Million Dollar Bars are so easy and impressive, and perfect for the holidays, potlucks, baby showers, or just coffee with friends.
Fast and easy. This recipe is filled with shortcuts that make putting these Million Dollar Bars together a snap.
Rich and decadent. Buttery shortbread + chewy caramel + rich chocolate; this is the formula for deliciousness.
Impressive. There’s something about layers that just makes these cookie bars look like, well, a million bucks.
Like a buttery Twix bar. If you’re on team Caramel Twix candy bars (sorry Peanut Butter Twix), these will remind you of your favorite candy bar, but butterier.
INGREDIENTS
The ingredients in this recipe are simple and putting them together is a piece of cake.
Shortbread cookie crumbs. The shortbread layer is super easy to make by grinding up store-bought shortbread cookies.
I used 1 full package of Keebler Sandies Classic Shortbread cookies, which measured out to about 2 ½ cups of crumbs.
Butter. Butter helps hold the crust together and give even more rich flavor to the shortbread crust.
Sugar. The sugar is important as a binding agent in the crust. As it bakes, it melts, then firms as it cools, and helps hold the crust together.
Caramel bits. Millionaire Bar recipes often call for making homemade caramel sauce, with a mixture of sweetened condensed milk, brown sugar, light corn syrup, butter, heavy cream — and a candy thermometer. No need.
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