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Sea Salt Caramel Bars

Friday, May 24, 2013 by Lolli 7 Comments

Sea Salt Caramel Bars Recipe from Food Fun Family

I had company over for dinner the other night, and wanted to make an easy – and new – dessert for after the meal. I had all the ingredients out for S’mores Bars, but realized at the last moment that I didn’t have enough chocolate…so I turned to another recipe that I had been wanting to make, modified it pretty significantly to make it totally easy, and voila! This was a total hit, and we’re definitely making these again.

Easy sea salt caramel bars recipe from Food Fun Family

OK, these are NOT low fat. But they are to-die-for delicious! I would recommend making these for a group or a party or else you might find yourself eating the whole batch by yourself (which would end up being quite fattening).

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Sea Salt Caramel Bars
 
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Cook time
1 hour
Total time
1 hour
 
Author: Lolli
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 1 lb. (as in a whole box, 4 sticks) real butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1½ cups powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbs vanilla
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 (14 oz) jar ice cream caramel (such as Hershey's - make sure it's thick "real" caramel and not the stuff that you squirt on your ice cream)
  • 1 T. coarse sea salt (you can reduce this if you don't love bursts of salty flavor)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325°
  2. In a medium to large bowl, combine the softened butter and both sugars. Using a hand mixer on med-low speed, beat together until creamy. Add the vanilla and beat until combined.
  3. Add the flour to the butter mixture and beat on low speed until the dough is fully mixed - it will be crumbly and soft.
  4. Press half of the dough into a 9x13 glass baking dish pan to form a bottom crust. Cover remaining dough and store in refrigerator.
  5. Bake crust for about 20-25 minutes, until the edges are golden brown. Let crust cool about 15 minutes.
  6. Spread caramel onto crust. Sprinkle coarse sea salt over the caramel.
  7. Crumble the reserved crust evenly over the caramel.
  8. Return to the oven and bake until the topping is firm and light golden brown, about 30 minutes.
  9. Cool before cutting into squares.
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Sea Salt Caramel Bars Recipe from Food Fun Family-3

Modified from a recipe found on Cookies and Cups. It’s an awesome recipe, but I wanted to see if it worked with thick ice cream caramel. Why? Because it was easier and I had some in my fridge, of course!

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I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

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Comments

  1. Lolli says

    Monday, September 4, 2017 at 5:19 pm

    I haven’t tried that, but I bet it would be delicious! I’d recommend semi sweet or even dark chocolate :)

  2. Laurie says

    Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 3:17 pm

    A coworker made these and they are delicious! I, of course, wanted the recipe, but was wondering if you’ve ever tried adding chocolate chips to the caramel layer? just a thought, but not sure if it would be too rich? Thoughts?

  3. shellee says

    Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 2:47 am

    These are AMAZING, the crust is just right, and yes addicting. I added macadamia nuts to the middle layer. Heavenly!

  4. Lolli says

    Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    Oops! Can’t believe I left that step out. You sprinkle the sea salt on top of the caramel, before putting the crumble on top. I’ll add that right now. Sorry!

  5. Jennifer Knight says

    Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 4:09 pm

    When do you put the sea salt on?

  6. Lolli says

    Monday, May 27, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    I know you’ll love them…but beware–they are addicting! You’ve been warned! ;)

  7. Jennifer Sikora says

    Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 5:58 pm

    That looks SO good and you cannot go wrong with caramel and sea salt on anything! I am gonna have to make some of these :)

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