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These Caramel Shortbread Bars are easy to make and have an absolutely delicious blend of flavors! This dessert is made with shortbread topped with rice krispie filled caramel, which is then topped with chocolate and sea salt.
If you like this shortbread bar recipe you might also like these Carrot Cake Shortbread Bars or these Raspberry Orange Shortbread Bars.
Caramel Shortbread Bars
So you guys, I am super pumped for tonight! A friend and I are going to see Boyz II Men and En Vogue in concert and I cannot wait! I am going to dance and sing my butt off!
I’m pretty sure the Boyz II Men “II” album was one of the very first cassette tapes I bought. And please tell me you know what a cassette tape is. Don’t make me feel old. 🙂
Speaking of old, apparently CD’s are becoming old and a thing of the past since the new Macs don’t have CD drives. Seriously, what’s up with that? I have a Boyz II Men CD that I can’t listen to on my laptop and it’s not cool. I’m trying to get even more pumped up! I know most people probably buy digital downloads now, but that doesn’t mean we don’t still own our CDs and need to use them, geez.
Anyways, tonight I won’t need either because I’ll have my music LIVE!
Then the hubs is playing another ProAm tournament, so I’ll be watching that. Let’s hope he wins again!
Aaaand, did you see the photo I shared on instagram last night? Guess who’s in the latest issue of Woman’s World Magazine! I’m pretty excited. 🙂
But back to these bars.
Are These Shortbread Bars Easy To Make?
I’ve been wanting to make something like these for some time now. I love caramel and these bars are like wrapping caramel up in a beautiful, semi-baked, tasty, sweet and salty package. Yum!
The shortbread is super easy to put together. Just a few ingredients are mixed together in a food processor, then pressed into the pan.
The caramel layer is made easier by using my favorite store-bought caramels. Making your own caramel isn’t really hard, but this way is even easier. I added some rice krispies to the caramel layer to give it a little crunch. I dig variation in texture and that achieves it.
The bars are topped with chocolate and then sprinkled with sea salt. I don’t always love adding salty to my sweet, because I like the full effect of the sweet. I am a sugar lover to the core! But the salt in these is really spectacular. I might have to some salt on half next time and leave the other side without salt. Then I can alternate between totally sweet, and sweet and salty. 🙂
Do Caramel Shortbread Bars Need To Be Refrigerated?
You can refrigerate the bars, or leave them at room temperature. I personally preferred them cold because they’re firmer, but both ways are delicious.
These bars were a huge hit with my taste testers – some of their favorites. It’s nice to switch it up a little too – I make so much cake, bars were a nice change.
These Caramel Shortbread Bars are perfect for taking to a party or gathering. In fact, you might want to make sure you have somewhere to take them or you just might eat the whole pan before you can say, “Where did all the bars go?”
More Caramel Dessert Recipes You Might Like:
Soft and Chewy Caramel Clusters
Caramel Rolo Rice Krispie Treats
Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate Bars
Caramel Shortbread Bars
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 25
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 9-12 Bars 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Caramel Shortbread Bars are easy to make and have an absolutely delicious blend of flavors! This dessert is made with shortbread topped with rice krispie filled caramel, which is then topped with chocolate and sea salt.
Ingredients
SHORTBREAD LAYER
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 6 tbsp butter, diced
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
CARAMEL LAYER
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 11 oz bag Kraft Caramels, wrappers removed
- 2 cups Rice Krispies cereal
CHOCOLATE LAYER
- 8 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp heavy cream
- sea salt
Instructions
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Enjoy!
How exciting to be in a mag – well done you. I love the look of these bars, how did you get them to cut so straight and neat, they look delicious. Thank you for the recipe.
Thank you! They were cold when I cut them, which I think helped. 🙂
Jealous! The first concert I ever attended was Boyz II Men(and MC Hammer). And En Vogue is still around? The memories are flooding back… I had a huge collection of cassettes back in the days too! Okay, back to focusing on these bars… I love all the layers and different textures of each and pinned them for later! Enjoy the concert:)
Thanks Heather! MC Hammer would be great too – how fun! I love my 90s 🙂
Congrats on the woman’s world feature! So exciting. These salty sweet bars look incredible.
Thanks Sally!! 🙂
Could these bars look any more delicious? I think not. These will be a fantastic weekend treat.
Congrats on Woman’s World! These bars are beautiful and I’ll bet they are pretty tasty too!
Thanks Tonia!
OMG do these bars look fantastic girl! Wowza!
My stomach is growling at 6:45am for these bad boys!
Congrats on getting into Woman’s World! Your pics are so gorgeous, so they deserve a magazine spread!
These look phenomenal. Anything with shortbread and caramel. And layers!
Thanks girl! 🙂