These caramel apple bars make a great fall dessert. Chocolate chip cookie dough topped with nuts, shredded apples, caramel candy, candy corn and caramel bites turn these bars into the best caramel dipped apple you’ve ever had!
Chocolate chip cookie chewy caramel apple bars <- say that 3 times fast!
This year I gave in. I bought candy corn. And I’m not talking about the classic one but bags and bags of caramel apple candy corn, s’mores candy corn, indian corn candy corn, autumn mix candy corn, blackberry cobbler candy corn. Every variety I could find. I went crazy over them. I wanted to see what’s so amazing about this American Halloween candy.
I gotta say – I couldn’t find anything so Ah-mazing. That maybe because I rarely eat candy by itself. For me, candy is an ingredient in one amazing sweet treat!
I proved it so many times in the past.
So I start test baking with candy corn. Some turn out edible, some still need some work, some were mind-blowing.
These chocolate chip cookie chewy caramel apple bars are mind-blowing!
One of my favorite fall candy is the limited edition of the milky way – caramel apple! With a bag close by and some caramel apple candy corn it was not long until I gather around the rest of the ingredients : pecans, apples, caramel bits and evaporated milk.
I wanted to make a fall version of the magic bars, or 7 layers bars, but with no graham crackers on hand I had to improvise. Good thing Pillsbury refrigerated chocolate chip cookies dough came to the rescue.
I used the cookie dough as my base layer, topped it with the rest of the ingredients and poured evaporated milk over them.
I know the magic bars are made with condensed milk but with all the candy added to the bars I wanted to find a sweet balance and not overpowering them.
These bars are soft from cookie dough and shredded apples, crunchy from the chopped pecans and chewy from the caramel apple candy, melted candy corn and caramel bits. They will be a hit with the little ones and not only.
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What incredible looking bars, I love how loaded with candy they are!
Um everything in these bars is amazing. I am the same about candy corn, not really my thing unless baked in something!!!
These look great… what a unique way to use the candy corn 🙂
These bars look amazing! You have the perfect flavor combination for fall!
Oh wow these are amazing! I have never had those Milky Way bars, but I’ll have to look for them before they are gone for the season. Now I’m headed for those Chewy Chocolate Caramel Bars. YUM!
P.S. We’d love for you to share some of these treats with us at Saturday Night Fever if you are in the mood for a party! 🙂
I still haven’t tried the caramel apple milky ways! After seeing these bars, that has to change!
Oh my god, these are so effing delicious. I decided to try making them so everyone in my office can enjoy them. So, so good. THANK YOU! I love your new ideas. You are so adorable