Chocolate Chip Caramel Butter Bars are a combination of sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies and gooey caramel. Such a yummy recipe!
A DELICIOUSLY SOFT BAR RECIPE
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!
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. There is a video below in the recipe card.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- salted butter
- sugar
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- baking soda
- cream of tartar
- all-purpose flour
- chocolate chips
- caramel sauce
HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CHIP CARAMEL BUTTER BARS:
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray a 9x13-inch 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 ¼ 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.
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Chocolate Chip Caramel Butter Bars (+Video)
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups salted butter softened to room temp
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chocolate chips
For the caramel sauce:
- 11 ounce jar caramel sauce
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray a 9x13-inch 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 ¼ 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.
Video
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Recipe credit: Crazy for Crust
Jennifer H
What caramel sauce did you use?
Brandie @ The Country Cook
I’ve used several brands. You can use your favorite. Generally the Smuckers brand is easiest for me to find 🙂
Lisa
Made these for my husband to bring to work, everyone loved them! Thanks for sharing your recipe!!!
Karen
Had to try making these, but with just two of us, we couldn't possibly finish it all, so I cut the recipe down to about 1/3 the original and used an 8x8 pan to bake it in. I was out of caramel syrup, so I substituted chocolate syrup. Terrific result, especially eaten warm. Would go great with softened ice cream or even a little whipped cream topping.
Linda Wasko
Are these easy to cut into bars and remove from the pan?
Brandie @ The Country Cook
Hi Linda! Yes, they sure are 🙂
Melanie W
These bars are to die for!!! They are SOOOO good. I'm having a really hard time pacing myself. 🙂
Brandie
Right? It is hard to resist the temptation 🙂
Melanie W
You have made my family very happy. I have made so many of your recipes on this blog I lost count. Every single one has been a winner. 🙂
Gentle Joy Homemaker
These look wonderful! It is nice when an experiment recipe turns out to be a winner. 🙂
laraine
Love to make this. Is there a substitute for cream of tartar?