular like I was hoping for. The chocolate and sea salt measurements are way off. Try only 1 oz. chocolate and less shortening. I only used about 1-1/2 teaspoons sea salt and my bars are salt-covered just as much as the those in the photo.

Posted December 22, 2008 by Kristine

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