Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
These Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are gooey and sweet - creamy chocolate chips with caramel - and only takes 1 bowl & 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 4¼ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 sticks butter, unsalted, melted (1½ cups)
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or paste
- 2½ cups chocolate chips (I like to use semi-sweet chips in this recipe to offset the sweetness of the caramel)
- 1½ cups chopped caramel pieces (or caramel bits) (I like to chop the store-bought caramels into 2-3 pieces each, so they're not so big - the caramel bits work great too!)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Line a rimmed cookie sheet (about 12x17 inches) with parchment, letting the excess hang over the edges of the pan by about 1 inch so you can grab those edges and pull the bars from the pan after they have baked.
- Mix the flour, salt, and baking soda together in medium bowl; set aside. x
- Whisk the melted butter and sugars in a large bowl until combined. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Using a rubber spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture until just combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and chopped pieces of caramel (reserve 1/2 cup of caramels to top the bars with). Turn the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula. Add remaining caramel pieces to the top.
- Bake until the top of the bars is light golden brown, slightly firm to the touch, and edges start pulling away from sides of pan, 24-28 minutes. Cool pan on a wire rack to room temperature. Once cooled, remove the bars from the pan by lifting the parchment overhang and transfer them to a cutting board. Cut into squares and serve.