Chocolate Chip Salted Caramel Cookie Bars
Saturday was a rough day. Long story, but we have been having problems with our hosting company so we decided to switch to a new company. Well, the transition didn’t go too smoothly. We spent the majority of the weekend on the phone trying to figure things out. Sorry to anyone who tried to access our site and got an error message. We really appreciate your patience. We finally got our site up and running, but it was a stressful day. I owe Josh a huge thank you for the long hours he spent working on our site. I also owe a huge thank you to these Chocolate Chip Salted Caramel Cookie Bars. They were a lifesaver. I don’t deal well with tech issues, so I decided to bake. Baking always cheers me up, especially when the end result is a sweet and salty cookie bar.
I based this recipe off of my favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars. I took them up a notch by adding a caramel layer. I pressed half of the chocolate chip cookie dough into the pan and then added a creamy layer of caramel. I sprinkled sea salt over the caramel and topped the caramel with the remaining cookie dough. I love a good kick of salt in my sweets, so I sprinkled a little more sea salt over the top of the cookie bars. I baked them until they were golden brown and then indulged in the best cookie bar ever invented.
I loved everything about these bars-they are pretty much perfect. The sweet and salty combo gets me every time. The bars are rich, gooey, with the perfect hint of salt. My bad day was soon forgotten after eating one…or maybe two of these bars:) If you ever have a bad day and need a pick me up, make these Chocolate Chip Salted Caramel Cookie Bars. Your troubles may not go away forever, but these cookie bars will help ease the pain. They sure made my day a lot better. And if you are lucky and don’t have bad days, you can still make these bars. The sweet and salty combo cures all cravings and is perfect for any mood.
Chocolate Chip Salted Caramel Cookie Bars
Yield: 16 cookie bars
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Chocolate chip cookie bars with a layer of salted caramel. These gooey sweet and salty cookie bars are pretty much perfection!
Ingredients:
2 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
12 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups chocolate chips
10 ounces caramel candy squares, unwrapped
3 tablespoons heavy cream
Sea salt, for sprinkling over caramel and barsDirections:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 2-quart baking pan (which is an 11 X 7 pan-I used a glass Pyrex dish) with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the melted butter and sugars together until combined. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix on low, just until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
4. In a large microwave safe bowl, combine the caramels and heavy cream. Microwave caramels on High until caramels are melted, stirring every 20 seconds. This will take about 2 minutes, depending on your microwave.
5. Divide the cookie dough in half. Press half of the cookie dough into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula. Pour hot caramel over the cookie dough. Sprinkle caramel with sea salt. Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough over the caramel and spread dough with a spatula until the caramel is covered. Sprinkle the bars with additional sea salt.
6.Bake cookie bars for 30 minutes or until the top of the bars are light golden brown and the edges start to pull away from the pan. Cool bars on a wire rack to room temperature. Cut bars into squares and serve.
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Huge hit at my Super Bowl party, had trouble finding the right size pan but it was worth the hunt lol.
I made these for a Super Bowl party. Awesome. Just awesome. I used dark chocolate chips for mine though. Goes awesome with the sea salt and caramel
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Oh my goodness I want one of these hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. I’m making these this weekend for sure! Thanks for the recipe!
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Can’t go wrong with chocolate, caramel, and salt! Yum!
just made these the other night!!! So good, definitely a good idea to let them cool before eating them, they turn into a gooey mess if you don’t! I just couldnt help myself!!
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These are so so so yum!!! Thanks!
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Made these tonight! Super yummy! Thanks
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Prep time 5 minutes? ha ha….What? It’ll take 5 minutes to get all the wrappers off the caramels…. Like the cooking shows, let’s simply ignore the time it takes to gather the ingredients, prep them(melt butter, pack the brown sugar, measure the flour, etc.) and start the clock when we start mixing the pre-portioned items together. Be reasonable: more like 10-15 minutes and longer for people who aren’t regular bakers.
Two Peas replied: — March 11th, 2012 @ 1:25 pm
Thanks for the comment. I changed the prep time to 15 minutes. Typo:)
I don’t get the whole salt on caramel thing, but everything else? Yes, please!
Nice recipe! Nothing says decadent like salty caramel.
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These sound so good! I have a slight obsession with the sweet/salty combinations, and desserts that incorporate a salty flavor along with the sweet stuff are my favorite. I will have to bake these next. Thanks for the awesome post and great pics/tutorial!
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YUM these look incredible (especially the extra kick of salt…mmm)! Did you experience any problems with the second layer of cookie dough? Hoping to make these tonight but I’m afraid the top layer won’t spread easily over slippery caramel. Any tips would be appreciated
thank you in advance!
Two Peas replied: — March 19th, 2012 @ 5:27 pm
Spread the cookie dough over the caramel using a spatula and then just lightly pat the cookie dough down over the caramel using a spatula or your hands. Enjoy!
Was massively looking forward to these but I managed to mess them up! Couldn’t find any caramel squares (perhaps it’s an England thing) so made my own caramel, also my tin was too big so everything just kind of mushed together. Taking them out of the oven in a bit so hopefully they’ll taste better than they look….
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I made these and they are the most amazing, most wonderful thing you could ever put in your mouth
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WOW! just made these and they were absolutely fantastic! i made them in muffin tins instead of as bars, and they were great like that. the only thing is that next time i’ll use slightly less chocolate just because the bars are so rich
how should i melt the caramel if i don’t have a microwave? just on the stovetop?
Two Peas replied: — April 7th, 2012 @ 9:58 pm
Yes, you can melt it on the stovetop. Stir it until creamy and smooth. Enjoy!
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These cookies bars are the perfect combination of true yumminess! I can’t wait to make them for my dad. For sure I will score brownie points,lol
The cookie bars remind me of one of my favorite drinks made at Starbucks, the Salted Carmel Mocha.
I adore anything with a sweet and savoury twist. Can’t wait to try these!
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