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Peanut Butter Caramel Turtle Brownies

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Ingredients
  

Brownies

  • 1½ cups sugar
  • ⅔ cups butter cut in chunks
  • ¼ cup water
  • 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips divided
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups flour
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt

Peanut Butter Topping

  • 6 tbsp. butter softened
  • ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1½ tbsp. milk

Caramel

  • 11 ounces kraft caramels
  • 2 T. milk
  • 1 cup pecans toasted (in dry pan till fragrant) and chopped

Chocolate Topping

  • ¾ cup chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon canola oil

serving

  • jar of caramel sauce if desired

Instructions
 

  • Melt butter, sugar, and water in saucepan on the stove.
  • Bring to a boil while stirring.
  • Remove from heat and stir in only 2 cups of the chips.
  • Let cool a bit.
  • Stir in one egg at a time.
  • Add vanilla.
  • Stir in dry ingredients and the 1 cup chips.
  • Pour in 9x13 pan lined with nonstick foil.
  • bake at 325 for 40 minutes.
  • Let cool.

Peanut Butter Topping

  • Beat butter and sugar.
  • Add milk until creamy and fluffy!
  • Spread on brownies with offset spatula.

Caramel Layer

  • Melt caramel and milk in microwave until smooth.
  • Stir in toasted pecans.
  • Spread over peanut butter layer.

Chocolate

  • Melt chocolate and oil in microwave until smooth.
  • Spread over caramel layer.
  • Cut when ooey gooey or let set up for a while for neater bars.
  • Drizzle with caramel sauce if desired when serving.