Carmelita Chocolate Caramel Bars
Carmelitas are the ultimate chocolate caramel bars! They’re gooey, chewy, and bursting with caramel and chocolate flavor, all surrounded by chewy oatmeal! Top it off with some ice cream for the ultimate dessert bar!
Why We Love This Carmelitas Recipe
These chocolate and caramel oatmeal bars, also known as Carmeltias, have got to be the gooiest bars I’ve ever had! They can be quite messy to eat, but I certainly don’t mind since they’re full of all of my favorite things!
The oats give them some structure, but they can still be quite challenging to cut. Just pop them in the freezer to harden them and make them easier to manage, and then, warm them up in the microwave. Slap a dollop of vanilla ice cream on top to complete the treat!
The ice cream complements the richness of flavor and creates the ultimate dessert – heaven on a plate!
FAQs
Keep stirring and keep the heat stable on medium heat! You can also do this in the microwave by heating it on high in 30-second increments and stirring each time until it’s your desired consistency.
Store them in the refrigerator, covered, for about a week. You can also keep them in the freezer for a little bit before cutting them into bars and reheating them to serve.
Caramel is so hard to cut! It’s so gooey! If you freeze it then it’s easier to cut because it’s still malleable (caramel doesn’t freeze solidly) but not completely sticky and messy.
More Caramel Recipes To Try
- Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
- Peanut Butter Caramel Brownies
- Banana Pecan Scones with Caramel Icing
- Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Caramel Icing
- Caramel Pretzel Sticks
- Salted Caramel Sauce
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Carmelita Chocolate Caramel Bars
Ingredients
- 3/4 c butter melted
- 3/4 c packed brown sugar
- 1 1/2 c old fashioned oats
- 1/2 c flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 c chocolate chips
- 1 11 oz pkg caramels
- pinch of salt
- 1/3 c whole milk or cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line an 8×8 inch baking pan with foil and coat with butter or cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl combine melted butter, brown sugar, rolled oats, flour, baking soda and vanilla.
- Spread 1/2 of the oat mixture in the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- While that is baking melt caramels with salt and milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat stirring very frequently.
- Remove crust from oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips and top with caramel.
- Carefully top the caramel with the remaining oat mixture.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Cool completely before cutting into bars. I froze the bars after they were cooled to help them cut and come out of the pan easier.
- Store in the refrigerator.
These are such great dessert bars, but adding the ice cream on top makes it everything I could ever wish for!
I agree!! We love it with ice cream too!