Description
This chewy Millionaire’s Shortbread is the best dessert to satisfy your sweet and salty cravings! A buttery shortbread base is topped with a layer of Rice Krispie caramel followed by a rich chocolate topping and a sprinkle of sea salt.
Ingredients
For the Shortbread Layer
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 6 tbsp butter, diced
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
For the Caramel Layer
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 11 oz bag Kraft Caramels, wrappers removed
- 2 cups Rice Krispies cereal
For the Chocolate Topping
- 8 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp heavy cream
- sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 9×9 pan with parchment paper, leaving some sticking above the sides of the pan to lift the bars out later.
- Add flour, sugar, butter and vanilla to a food processor and pulse until it comes together and forms a ball.
- Press dough evenly into the bottom of the pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned.
- Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
- Put milk, butter and caramels into a large pot on medium heat. Allow everything to melt, stirring often so that the mixture doesn’t boil.
- Add the rice krispies and mix until incorporated.
- Pour caramel mixture evenly over shortbread. Set pan aside.
- Heat heavy cream and chocolate chips in the microwave at 30 second increments, stirring between increments, until melted.
- Pour chocolate evenly over caramel layer.
- Allow bars to cool. You can put them in the refrigerator to cool more quickly.
- Lift bars out of the pan and cut into squares. It’s easier to cut them if they are cold.
- Serve bars cold or at room temperature.
Notes
Makes 9-12 bars.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories: 368
- Sugar: 33 g
- Sodium: 290.8 mg
- Fat: 18.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 48.5 g
- Protein: 4.4 g
- Cholesterol: 29.8 mg
