Carmelita Recipe

Carmelitas, layered oatmeal chocolate and caramel dessert bars, stacked on top of each other.

Carmelitas AKA Chocolate Caramel Oatmeal Bars are my absolute favorite dessert of all time. The buttery oatmeal crust, milk chocolate chips and the gooey caramel layer is too good!

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Total Time 30

Makes

Calories 510kcal

Author Pretty Providence

Ingredients

1 ½ cups flour
1 ½ cups oats
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon soda
1 ½ cups brown sugar
1 cup melted butter
14 oz bag of caramels unwrapped
½ cup whipping cream
1 bag milk chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Add flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, and melted butter to a bowl and mix well.
Press ½ of mixture into a 9×13 pan. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
In the meantime, combine caramels and unwhipped whipping cream in a microwave-safe dish. Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring well between, to melt them together.
When oat crust comes out of the oven, sprinkle the whole bag of milk chocolate chips over the top of it. Then, pour caramel mixture over the chocolate chips.
Make the rest of the oat mixture into little pancakes by hand in order to spread it as evenly as you can over the top of the caramel.
Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Watch while cooking to be sure you don’t over cook.

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Notes

Let the Carmelitas cool completely before trying to cut. This can take a few hours. Pop the dish in the fridge (once they've cooled to at least room temp) to speed up the process.

Carmelitas freeze well. Store in an airtight container.

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