How To Make The Best Carmelitas Cookie Bar Recipe

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Carmelitas are the best cookies known to man that are baked with caramel and chocolate in the middle of an oat cookie crust, these will change your life. This is known as the best cookie ever! Quick and easy to make cookie bars are delicious and gone in minutes! If you love making cookie bars these are my favorites: Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars, Peanut Butter Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars or Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars.

Easy Carmelitas Recipe

Have you tried a Carmelita yet?! It is one of the best cookie bars that I have eaten. The carmel combined with the chocolate baked inside an amazing oatmeal cookie crust. My mind was blown. Oh man. The soft gooey carmel was awesome! I immediately made these Carmelitas and again the next day! Carmelitas don’t last long at in our home. They are that irrestiable! For those of you that have not experienced a Carmelita yet. (Gasp!) Here is my advice. Go to the store, buy the ingredients, and make them today. Oh and buy a gallon of milk. You will need that too! These are known as the best cookie bar recipe ever for a reason. They truly are! When I had my first bite today all of the memories of falling in love with them came back to me! You won’t even care about all of the calories at the time. You can go to the gym later. These Carmelites will be worth every bite!

Carmelitas Ingredients:

Caramel: Buy the squares that are wrapped and unwrap them before melting. Heavy cream: Makes the caramel sauce rich and creamy. Butter: Melt the butter before adding it in to the Brown sugar: Pack your brown sugar as tight as you can. Remember these calories are worth it!! Flour: This will help the rolled oats Rolled oats: Best to have rolled oats over quick oats. Baking soda: Helps raise the crust. Semisweet chocolate chips: It is best to balance the semisweet since the caramel is so sweet itself too.

How to make Carmelitas:

The Recipe Critic Pro Tip:

Add a pinch of salt to the rolled oat dough to balance out and make a sweet and salty mixture for the crust.

Tips for making Carmelitas:

These Carmelitas are so simple to make and taste amazingly good! It is AMAZING what these simple ingredients can make. Combined this is a one of a kind, melt in your mouth Carmelitas recipe that is worth every calorie!

Caramel: A Good quality caramel is best for these Carmelitas. I prefer Worthier’s and the kind that you unwrap is best. It is a soft caramel and worth it when making Carmelitas. Thinner crust: For a thiner side crust you can use a 9×9 baking pan. You do not need to double the recipe or add ingredients to the bigger pan. Chocolate chips: Milk chocolate chips will work great. If that is too sweet, simply use the semi sweet or dark chocolate chips. Parchment paper: This will save you so much time cleaning up as well as making it easier to bake the Carmelitas. Parchment paper is easy to pull out and have a clean pan afterwards. Cool completely: It is best to have the Carmelitas cool completely before cutting them into squares. They are easier to cut into once they are set up or even chilled. Rolled oats or quick oats: Rolled oats are thicker compared to quick oats that are fine and seem to thicken the crumble. Quick oats stick together better like a dough. They are both good because they have great texture. Either way both oats are great for this Carmelitas recipe.

Storing Carmelitas:

I am not really sure who has stored Carmelitas for very long. Every time we make them they are gone before I can move my hand away from the plate. They are that good. The ooey-gooey masterpiece is just what is calling your name. Every bite is melt in your mouth worthy!

How to store Carmelitas: Once cooled the Carmelitas can be stored in an airtight container in a cool space for 5 to 7 days. If you like a chilled Carmelita, they can be stored in the refrigerator for 7 to 9 days. Stacking Carmelitas: It is best to leave them flat but if you need to layer the camelitas for best storing. Freeze the cookie bars, then place in a ziplock bag or airtight container layering the Carmelitas with parchment paper in-between each layer/row. Store either in the refrigerator or counter at room temperature. Can you freeze Carmelites Yes! These Carmelitas bars do well frozen. Simply layer them and add them to an airtight container or ziplock bag to freeze for up to 1 month.

More Delicious Caramel Desserts:

Salted Caramel Brownie Bites Caramel Toffee Apple Cake No Bake Banana Caramel Pecan Pie Individual Snickers Caramel Apple Cheesecake Salted Caramel Brownies

All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household. Read More Posts by Alyssa facebook twitter pinterest instagram I made it for a cookie exchange at work and two people ate theirs early to rave reviews. One person works in an Italian family bakery and took them back to share with coffee. After her brother ate one, he called up and wanted to know where she got them. She will be making them for the family dinner. I’m bringing these for Christmas dinner and giving them away in my NYE loot bag. A sweet ending to 2015 and hopes for a sweet 2016. Comment * Name * Email * Website