Decadent Gooey Sea Salt Chocolate Caramel Bars, need I say more? They are easy to make, and you won't believe the reaction you get when people take a bite!
Weight Watchers Points: Blue: 9 Smart Point ; Green: 9 Smart Points; Purple: 8 Smart Point for one square
3c.brown sugar2 c. for bars and 1 c. for homemade caramel
2eggs
2 1/2c.flourlightly spoon flour into measuring cup, not packed
1t.salt
1t.baking soda
3c.oatmeal
12oz.semisweet chocolate chips
1can sweetened condensed milk
1c.pecanschopped
1t.vanilla
coarse sea salt to taste
Instructions
My favorite way to make these is to line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper. Then spray with cooking spray. It makes them so easy to flip over when they are cooled and cut into small squares. You can also just bake them in a 9x13 and cut in pan.
Preheat oven to 350°.
Cream together 1 c. butter, 2 c. brown sugar and eggs.
In a separate bowl, combine together flour, salt and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture.
Stir in oatmeal. Press 3/4 of mixture into a 9x13 pan. (Reserve the remaining 1/4 mixture.)
Melt together chocolate chips, and sweetened condensed milk. You can do this on a stove on low heat or in the microwave, 30 sec at a time, stirring well before microwaving again. Pour chocolate mixture over oatmeal mixture.
In a saucepan, combine 1 c. unsalted butter and 1 c. brown sugar. Bring to a boil and boil for 2-3 minutes stirring constantly. Use a timer, start the timer when the mixture begins to boil. The mixture will get bubbly, foamy and thick. Turn off heat. Add vanilla.
Immediately pour over chocolate layer. Sprinkle chopped pecans over caramel layer. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt.
Crumble/chunk the reserved oatmeal mixture on the top of the chocolate mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes. Do not over-bake. The top oatmeal chunky layer will be almost done, like a cookie. I peel back some of the oatmeal, if it's mostly cooked, then it's done.
Let sit overnight or cool for at least 6 hours. Take a knife and run along the edge. Flip pan over to release bars. Peel off paper and flip over so that bars are right side up. Cut into bars. This recipe makes about 60 bars. For best results, let set overnight before cutting or at least 6 hours, otherwise they will be gooey when you try and cut them.