Caramel Cookie Bars From A Cake Mix Recipes

CARAMEL COOKIE BARS FROM A CAKE MIX

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325. Grease a 9 x13 cake pan.
• 2. In a medium bowl cream eggs, butter, and caramel flavoring.
• 3. Sift cake mix into a large bowl.
• 4. Pour cake mix over butter and eggs.
• 5. Stir to moisten. (This will be very thick.)
• 6. Next stir in candy and nuts.
• 7. Spread over greased cake pan evenly.
• 8. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• 9. While mixture is baking melt caramels in a pan over boiling water. You may need to add a little cream or butter to thin caramel.
• 10. Stir until caramels are melted and it's thin enough to spread.
• 11. Cover and keep just warm enough to spread.
• 12. Remove cake from oven and cool for 10 minutes.
• 13. Then pour warm caramel over the top of the cake and spread evenly. Allow to cool completely.
• 14. When the cake is cool and caramel is set, spread frosting over the top of the caramel.
• 15. Decorate as desired or leave plain. Cut into 24 equal pieces.

CARAMEL-APPLE BARS WITH CAKE MIX

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Place cake mix in a bowl and cut in butter with 2 knives or a pastry blender. Stir in 1/2 cup evaporated milk, then apples. Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan and set remaining batter aside.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• While bottom bar layer is baking, combine caramel candies and 1/2 cup evaporated milk in a saucepan over low heat; cook and stir until melted. Remove from the heat.
• Remove the baking pan from the oven and drizzle caramel mixture over top. Sprinkle with cinnamon chips and pour reserved batter over top. Return to the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 30 more minutes.

STUFFED CARAMEL CAKE-MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
• In large bowl, stir together cake mix and flour. In small bowl, stir melted butter, 1/4 cup caramel sauce, egg, water and vanilla until blended. Add butter mixture to cake mix-flour mixture; beat with spoon until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Shape dough into 20 (2-inch) balls. Press 1 caramel into center of each cookie, making sure to form dough around caramel to enclose; reshape into balls. Roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
• Bake 10 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Drizzle 2 tablespoons caramel sauce over cookies. Let stand about 2 hours or until caramel is set.

CARAMEL CHIP BARS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the butter, caramels and milk; cook and stir over medium-low heat until smooth. Cool. , In a large bowl, beat the cake mix, oil and eggs until blended. Stir in chips and chopped candy bar (dough will be stiff). , Press three-fourths into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Place on a wire rack for 10 minutes., Pour caramel mixture over the crust. Drop remaining dough by spoonfuls onto caramel layer. Bake for 25-30 minutes longer or until edges are golden brown. , Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes; run a knife around edges of pan. Cool 40 minutes longer; cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

CHOCOLATE CAKE CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Melt first 2 ingredients together over low heat.
• In separate bowl, combine cake mix, butter, and evaporated milk. Do NOT mix the chocolate chips into mixture.
• Put half of cake mixture in a greased & floured 9x13 pan. Bake 6 minutes at 350 degrees. Sprinkle chocolate chips over cake mixture (DO NOT MIX INTO CAKE BATTER). Pour caramel mixture over chocolate chips. Pour remaining cake mix on top, dropping mix by spoonfuls.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 18 minutes, cool 20 minutes, cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over low heat, melt caramels with 1/4 cup milk; stir until smooth. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Beat in dry cake mix and remaining milk., Spread half of the dough into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 6 minutes; sprinkle with chocolate chips. , Gently spread caramel mixture over chips. Drop remaining dough by tablespoonfuls over caramel layer. Return to the oven for 15 minutes.

ALMOST CARAMEL DE LITE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10x15 inch jellyroll pan.
• Combine the cake mix and the melted butter in a large mixing bowl. Mix until evenly moistened, then press into the prepared pan. Layer chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, miniature marshmallows, and coconut over the cake mix crust. Pour the condensed milk over the layers.
• Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool before cutting into bars.