Caramelitas (Oatmeal, Chocolate, and Caramel Gooey Bar Cookies)
These delicious carmelitas bars are perfect to bake and bring along to any get together. Inspired by the Potbelly Dream Bar.
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 455kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter melted, plus more for coating baking dish
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp. vanilla
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 ½ cups old fashioned oats
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 10 oz. can of dulce de leche
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, add melted butter, brown sugar, and vanilla. Whisk vigorously until well combined.
- Add in flour, oats, salt, and baking soda and stir with a spatula until the dough comes together.
- Coat the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking dish with butter. Take half of the dough and spread it with your hands or a spatula evenly across the bottom of the baking dish.
- Place into oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- 1-2 minutes before taking out the bottom layer, warm your dulce de leche in a microwave safe dish until it pours easily.
- Remove baking dish with par-baked bottom layer and sprinkle chocolate chips carefully over the top. Drizzle the warm caramel on top of that.
- Finish by crumbling the second half of the dough over the top in an even layer.
- Place back in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, until it is cooked through.
- Allow to cool for 1-2 hours so that the bars can solidify before cutting.
Nutrition
Calories: 455kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 336mg | Potassium: 152mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 567IU | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 2mg