Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Bars

These bars taste as rich and sinful as they look. The perfect treat when craving something sweet! I sprinkled mine with sea salt because we love the whole sweet/salty combo. If you don’t, then skip the salt. It’s completely optional! These bars keep well chilled and will last a while so they are perfect for a make ahead dessert.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Bars

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Ingredients

  

Cookie Crust

• ⅓ cup butter room temperature
• ⅓ cup sugar
• ½ tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• ¼ tsp.salt
• 1 T. milk

Caramel

• 7 oz Kraft caramel squares unwrapped
• 2 T. milk
• 2 T. sweetened condensed milk
• 3 T. peanut butter
• ½ cup coarsely chopped peanuts

Ganache

• 5 ounces dark chocolate chips Ghiradelli
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 1 T. corn syrup
• sea salt for garnish optional

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Line 8-by-8-inch pan with nonstick foil leaving an overhang for easy removal.
• Beat butter and sugar.
• Add vanilla and salt.
• Add flour.
• Add milk until a dough forms and press into the bottom of your lined pan.
• Prick the bottom several times with a fork.
• Bake 20 mins until browned and let cool.
• Sprinkle peanuts on cooled crust.
• Place the caramels in a pot with the 2 milks and stir on low until melted.
• Add peanut butter.
• Pour this over the peanuts on the crust and spread evenly.
• Chill 30 mins.
• Microwave the chocolate, cream and corn syrup gently until melted.
• Whisk smooth and pour over chilled caramel layer.
• Chill 30-60 before cutting into bars.
• Sprinkle on sea salt if desired.

Adapted from Love and Olive Oil, be sure to visit this blog!