As I mentioned earlier, I found the new Kraft Caramel Bits this weekend at Super Target. This morning I took the conservative approach and used them in a recipe straight off the Kraft web site – Kraft Caramel Crunch Bars.
These were easy to make and very tasty. The crust is made with plain old honey graham crackers laid end to end on the bottom of a foil lined pan. Next time, I might try making the crust with Lorna Doone cookies or some other square shortbread. But the graham crackers were good and stayed crunchy so I can see why they started with graham crackers.
Kraft Caramel Crunch Bar Tips
- Use non-stick foil because the recipe is sticky. If you use cooking spray or butter, use a lot of it.
- You can substitute unwrapped caramels for the bits.
- If you want more control over how you drizzle the melted chocolate, melt it in a microwave as usual, then spoon the melted chocolate in a little zipper bag. Snip a very tiny hole in the bottom corner of the bag and squeeze the melted chocolate out of the bag. It’s really fun.
- For a half batch, use half the ingredients and a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Recipe
Kraft Caramel Crunch Bars
An easy cookie-candy type recipe you can make with Kraft Caramel Bits.
Ingredients
- 4-½ ounces graham crackers
- 11 oz package of Kraft Caramel Bits
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ cup salted peanuts
- ½ cup miniature marshmallows
- ½ cup coarsely crushed pretzels
- 4 oz semisweet chocolate melted
Instructions
- Line an 8-inch square pan with nonstick foil or line with regular foil and spray with cooking spray.
- Lay graham crackers across the bottom of the pan.
- Heat the caramel bits and milk in microwaveable bowl on high for 2 minutes or until caramel bits are completely melted and mixture is blended, stirring every 30 sec.
- Pour melted caramel over graham crackers and sprinkle with peanuts, marshmallows and pretzels.
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave by heating on high and stirring every 30 seconds. Drizzle over the bars.
- Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Lift from pan and cut into squares.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Georgia Stanford says
I have an 11 oz bag of bits and would like to know how much to use for
32 carmels?
Valerie says
Hi, I'm a total lurker, but I just wanted to say that I've got a recipe for you to try based on your own recipe to test out these caramel bits. I baked Caramel Macchiato cookies today based on your half-batch of chocolate chip cookies. The only substitutions I made were: extra egg yolk, 1T of espresso powder creamed with the sugar and coffee extract instead of vanilla. Of course, the caramels were added with the chocolate chips and no nuts. Its HIGHLY important to use parchment paper to bake them because the caramel even stuck to my silpat mats. After they come out of the oven, leave them on the parchment on the cooling rack until completely cool so the caramel hardens. They are absolutely delish!
Brenda says
I'm so glad you tried this first..lol! I bought some bits but haven't tried them yet. I do have the recipe printed out to try. I may use pecans or leave the nuts off since DH doesn't like them.