Double Chocolate Caramel Brownies

It's Reveal Day again! Mondays are usually a drag, but not on Secret Recipe Club Reveal Day!! This month I was assigned to Julie's Eats and Treats, and it was so fun to learn that Julie and I are practically neighbors - well, at least that we share the same great state. Too fun.

I have had an appreciation for these delicious (dangerously so) brownies since high school, when a friend of my mom's made them for the first time. I have always enjoyed eating them but (gasp) I had never made them. So, when I saw them on Julie's blog, I knew the time had come.

I shared these with my colleagues, who couldn't get enough of them. They're that good. Get yourself some caramels and make these today!

Start by melting the caramels. Place the unwrapped caramels (this is the most time consuming part - unwrapping the caramels!) in a medium saucepan and add 1/3 cup of evaporated milk.

Cook over medium-low heat, stirring really often, until the caramels are nice and melted.

Set that aside. For the brownie base, add the melted butter



and remaining evaporated milk to the cake mix in a large mixing bowl. 

Spread half of this batter into a greased cake pan.

Bake for 6 minutes, then remove from the oven and sprinkle with the chocolate chips.

Top with the caramel mixture.

Dollop the remaining cake batter over the caramel. You can spread it out a little as I did here, or you can just leave it dolloped.

Bake for about 15 minutes. You don't want to overbake them - they'll look fluffy and loose but that's ok - the bars will set up as they cool.

Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack. Don't cut them until they cool - and in my opinion, they're best straight from the fridge - or even the freezer if you're not concerned about expensive dental work (ahem).

Thanks, Julie, for the inspiration!


One year ago: Strawberry White Chocolate Ice Cream
Two years ago: Rhubarb Berry Cheesecake Pie
Three years ago: Strawberry Banana Trifle

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Double Chocolate Caramel Brownies

2/3 cup evaporated milk, divided
1 - 14 oz. package caramels
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 box German Chocolate or Devil's Food cake Mix
1 cup chocolate chips

Over low heat, melt caramels with 1/3 cup evaporated milk in a medium saucepan.

Mix cake mix, melted butter and remaining 1/3 cup evaporated milk. Spread half of the cake mixture on the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 6 minutes.

Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over the batter. Pour the caramel mixture over chocolate chips. Dollop the remaining cake mixture in small spoonfuls over the caramel. Bake for another 15-18 minutes, but do not overbake - the brownies will be puffy and seem un-done, but do not let them cook longer.

Remove and cool on a wire rack. For best results, refrigerate before serving. Leftovers should be refrigerated.