Caramel Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Baking is amazing.. and whoever discovered the incredible blend of chocolate and caramel is even more amazing! But the most amazing thing of all is this recipe, given to me by a friend of mine. I mean.... look at the name!! Caramel Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars...... MMMMMMMMMM!!!

Here's the recipe!!
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

You will need:

1 bag of Caramels (the bag should contain approximately 48)
8 tsp Whipping cream (I used Reddi Wip because thats what I had... it tastes the same, but you will need 1/3 cup of that deliciousness)

1 1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup oatmeal
1 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 tsp baking soda
1 1/8 cup MELTED butter

1 (12 oz) bag chocolate chips

Unwrap Caramels and put pile into a microwave safe bowl. mix in your whipping cream.


Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. Repeat this process until it looks like this:


Mix flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, salt, and baking soda in large bowl. Add melted butter and mix thoroughly.


Lay half of dough in the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Do not grease pan! Pack down, and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over dough. Drip caramel over top the chocolate chips. Sprinkle with remaining dough. Bake for an additional 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for at least 4 hrs. Now doesnt this look incredible??

Look at that chocolatey caramely bubbly deliciousness....

Dont you want to take a bite?

This recipe serves 12.

Tip: Make these the day before serving. If you cant or dont want to, another option is to let them cool for about a half hour, then put them on a hot pad in the freezer for an additional half hour or so.. they set up much faster this way. Enjoy!!

Groundhogs Day Cupcake

I saw this at Family Fun and KNEW I had to make it. Meet Punxsutawney Phil declared six more weeks of winter this morning. 

Mine did not turn out as nice. But I think after this trial run, next year will be even better.

All you will need is:

white jelly beans

Almond Joy bars
Red chewy candy
mini m&m's or chocolate chips (i would use the m&m's)
white and black frosting
cupcakes
chocolate cookie (to crumble for the "dirt")

Cut the jelly beans in half for the eye's and add black frosting for the pupils. 

Cut the red candy to make the nose. 

I forgot to make the cheeks AND the teeth. It was late. It was MIDNIGHT!

And the result of midnight groundhog making? I think it looks a lot more like an owl.