Caramel Chocolate Pecan Bars
Everything is better with some chocolate. And these were sure amazing. A rich shortbread chocolate crust and a caramel pecan chocolate glaze on top. These are incredible.
Servings: 12 Bars
Ingredients
Chocolate Crust:
- 1 ½ cups All purpose Flour
- ¾ cup unsweetened Cocoa powder
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cold butter cut into small chunks
Pecan topping:
- 1 ½ cups pecans
- 10 ounces chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9x9 baking dish by lining it with aluminum foil and spraying it with cooking spray.
- In a food processor, combine the flour, cocoa powder, powdered sugar and salt. Pulse until combined. And in the cold butter pieces and pulse again until the dough comes together.
- Press the dough into the bottom of the 9x9 inch pan. Sprinkle the pecans over the crust and then the chocolate chips.
- In a medium sized saucepan, melt together the butter, brown sugar, cream, vanilla, over medium heat. Whisk until smooth and the sugar is dissolved.
- Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting in squares.
Nutrition
Calories: 609kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 422mg | Potassium: 183mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 43g | Vitamin A: 866IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 2mg