Chocolate Caramel Bars

5 from 1 vote

Easy to make and take!

Prep Time7

Cook Time20

Chilling Time4

Total Time4 27

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 2" squares

Calories: 199kcal

Line a 9 X 13" baking pan with foil leaving a 2" overhang on all sides. Preheat oven to 350°.
Melt butter gently in the microwave.
Mix the graham crumbs, sugar and salt. Then stir in the butter and mix till well moistened. Press firmly into the bottom of the baking pan.
Bake 10 minutes.

Pour chocolate chips and condensed milk in a large microwaveable container. Melt on high about 2 minutes. Remove from microwave and stir thoroughly. Add time in 30 seconds increments if necessary to fully melt. Stir well each time you add more time.Or Stove top method: combine chocolate chips and condensed milk in a large saucepan and heat over medium heat until chocolate is melted. Stir to combine well.
Pour warm chocolate mix over the graham crumb base. Distribute pretzel pieces evenly over the chocolate layer. You can choose how much chocolate layer you want to leave exposed.
Gently melt the salted caramel chips with the teaspoon of vegetable oil in the microwave sitrring every half minute. Drizzle evenly over top of the pan.
Bake a further 12 minutes at 350°.
Remove from oven. Allow to come to room temperature and then chill at least 4 hours to allow it to firm up.
Using the foil overhang you can carefully remove the squares from the pan to a flat surface. Cut in to even squares and serve.
Refrigerate covered up to a week. Squares also freeze well, tightly sealed, for months.