Death by Caramel Bars

Mom2Rose's Note:

These showy brownies are nice and tall with pockets of caramel goo. They are wicked enough on their own, but for an over-the-top dessert, add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzle with caramel sauce.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 24 mins
• Prep Time: 24 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 24

Yield: 24.0 brownies

• 3 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 cups unsalted butter, melted
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup oats, uncooked
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 (2 1/8 ounce) Snickers candy bars, chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can dulce de leche

Directions:

1. Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl; stir well.
2. Combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. Add to butter mixture, stirring just until blended.
4. Fold in chopped candy bars.
5. Spoon batter into a greased aluminum foil-lined 13" x 9" pan coated with cooking spray, allowing foil to extend over ends of pan (Pan will be very full).
6. Spoon dollops of dulce de leche over batter; swirl slightly into batter with a knife.
7. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 5 minutes.
8. Remove to a wire rack, and cool completely (This may take several hours).
9. Use foil to lift uncut brownies out of pan.
10. Peel foil away from sides of uncut brownies, and cut into bars.

Reviews

[ramartin42]

Yum! I've made this twice now. I cut the recipe in half both times and used an 8" x 8" pan. Baking time is almost the same - I think around an hour. The second time I used Milky Way bars instead of the Snickers, as I found the peanuts to be distracting from the caramel. How can you argue with a dessert that has candy bars in the recipe? Thank you!!!

[Lara H]

Absolutely Fabulous!!!! I got this recipe in my email from MyRecipes.com Cookie Countdown. I was on my way to the grocery store anyway so picked up the ingrdients I needed. My children loved them, my m-i-l loved them everyone loved them. I'm going to see how the few that are left freeze.

[Saturn]

Wow! Oh wow!! These are SO amazing! Everyone in the family LOVED these! It isn't very often that we can all agree on food. But this we all agreed has to be made again! I think my little jar of Dulce De Leche was larger than necessary so I ended up almost having to mix it in, other wise the entire top was going to be caramel. It still worked out really well though as they tasted wonderful. Next time I will use a bit less and be a bit "strategic" with my placing of it. Thank you SO much for posting this. You made my Easter dinner dessert extra special and completely memorable!