Chocolate Caramel Nut Bars Recipe - Cooking Index
Chocolate Caramel Nut Bars Recipe - Cooking Index
| 1 | Caramels - (14 oz) | |
| 1 | Evaporated milk - (5 1/3 oz) - divided | |
| 1 | German chocolate cake mix with | |
| Pudding in mix - (2-layer size) | ||
| 1/2 cup | 99g / 3.5oz | Butter - (1 stick) - melted |
| 1 1/2 cups | 219g / 7.7oz | Chopped walnuts - divided |
| 1 | Semisweet chocolate chips - (6 oz) |
Remove wrappers from caramels. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Over very low heat, stirring often, or in top of a double boiler, melt caramels with 1/3 cup evaporated milk. Set aside.
Combine remaining 1/3 cup evaporated milk, dry cake mix and melted butter; mix well.
Press half of cake-mix mixture into greased 9- by 13-inch baking pan. Bake for 5 to 6 minutes. Sprinkle 1 cup walnuts and all the chocolate chips over cake; top with caramel mixture. Top with remaining half of cake-mix mixture, dropping by teaspoons; press gently into caramel mixture. (You may need to use your fingers to crumble and spread the cake-mix mixture.) Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup walnuts; press lightly into top. Bake for 20 minutes.
Let cool to room temperature. Cut into bars. To store, cover and refrigerate.
Yields 60 to 80 small cookies.
Tester's notes: These cookies are delicious, worth the time and expense.
Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 12-07-1998 - Paula Koester, Long Island, N.Y.
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