Caramel Crunch Bars
You might ask, “Rebecca, how DO you hang on to a bounty such as Jeff?” And I would answer in three little words. Sometimes those three little words are Heath Toffee Bits. So, I was excited about this week’s Tuesday with Dorie pick: Caramel Crunch Bars.
The bars have three layers: a shortbread base topped with melted chocolate chips and a lethal smattering of toffee bits. Can’t miss, right? Well, like a newborn baby, these bars are far more appealing a few days out of the oven. They need the extra time for the flavors to meld and the shortbread to solidify so that you don’t have a crumbly mess. Although, the crumbly mess IS good on ice cream.
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Your cookies came out great! You cant go worng with chocolate and toffee.
I think it would be far too easy to keep snacking on these bars while you watched TV or read a book. They have that pecking appeal, don’t they? I’ve been making brownies a lot lately (my son is on a brownie kick) and that’s becoming a bit of a pecking problem for me! Why are squares so appealing?!
Looks great.
Look how thick! These look perfect.
i agree–messy babies are icky! cookies look delilsh, tho!
Wow. They look thick and delicious.
Yours look really think. I agree, you can’t go wrong with heath toffee bits!
You are so right — these are WAY better after they sit for a while. Funny little bars. Yours look great!
Oh I think they look delish!
Haha, your secret’s out of the bag now!! Wow, yum, yum, yum! Your bars turned out great. I love that you had the thicker short bread layer.
The bars look amazing. Hard to resist!
These look really yummy.
Ha! I love your analogy. How funny. Your crunch bars look amazing.
Oh, dammit. Why is it that you keep posting these bits of delciousness. Don’t you know that I’m going to come, visit your blog, and want to make it? That I won’t be able to resist the lure of caramel crunch? What are you trying to do to me? And the pictures. Couldn’t you please pepper your blog with some dark, unappealing pictures to make the recipes just a wee bit less alluring? My waistline would thank you (though my husband, children, and tastebuds would not :)
Grumble.
xo, amanda @ http://www.kiddio.org / http://www.housemade.org
Thanks for the heads up that this is something that tastes better the next day. The last couple of things I’ve made have been like that. The first day okay the next day much better.
~ingrid
These look wonderful!
Yours look gorgeous!
Weren’t these just the best? They didn’t last long around here.
Wow, yours came out thick and wonderful looking. They look marvelous. I am making my daughter take them to school to give away. They are so good, but I have faced the fact that only teens can get away with eating the whole batch of these sweet babies!
ha Love the tip of Toffee bits & men…. I will have to keep that one in mind! ;) They look delicious.
Umm, mine didn’t last a few days, but I’ll take your word that the extra time makes them tastier. I like how your shortbread layer is nice and thick. They look so yummy!
These look fantastic! On top of ice cream would be fantastic!
Hahaha – I’m pretty sure these are why I hang onto the boyfriend too :) Beautiful job. He ate his over ice cream too – are we seeing a trend here?
These bars do definitely get tastier and tastier with time. My willpower also seems to decline the longer I’m around them – probably not a coincidence.