Almost Candy Bars

Submitted by mandabears

"This starts with a Pillsbury Devils Food cake mix and a lot of good stuff. Easy to make and luscious to eat!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 48 bars

ingredients

• 18 1⁄4 ounces pillsbury devil's food cake mix
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup coconut (optional)
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 14 ounces condensed milk

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl combine the cake mix and butter with pastry blender or fork.
3. Cut butter into cake mix until crumbly.
4. Sprinkle evenly in bottom of ungreased 15x10x1 pan(jelly roll pan).
5. Press lightly.
6. Sprinkle with butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, coconut and chopped nuts.
7. Pour condensed milk evenly over ingredients.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until light golden brown.
9. Cool completely.
10. Cut into bars.

Reviews

[Aunt Fan]

These come out great with almost any variety of substitutions! I just made them with butter pecan cake mix and all the other ingredients exactly as written, and I think they were the best ever in the 20 years I've been using this same recipe! I'm going to put red and green morsels in the next batch for Christmas giving.

 

[rodney h.]

While I can't rate it exactly as it is written, due to substitutions, the finished product was well received. Instead of a box cake mix, I used the dry ingredients from the chocolate cake I usually make, and didn't use butterscotch because some family members don't care for butterscotch. Used toffee crumbles instead, which worked out well. Pretty easy to make, looks good(was gifted for Christmas), and tastes great, nice recipe, thanks

 

[MarieL]

One of my friends recommends making sure that the canned milk turns brownish, as it bakes, before you take them out of the oven.

 

[AKPrincess3]

Love, Love, Love these! I was worried they were going to be too sweet. They are sweet, but not too much. Very chewy from the condensed milk. I used the ½ c. of butter talked about and can see what people were saying about being crumbly. Not really a problem in my book, still totally awesome. I may try to use just a bit more, I don't know maybe not. Wouldn't want to mess with a good thing. I did use white chocolate chips instead of butterscotch because it is what I had. Thanks a million for this recipe.

 

[spicysweet]

These are great! The recipe I had before had a flour-based crust, not as simple to make as a cakemix and butter, and not chocolate, so not nearly as good and easy! I don't have the big jelly roll pan so I tried it in a 9.5 x 13 pan and it was fine. One thing is that I did use the 1/2 cup butter and really worked it into the cake mix, but it was still very dry once baked. maybe with the smaller pan, it ends up being more dense so next time I'll use a lil more butter for that same pan. Also, I think I should have greased the pan.