Caramel Nut Bars
Chocolate bars filled with gooey caramel studded with crunchy pecans.
Servings 15
Ingredients
- 2 cups Kraft caramel bits or 48 Kraft caramels
- 2/3 cup evaporated milk divided
- 1 package chocolate cake mix with pudding
- 1 stick melted butter (8 tablespoons)
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9x13 cake pan.
- In a medium sized saucepan, combine the caramel bits and 1/3 cup evaporated milk. Over medium heat, stir until caramel bits are melted and mixture is combined. Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir together remaining milk, cake mix and melted butter.
- Press 1/2 the cake mixture into the bottom of the pan. Bake for 8 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle 1 cup nuts and 1/2 cup chocolate chips over the crust. Pour caramel sauce over the top, spreading to the edge of the pan.
- Take tablespoonfuls of remaining cake mixture and plop onto the the caramel sauce.
- Top with remaining nuts and chocolate chips.
- Bake for 18 more minutes. Remove from oven, allow to cool and enjoy!
Notes
This recipe was adapted from a recipe I got from a friend's mom who got it from the back of an evaporated milk can a long time ago.
If you or the people you're making it for, don't care for nuts, feel free to omit them or just put them on half the pan.