Easy to make oatmeal cookie bars filled with gooey caramel and oozing chocolate, these carmelitas bars will make you weak to your knees!
My notebook is filled with recipe ideas. My mind never stops thinking about new irresistible desserts or how I can put a twist on old ones.
Sometimes I try a recipe and, even if I decide to blog about it, it may take me weeks until I get to share it with you. (remember these blueberry pie cheesecake bars I made in may and shared the recipe in august). Some of the recipes, no matter how amazing they turn out, they keep getting pushed towards the end of my list and I never get around to actually blog about them.
And there are some recipes that need to be shared right away! That’s the case of these caramel chocolate oatmeal bars (also known as carmelitas)! I could not wait to share them with you! If only you lived closer to actually come over for some tasting! Pure heaven!
This was the first time I made carmelitas. Actually it was the first time I had a carmelitas! But I’ve seen so many recipes for these amazing oatmeal bars filled with oozing caramel and melting chocolate I knew even if this is not the original recipe, they are bound to turn out amazing!
And they sure did! Soft, chewy and oh so gooey! And sweet. And rich and dense! It’s best if you cut them in small bars. As much as I love sweets, two of these carmelitas are a little too much to eat in one sitting.
Well, if you think about it, only good things can come from melted butter, brown sugar, cream, caramel and chocolate! All my favorites in one gooey sticky bar! 
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I think you may have outdone yourself, Roxana! These are over the top. I am fascinated by all the good chocolate goodies here. I couldn’t decide which to try first. But I think the Carmelita bars are the one,
Thanks for sharing,
Linda
Oh my goodness I am drooling!
These look incredible! Love the gooey caramel!
These look heavenly!! Truly heavenly!
These carmelitas look great and so chewy.
oooooh I’m drooling over the drizzles of chocolate and caramel! I’m in love with these carmelitas!
Oh my goodness! Those look amazing!!!!!!
Amazing! I could really go to town on these treats!
These look SOOOO good. I bet they tasted wonderfully. I love all your home-baked goodies.
These look so good, Roxana. I love the drizzle on top.
So much chocolate I don’t know where to start first. It all looks amazing but your carmelitas are definitely the star! I would be honored if you would come by and share at Foodie Fridays going on now. Hope to see you there.
Blessings,
Shari
http://www.puregracefarms.com
I would be in big trouble if someone placed a plate of these in front of me! But I’d happily be in trouble for just one bite!
These are positively amazing!! I love carmelitas and these are some of the best I’ve seen! Stopping by from Show Stopper Saturday 🙂
Oh Roxanna, these carmelitas look mouthwatering! The gooey caramel is just irresistible – I would not be able to stop at just one for sure! Definitely a show stopping dessert – pinning 🙂
I’ve never made (or even eaten!) caramelitas before, but yours look so amazing that there’s no way I can’t try them now. Love how you’ve added the extra chocolate drizzle on top, too.
wowza!! These look amazing!!
Can I use a regular 13×9 glass casserole dish instead?
of course! since you’re using a glass dish, you may have to lower the oven temperature by 10-15 degrees, if possible, of take the dessert out of the oven few minutes earlier.
I can’t find the actual recipe for the carmelitas — so how do I find recipes to print from your website????
Hi Barbara,
if you scroll down the page you’ll find the recipe card. To print it, just click on the print button.
Can’t wait to try these … Is the brown sugar packed or not, thanks 😉
Hi Brie,
I always pack my brown sugar.
Roxana
This looks wonderful, and I have purchased everything to make. Only question is the amount on the caramels. Seems like 14 oz. is a LOT. Is that 14 oz or 14 pieces of caramels? Thanks.
Hi Marge,
it’s 14oz as in an entire bag of caramels
Roxana
My gosh I am drooling over your pics of finished products. I notice that when I print a recipe it leaves a great empty space before it prints the recipe. May I suggest that you make your print jobs also print the picture of the finished items so that it gets printed with the recipe so that one can see what it looks like when one goes to make your recipes. I won’t buy a cook book if it does not have colored pictures to go along with the recipes. It would make your print jobs so much better quality and not a great empty space where a picture should go.
Thanks so much,
Merna Burr
Hi Merna,
Thanks for your suggestion. Now, when you print recipes from my blog, the photo will show up in the printed version.
Oh my gosh! That chocolate caramel drizzle over the top of these cookies! I think I felt my little foodie heart stop! Throw in the fact that this a playful take on an oatmeal cookie and I can’t wait to try making these myself.
We don’t get vanilla caramels here, what should I use as a substitute? Caramel sauce? Plz reply as possible. I want to make them.
Hi Khandija,
you can use any soft store-bought caramels, not the hardy candy type.
Can we use eclairs? The soft toffee with caramel flavor and very little chocolate inside it? And
This is a long time recipe in my house with a few alterations. We use caramel topping, mix with a bit of flour to thicken. this makes the bars gooeyier. Sometime we don’t add the pecans and add coconut or both depending on what is in the house. We have also been known to call them “crack” bars as once you have them you are hooked!
Hi Michelle,
I love the idea of adding coconut to these irresistible bars! and yes, “crack bars” is definitely an appropriate name for them. They are addictive!!
Roxana
Hi Roxana,
Your bars look beautiful and decadent! Can’t wait to try them! What is your secret to the beautiful drizzles? Can you share the steps for those? Thanks so much!
Hi Lori,
I do not have a secret for the caramel drizzle. I’m all over the place LOL
I guess it comes with practice. The more my hand gets used to drizzle, the better I get.
I like your recipes ans this one is super but there are not ni french !!!kisses from Karine
this is AMAZING!!!! You have to make this!!! thanks so much for the recipe!
These were awesome. Everyone loved them. Thank you for sharing the recipe.