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Chocolate-Caramel Bars

Need a sweet bar cookie? Cake mix, oats, caramels and chocolate chips make this a super delicious treat.

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17 Ratings

5 Stars 47%

4 Stars 24%

3 Stars 12%

2 Stars 18%

1 Stars 0%

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  • Prep Time 25 min
  • Total Time 2 hr 30 min
  • Servings 24

Ingredients

1
box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food cake mix
2/3
cup butter or margarine, softened
1
egg
2
cups quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
1
bag (14 oz) caramels, unwrapped
1/4
cup milk
1/2
cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2
cup chopped pecans or walnuts, if desired

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LOCATION

Directions

  • 1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Generously grease or spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan. In large bowl, beat cake mix, butter and egg with electric mixer on low speed until well mixed.
  • 2 Stir in oats until crumbly (use fingers if necessary). Reserve 1 cup cake mixture. Press remaining mixture in pan (use plastic wrap or waxed paper to press mixture if it is sticky).
  • 3 In heavy 2-quart saucepan, heat caramels and milk over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until melted. Pour over chocolate layer in pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and pecans. Crumble reserved cake mixture into small pieces; sprinkle over top.
  • 4 Bake 24 to 29 minutes or until caramel bubbles along edges and cake mixture on top appears crisp and dry. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen bars. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store tightly covered.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Old-fashioned oats would be more visible in the bars than quick-cooking oats would be, but either works fine.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Bar
Calories
230
(
Calories from Fat
80),
% Daily Value
Total Fat
9g
9%
(Saturated Fat
5g,
5%
Trans Fat
0g
0%
),
Cholesterol
25mg
25%;
Sodium
230mg
230%;
Total Carbohydrate
34g
34%
(Dietary Fiber
1g
1%
  Sugars
17g
17%
),
Protein
3g
3%
;
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%;
Vitamin C
0%;
Calcium
6%;
Iron
6%;
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choices:
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 10/7/2011 8:26:42 PM REPORT ABUSE twistedknitter said:
Rating:
I was finding it impossible to incorporate the oats until I thought about using my dough hook for my stand mixer. It worked perfectly!
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Posted 10/6/2010 8:33:37 PM REPORT ABUSE daisyprincess said:
Rating:
kind of dry... Im working on a variation of this that I hope will ROCK!
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Posted 12/13/2009 10:54:53 AM REPORT ABUSE kerigangemi said:
Rating:
YUMMY!!!! These are delicious
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