So, you guys see me posting all the Paleo recipes and I’m sure you are sitting there thinking “well, she has gone full on health nut on us.” While I do try to stick to Paleo as much as possible, I admit that I still enjoy {love, crave, desire…} sweets on a regular basis. I just went from having them almost every day to saving them for more of a special treat. Now, these dark chocolate sea salt caramelitas…I could eat these every day. I’d need an entirely new wardrobe filled with elastic waist pants but they are so good that I would never tire of them.
So, typically, a caramelita is a combination of chocolate, caramel and oats. I like my chocolate dark and my caramel salty so I decided to combine them in this recipe. The result is to die for.
Ingredients for Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramelitas
1 cup + 1 Tbsp salted butter, melted
1 cup + 1 Tbsp packed brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 bag of soft caramels
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 Tbsp sea salt
1 cup dark chocolate chips
Let’s Make It:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 baking dish with nonstick foil and, then, lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
2) Combine melted butter, brown sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Whisk until smooth. {I use my mixing bowl for my mixer but whisk this step by hand.}
3) In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and 1/4 tsp salt. Stir to combine. Working in batches, mix into butter mixture. Stir in oats.
4) Spread 1/2 of mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
5) Meanwhile, heat caramels and heavy cream in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stirring frequently, heat until caramels are thoroughly melted and smooth.
6) After the crust has finished baking, sprinkle it with chocolate chips. Pour caramel sauce over top of the chocolate. Sprinkle with 1 Tbsp sea salt. Crumble remaining oat mixture on top of caramel.
7) Bake for 17-19 minutes or until edges are brown and center is set. Let cool completely before serving.
I am totally in love with goat’s milk caramels I found on our last trip to New York so I will be trying those in this recipe next.
Do you have a sweet tooth? What is your favorite type of sweets?
- 1 cup + 1 Tbsp salted butter, melted
- 1 cup + 1 Tbsp packed brown sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 bag of soft caramels
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 Tbsp sea salt
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8x8 baking dish with nonstick foil and, then, lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Combine melted butter, brown sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Whisk until smooth. {I use my mixing bowl for my mixer but whisk this step by hand.}
- In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and 1/4 tsp salt. Stir to combine. Working in batches, mix into butter mixture. Stir in oats.
- Spread 1/2 of mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat caramels and heavy cream in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stirring frequently, heat until caramels are thoroughly melted and smooth.
- After the crust has finished baking, sprinkle it with chocolate chips. Pour caramel sauce over top of the chocolate. Sprinkle with 1 Tbsp sea salt. Crumble remaining oat mixture on top of caramel.
- Bake for 17-19 minutes or until edges are brown and center is set. Let cool completely before serving.
Oh wowsers…you’re definitely speaking my language with these yummy carmelitas!! Dark chocolate AND salted caramel?? I’m in love!! 🙂
What a fantastic combo! This looks really good. My sweet tooth thanks you! Thank you for joining us at the Oh My Heartsie Girl Wordless Wednesday! I look forward to seeing you again next week!
Mary
Jingle Jangle Jungle
I wanna sink my teeth into this sticky goodness asap! Thank you for linking up with Thursday Favorite Things!
Hi Shannah, These look dangerous ( I mean delicious)! You had me at Dark Chocolate and Carmelitas, especially goat milk ones, they are so creamy! Can’t wait to try these! Pinning this to make later! Thank you for sharing at #OMHGWW! Come back soon! Enjoy your weekend! xo Christine@ CherishingaSweetLife
These look terrific Shauna and wish I could be your taste tester! Pinned and shared!
This looks so good! I’m drooling right now. Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you being a part of our party. Please stop by on Monday at 7 pm. Happy Sunday! Lou Lou Girls
drooling…hope you can’t see me. 😉 These look incredible and I love dark chocolate too! Visiting from Inspire Me Monday and pinning for sure! Thanks for sharing..
O Boy! Those melting caramels with the dark chocolate looks so good!
Thanks so much for sharing this post with us at #PureBlogLove link Party! the party starts every Thursday Evening at 8 p.m. EST. I’m hosting over at http://www.homemadefoodjunkie.com. Can’t wait to see what you bring next week!
I’m pinning these right now! They sound amazing! I love salted caramel and dark chocolate. The combination looks like pure decadence!
These sound absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing with us on Weekend Bites! Find your recipe on this week’s features.
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Hi there! Visiting from the Pin Me Link party. These look so yummy! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe! Pinned!
Uh sign me up!
All of my favorites in one dessert! Thanks for linking up at The Handmade Hangout!
These look amazing! I am pretty sure they would be disappear in a matter of minutes here! I’d have to hide some for myself! Pinning and sharing! Thanks for sharing them at #FoodieFriDIY!
I could take a big bite of this now! Looks so delicious!!! Thanks for sharing with us at Home Matters Linky. Hope you would join us again.
Thanks for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop! Stopping in to let you know your wonderful Carmelitas will be featured on Tuesday Treasures. Stop by and take a look!