CHOCOLATE CHIP CARAMEL BUTTER BARS

Chocolate Chip Caramel Butter Bars are a combination of sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies and gooey caramel. Such a yummy recipe!

CHOCOLATE CHIP CARAMEL 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!

VIDEO INCLUDED BELOW:

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 NEEDED:
1 ½ cups salted butter, softened to room temp
1 ½ cups sugar
2 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:
1 (11 oz) jar caramel sauce
¼ cup all-purpose flour

HOW TO MAKE THESE HOMEMADE CARAMEL BUTTER BARS:

• Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Spray a 9x13 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.

Enjoy!

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CHOCOLATE CHIP CARAMEL BUTTER BARS

Chocolate Chip Caramel Butter Bars are a combination of sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies and gooey caramel. Such a yummy recipe!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Chocolate Chip Caramel Bars

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Servings: 24 bars

Calories: 313kcal

Author: Brandie @ The Country Cook

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:
• 1 11 oz jar caramel sauce
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour

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Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350f degrees.
• Spray a 9x13 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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Nutrition

Calories: 313kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 169mg | Potassium: 51mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 410IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1.3mg

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