Chocolate Chip Caramel Butter Bars

Yep, I said Butter Bars

These homemade bars use a healthy amount of butter and are ridiculously good because of it! They are an interesting combination of sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies and gooey caramel sauce. Instead of brown sugar (like a traditional chocolate chip cookie), we’re using white sugar which is more like a sugar cookie. These bars come out thick and are super easy to slice. Perfect for serving!

Easy and impressive

I didn’t get a chance to take step-by-step photos of this recipe because – to be honest – I wasn’t sure if they were gonna turn out good. So I made them. We ate them. We loved them. So I snapped a few photos to share with y’all. I think my directions are pretty straight forward and they really are super simple to make. And because I know some folks might ask: flour is added to the caramel sauce to thicken it up a bit. 🙂 

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups salted butter, softened to room temp
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 Eggland’s Best eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups chocolate chips

for the caramel sauce:
1 (11 oz) jar caramel sauce
1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Mix together butter and sugar using an electric mixer until fluffy.
• Mix in the eggs and the vanilla extract. Then stir in the baking soda and cream of tartar.
• Slowly mix in 4 cups all-purpose flour (a little at a time) until the mixture is combined (don’t overmix)
• Finally, stir in the chocolate chips. Batter will be very stiff so this will take a couple of minutes.
• In a bowl, whisk together caramel sauce and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour until totally combined.
• Press half of the cookie bar batter into the bottom of the prepared baking dish and halfway up the sides. ]
• This is easiest if you spray a little nonstick spray onto your hands and then press the batter gently.
• Pour caramel sauce on top of batter.
• Drop spoonfuls of the remaining dough evenly over the top of the caramel.
• Bake for about 25-35 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely before cutting.

Enjoy!

Recipe adapted from: Crazy for Crust

5 from 2 votes

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Chocolate Chip Caramel Butter Bars

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings 24 bars

Calories 313 kcal

Author Brandie @ The Country Cook

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups salted butter softened to room temp
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• for the caramel sauce:
• 1 11 oz jar caramel sauce
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350f degrees.
2. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Mix together butter and sugar using an electric mixer until fluffy.
4. Mix in the eggs and the vanilla extract. Then stir in the baking soda and cream of tartar.
5. Slowly mix in 4 cups all-purpose flour (a little at a time) until the mixture is combined (don't overmix)
6. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips. Batter will be very stiff so this will take a couple of minutes.
7. In a bowl, whisk together caramel sauce and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour until totally combined.
8. Press half of the cookie bar batter into the bottom of the prepared baking dish and halfway up the sides. This is easiest if you spray a little nonstick spray onto your hands and then press the batter gently.
9. Pour caramel sauce on top of batter.
10. Drop spoonfuls of the remaining dough evenly over the top of the caramel.
11. Bake for about 25-35 minutes until golden brown.
12. Cool completely before cutting.

Nutrition Facts

Chocolate Chip Caramel Butter Bars

Amount Per Serving

Calories 313 Calories from Fat 135

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 15g 23%

Saturated Fat 9g 45%

Cholesterol 46mg 15%

Sodium 169mg 7%

Potassium 51mg 1%

Total Carbohydrates 39g 13%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 22g

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 8.2%

Vitamin C 0.1%

Calcium 2.6%

Iron 7.1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.