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Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Bars

Sheila
These Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bars combine buttery cookie dough, gooey caramel, chocolate, and crunchy pretzels for the ultimate sweet-and-salty dessert. Easy to make and perfect for parties, bake sales, or anytime you're craving a delicious bar cookie.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course baked goods, baking, cookie bar
Cuisine baked goods, Dessert
Servings 30 bars
Calories 288 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 12x15 sheet pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 cups semi sweet chocolate chips I also like dark 70% chocolate chips in these bars
  • 11 ounce bag caramel bits
  • 1 cup (heaping)crushed pretzel pieces I prefer to use pretzel sticks, or traditional small pretzels, crush in plastic bag
  • 1/2 tsp course sea salt for topping warm bars

Instructions
 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, spray 12×15 baking sheet with non-stick baking spray.

  • Cream together butter, sugars, and vanilla until smooth and whipped.
  • Add eggs one at a time and mix until combined. Add vanilla, mix.
  • In a separate bowl measure out flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  • Gradually add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mix until completely incorporated. Scrap down sides of bowl and mix for another couple turns. Do not over mix.
  • Add goodies -> chocolate chips, caramel bits, pretzel pieces, at this point my stand mixer gets really full, so don’t walk away from this you might come back to find dough all over your counter and floor!
  • Spread dough into greased baking sheet, sprinkle a few granules of coarse sea salt evenly over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove from oven to a wire rack allow to cool for 20 minutes before cutting into bars.

Notes

You can cut 30 bars measuring 2" × 3" from a 12" × 15" pan

Nutrition

Serving: 1barCalories: 288kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 187mgPotassium: 19mgFiber: 1gSugar: 28gCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg
Keyword bars, caramel, chocolate chip, cookie, easy, pretzel
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