Chocolate Salted Caramel Scotcheroos

Chocolate Salted Caramel Scotcheroos are made extra special with a layer of gooey salted caramel. They’re simple to whip up, and even easier to devour!

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How long has it been since you had a Scotcheroo? If the answer is longer than a few weeks, it’s been too long, my friend. You might even be asking yourself, “what the heck IS a Scotcheroo?”, which makes me very sad.

The original recipe was created in the 1960’s and it featured rice cereal, chocolate and peanut butter. And I think no one could argue that flavor combination is an absolute classic, which is why I like Karo® Syrup’s Chocolate Scotcheroos.

But if you think I wouldn’t mess with a classic, clearly you don’t know me by now. Which makes me worry for our friendship – so here, let’s make a bar dessert together and it’ll all be fine.

I can’t just leave well enough alone, not with such versatile ingredients. Especially with Valentine’s Day coming up. I have two sweethearts in this house, and they both love everything that goes into this recipe. So we’re taking salted caramel hazelnut spread, and swapping it in for the peanut butter. Have you tried this stuff?! Better buy two jars, because you’ll eat one on the way out of the parking lot back to your house.

Then, we’re not just doing a layer of chocolate – oh, no. There’s also a layer of gooey, scrumptious homemade caramel. If a Crunch Bar, Twix bar, and Ferrero Rocher got together and made a baby, it would be these Chocolate Salted Caramel Scotcheroos, is what I’m saying. A delicious, delicious baby.

You don’t have to bake a thing with this recipe, though you will need a couple of saucepans (or one that you wash halfway through the recipe, but ain’t nobody got time for that). All you’ve got to do is cook together the sugars and Karo® Syrup in a saucepan and let it get all melty. Then you’ll mix in the hazelnut spread off the heat. Karo® Syrup adds just the right amount of sweetness and allows the hazelnut spread flavor to shine through.

When it all looks like the most delectable chocolaty sauce you could ever hope to eat, gradually mix in your rice cereal. You’ll press that into the baking pan, (I recommend coating your hands with non-stick spray to mitigate mess and stuck-on cereal), and then get to work on your caramel.

Homemade caramel doesn’t have to be hard. Sweetened condensed milk does most of the work, with some butter and a little more Karo® Syrup. No candy thermometers required! This is the sort of caramel you’ll want to make all the time for putting on baked desserts or simply for an ice cream sundae. The Karo® Syrup makes it super easy.

Once you’ve slathered that caramel onto the cereal base, you’ll make a simple chocolate topping with melted chocolate chips. If you’d like the top to be shiny, add just a little vegetable or coconut oil. Let that entire, beautiful pan of goodness set up for an hour or two and you’re on your way to scotcheroo bliss. If you’re feeling especially festive, you could top the chocolate with Valentine’s Day sprinkles, but it’s by no means necessary. I skipped the sprinkles and went for a light dusting of sea salt which really enhanced the sweet and salty flavors.

These sweet Chocolate Salted Caramel Scotcheroos were so loved by my two Valentines that I’ve already been asked to make them again before the big day. Elle asked for lots of sprinkles, but Daddy says they’re perfect as they are. These bars are sure to be a hit, so be sure to bake a little extra for all the sweethearts in your family – and yourself. You deserve it!

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Chocolate Salted Caramel Scotcheroos

By: Jamie

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Prep: 20 minutes mins

Cook: 10 minutes mins

Chill Time: 45 minutes mins

Total: 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Servings: 16 bars

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Chocolate Salted Caramel Scotcheroos are made extra special with a layer of gooey salted caramel. They’re simple to whip up, and even easier to devour!

Ingredients

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• ▢ 1 cup Karo® Syrup
• ▢ ⅓ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ ⅓ cup packed light brown sugar
• ▢ 1 cup salted caramel chocolate hazelnut spread
• ▢ 6 cups crispy rice cereal plain or cocoa flavored
• ▢ ½ cup salted butter
• ▢ ½ cup packed light brown sugar
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Karo® Syrup
• ▢ ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
• ▢ 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions 

For the Bars:

• Line a 9 x 9-inch pan (see note below) with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• Cook corn syrup and sugars together in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar.
• Bring mixture to a low boil and immediately remove from the heat. Stir in chocolate hazelnut spread and mix until combined.
• Add cereal; stir until evenly coated.
• Pour into prepared pan and press into place.

For the Caramel:

• In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and sweetened condensed milk.
• Bring to a boil while stirring constantly. Allow mixture to remain at a low boil while stirring constantly for about 5 minutes.
• Pour over bars and allow the bars to cool until the caramel begins to set up.

For the Topping:

• Melt chocolate chips in a saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Spread over caramel layer.
• Cool at least 45 minutes, or until firm. Cut into bars.

Notes

If you prefer your bars to be thinner, you can use a 9 x 13-inch pan.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bar, Calories: 357kcal, Carbohydrates: 60g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 9g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 19mg, Sodium: 141mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 44g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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