Caramel Chip Bars

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (no substitutes)
• 32 caramels
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup vanilla chips or 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 ounces heath candy bars, chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, comine butter, caramels and milk.
• 2 cook and stir over medium-low heat until smooth.
• 3 cool.
• 4 in a mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, oil and eggs; mix well.
• 5 stir in chips and chopped candy bar (dough will be stiff).
• 6 press three-fourths into a greased 13-in.x9-in.x2-in. baking pan.
• 7 bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
• 8 place on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 9 pour caramel mixture over the crust.
• 10 drop remaining dough by spoonfuls onto the caramel layer.
• 11 bake for 25-30 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
• 12 cool for 10 minutes; run a knife around the edges of pan.
• 13 cool for 40 minutes longer.
• 14 cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until serving.