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    Home > Recipes > Brownie + Bar Recipes

    Caramelitas

    Published: Feb 22, 2022 | Updated: May 6, 2022

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    Caramelitas Chef Lindsey Farr

    Caramelitas are an easy, chewy bar cookie for serious caramel lovers! An oat cookie crust layered with salted caramel sauce and chocolate chips for a salted caramel chocolate flavor explosion!

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    Caramelita Cookie Bars three stacked with caramel

    There is something sneaky addicting about these bars. I think it’s the oats that pull all the flavors together so, somehow, you can’t stop going back for more. More caramelitas, just one more...it's ok, I'll have just one more after that! The salted caramel, the savory oats, the sweet chocolate and brown sugar in the dough. It all just works.

    Caramelita Cookie Bars on blue surface with caramel

    It works so well that it made the cut as one of the six chewy bar cookies in my shops Classic Bar Cookie Tin.

    Caramelita Cookie Bars detail side view

    If you're a fan of caramel (and I mean, who isn't?!), might I so humbly also suggest these Cashew Caramel Pretzel Blondies? Running right up to the line of “too much” is a favorite hobby of mine. I almost added M&M’s to those blondies but I felt like that was maybe over the line. Or, if you're feeling classic, my Caramel Apple Tart with Cinnamon Streusel Topping is epic! For that one, layers of caramel sauce and sliced apples are piled high in a sweet tart crust and topped with a cinnamon variation of my favorite, go-to streusel! One more Caramelita picture for the road:

    Caramelita Cookie Bars on blue surface detailed top view
    Caramelita Cookie Bars two stacked with caramel

    Caramelitas

    Chef Lindsey
    Caramelitas are an easy, chewy bar cookie for serious caramel lovers! An oat cookie crust layered with salted caramel sauce and chocolate chips for a salted caramel chocolate flavor explosion!
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    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time30 mins
    Total Time50 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 16 people
    Calories 284 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 187 g Butter (cubed or melted)
    • 254 g Light brown sugar
    • 8 g Vanilla extract
    • 225 g All purpose Flour
    • 150 g Rolled Oats
    • 9 g Baking soda
    • 3 g Salt
    • ½ c Caramel (Homemade Recipe Here (132 g))
    • 150 g Chocolate chips (chopped or mini chips)
    Makes: 8inch8 x 8inch rectangle
    Metric - US Customary

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray and line your chosen pan with parchment.
    • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter, sugar, vanilla, flour, oats, soda and salt. Mix on low speed to combine. You can also melt the butter and then mix the dough by hand.
    • Press half of the mix into the bottom of half sheet pan. Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes or until light golden brown. It will take closer to 10 in a ceramic dish and less than 8 in a metal dish.
    • While still warm spread caramel onto base and sprinkle with chocolate. Crumble remaining dough over the top. Bake again for approximately 4 minutes.
    • Cool completely before cutting.

    Video Instructions

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    Notes

    This will also fit into a 9x11 inch pan but the base will be a little thinner. Personally I would bump up the chocolate chips and salted caramel sauce by half just to make sure there is enough.
    Keyword bake sale, cookie bar recipe, cookie recipe
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    1. Nikki P says

      February 22, 2022 at 11:55 pm

      5 stars
      I have been making these for more years than I would like to admit. Every time I make them I get asked for the recipe. The recipe I use is about double this and is made in a 13x9. They never last long. Using homemade caramel is the "secret".

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      • Lindsey Farr says

        March 02, 2022 at 7:44 am

        Gotta love some caramelitas! ????

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