Caramel Cake Bars
These caramel cake bars are simple, easy and DELICIOUS! They are the perfect sweet treat, with a buttery cake crust, gooey caramel center, and cake crumble on top!
Ingredients
- 1 box of vanilla cake mix
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 14 oz. jar of thick caramel topping (not syrup) i used Hersheys brand
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Grease an 8x8 baking pan with non stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together dry cake mix, soft butter and egg. You can use a handheld mixer, or your hands. Using your hands is easier I think.
- You want your dough to be crumbly.
- Press about 2/3 (reserving 1/3 for your topping) of your mixture in bottom of greased baking pan using your fingers. Put the remaining dough in fridge.
- Bake crust in preheated oven for 13-15 minutes, or until light golden brown.
- When crust is done, take out of oven and let cool for about 5 minutes.
- Pour caramel sauce on top of baked crust and spread out in an even layer.
- Take reserved dough and crumble all over the caramel evenly.
- Bake for another 15 minutes.
- Let cool before cutting into 12 squares.
- Store in an air tight container at room temperature up to 4 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.
- Enjoy!