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    Salted Carmelitas Recipe

    December 8, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

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    salted carmelitas

    Please pardon the iPhone photo. An unnamed toddler managed to hide my memory card for my camera. Sigh. 

    This is one of my favorite desserts. It really is.

    Seriously, my sister makes these on occasion and I almost eat the entire pan. I would eat them for dinner if that was ‘allowed.’ My taste buds just go bananas over the chocolate, caramel and salt flavors in combination. 

    {As evidenced here. And here. Oh, and here.}

    Now we add the next to this ever growing list of salted-caramel-chocolate awesomeness…these Carmelitas. It’s a basic Carmelitas recipe, with big ole chunks of sea salt mixed in. In the layer with the chocolate and caramel bits. And in the layer on top.

    Because…YUM!

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    Salted Carmelitas Recipe

    The perfect combination of chocolate, caramel and salt!
    Prep Time15 minutes
    Cook Time20 minutes
    Servings - 12 bars

    Ingredients 

    • 3/4 cup butter, melted
    • 3/4 cup brown sugar
    • 1 Tbsp vanilla (or use homemade vanilla extract!)
    • 1 cup flour
    • 1 cup rolled oats
    • 1 tsp baking soda
    • 3/4 cup chocolate chips
    • 3/4 cup caramel 'bits'
    • 1 Tbsp coarse sea salt

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350. Line an 8x8 or 7x11-inch glass baking dish with foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
    • Combine the melted butter, brown sugar and vanilla in small sauce pan.
    • In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, oats and baking soda. Mix the butter mixture in with the dry ingredients and form a loose batter. Press half of the batter into the base of the prepared baking dish. Bake for 10 minutes.
    • Let cool for a few minutes, then top with the chocolate chips and caramel 'bits.' (If your store doesn't have the 'bits' you can cut caramel pieces into 4 small squares.) Sprinkle about 1 1/2 tsp sea salt in with the chocolate and caramel bits.
    • Take the remaining 'batter' and crumble it up and drop it on top of the chocolate and caramels. Sprinkle the remaining sea salt over the batter.
    • Bake for another 8-10 minutes, or until top begins to golden. Let cool for about 10 minutes before slicing and enjoying the gooey-goodness from the cookie bars.

    Salted Caramelitas

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    Comments

    1. Sarah Koszyk says

      December 8, 2014 at 7:42 pm

      Anything Caramel is my absolute FAVORITE type of dessert. I can’t wait to make this. And even though you used your iPhone…the photo still looks mouthwatering-ly like heaven. Thanks for posting.

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    2. Morgan Alecksen says

      April 15, 2015 at 1:35 pm

      My mouth is watering! I am going to make this as soon as I get home from work!

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