Peanut Butter Caramel Twix Bars
"I combined three favorite recipes - Twix, Tagalongs Girl Scout Cookies, and Millionaire's Shortbread in this these nearly no-bake, easy, four-layer bars. There's buttery shortbread, rich and dense peanut butter, sweet and intense caramel, and smooth dark chocolate. They hit all my favorite elements of a dessert all in one. Buttery, snappy, creamy, smooth, peanut buttery, dense, rich, gooey, velvety, and chocolaty. They're like a marriage of Peanut Butter Twix and Tagalongs, in bar form, and they're irresistible!..."
INGREDIENTS
•
FOR THE SHORTBREAD CRUST
•
1/2 cup unsalted butter, extremely soft (1 stick)
•
1 cup all-purpose flour
•
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
•
1 tablespoon cornstarch
•
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•
FOR THE PEANUT BUTTER FILLING
•
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
•
1 cup creamy peanut butter (like Jif or Skippy; not homemade or 'natural', it's too thin and runny)
•
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
•
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
•
FOR THE CARAMEL LAYER
•
about 8 ounces (salted) caramel sauce (I used most of a 10-ounce jar of Trader Joe's Fleur de Sel Caramel Sauce, just eyeball it. Or make Caramel Sauce or make 5-Minute Caramel Sauce)
•
FOR THE CHOCOLATE LAYER
•
1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used a 9 ounce bag)
•
2 to 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening, optional but recommended (for smoothness and so chocolate doesn't set up overly firm, causing it to crack upon slicing)
Comments & Reviews
Just A Pinch Sweepstakes