Carmelitas Recipe

Carmelitas are a buttery oatmeal bar cookie with layers of chocolate and gooey caramel that you won't be able to stop eating!

Course Cookie

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 28

Total Time 38

Servings bars

Calories 261kcal

Author Leigh Anne Wilkes

Equipment

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups quick oats
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups butter softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup milk chocolate chocolate chips
1 cup caramel ice cream topping or dulce de leche

Instructions

Mix together flour, oatmeal, baking soda, salt, butter and brown sugar until it is crumbly.
Press half of the mixture into the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.
Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips and drizzle with caramel sauce or dulce de leche..
Top with the remaining crumb mixture.
Bake for an additional 18 minutes.

Notes

The recipe calls for quick oats which are whole rolled oats that have been processed or chopped into smaller pieces. You can also use Old Fashioned Oats or whole rolled oats, they will just give you a chewier texture. I prefer quick oats. To make your whole oats into quick oats you can pulse the old fashioned oats in a blender or food processor a few times to chop them up a bit.

Variations:

Change up your chocolate chip flavor - use milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips or butterscotch chocolate chips.

Sprinkle some flaky sea salt over the caramel for a salted version.

Drizzle some peanut butter or cookie butter over the top of the caramel layer.

Add in chopped pecans or walnuts, either into the bottom crust layer or on top of the caramel layer for some added crunch.

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