Chocolate Chip Caramel Butter Bars
A rich dessert bar layered with buttery cookie dough, melty chocolate chips, and a soft caramel center baked until golden and gooey.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups salted butter softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chocolate chips
For the Caramel Layer
- 11 ounce caramel sauce
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups salted butter softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chocolate chips
For the Caramel Layer
- 11 ounce caramel sauce
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9x13 inch baking dish
- Beat butter and sugar until light, fluffy, and pale
- Mix in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla and blend until smooth
- Add baking soda and cream of tartar, then mix in flour just until combined, fold in chocolate chips
- Whisk caramel sauce with flour until smooth
- Press half of the dough into the pan, slightly up the sides
- Pour caramel evenly over the dough layer
- Drop remaining dough over the caramel layer
- Bake for 25–35 minutes until golden and just set, cover edges if browning too fast
- Cool completely before slicing to set the caramel