Caramel Crunch Bars
Caramel Crunch Bars were chosen by Whitney of What’s left on the table? for the February 24th, 2009 edition of Tuesdays with Dorie. A thin caramel flavored cookie base is topped with chocolate and Heath toffee bits. If you want (which of course, I did), you can add a little vanilla ice cream in between two layers and turn these into a delicious ice cream sandwich.
I halved the recipe and used an 8×8 pan. For the toffee bits I just chopped up two Heath bars and removed most of the outside chocolate layer. I had to skip out on the espresso powder but added a bit of strong coffee to the batter instead. For the chocolate I used milk chocolate since that’s what I had on hand. I’m thinking I over baked them just a tad but the taste didn’t suffer at all.
In my opinion, these were the best as ice cream sandwiches straight from the freezer. They were crispy and crunchy which doesn’t go well with the dental work I had done two weeks ago that I’m still in pain from. But I kept coming back to these for taste testing (they are addicting!) all the while wincing from the pain. :)
Thanks to Whitney for a great choice. Head on over to What’s left on the table? to see the recipe. Next week, Lyb of And then I do the dishes has selected Chocolate Armagnac Cake – The Cake That Got Me Fired. Can’t wait for this one!
pamela replied:
I didn’t have any ice cream around when I made these or I would’ve tried the ice cream sandwiches. Yours look really great! Hope your teeth (and you!) are feeling good!
February 24, 2009 at 7:51 am. Permalink.
Matt replied:
Yours are a beuatiful and sensibly sized sandwich. I made mine much too thick and even attempting to bite into it made me think I was going to shatter my teeth. I ended up deconstructing it and breaking it up into bits and pieces!
February 24, 2009 at 8:13 am. Permalink.
Susan replied:
Such great photos!! Love them.
February 24, 2009 at 9:06 am. Permalink.
Amanda replied:
These look perfect, nice job! Mine were a bit crisp, but still tasty
February 24, 2009 at 9:22 am. Permalink.
Megan replied:
Oooh – absolutely perfect! Loving the ice cream there, ours were gone before I even thought about adding anything.
February 24, 2009 at 10:03 am. Permalink.
Vibi replied:
Beautiful, Karen… wow! They look just like the one in the book! …hummm… no! I’d say they even look better!
Very nicely done! WOW!
February 24, 2009 at 10:38 am. Permalink.
Elra replied:
Look delish Karen. Actually the title describe it self, no?
Cheers,
Elra
February 24, 2009 at 11:28 am. Permalink.
chocolatechic replied:
Karen, your light is fabulous.
I’m jealous!
February 24, 2009 at 2:41 pm. Permalink.
pinkstripes replied:
Oh, I totally agree. These were wonderful with ice cream. Loved them. Your ice cream bar looks perfect.
February 24, 2009 at 3:25 pm. Permalink.
teaandscones replied:
Oh, Karen. Those look fantastic. Great job.
February 24, 2009 at 4:15 pm. Permalink.
steph (whisk/spoon) replied:
looks good! hope the dental work is still in place–these were crunchy!!
February 24, 2009 at 4:57 pm. Permalink.
Sara replied:
These looks fab. I also used an 8×8 pan and bought toffee bars and scraped off most of the chocolate. Our cookie bars are twins
All these ice cream sandwich pictures are putting me in a mood.
February 24, 2009 at 6:33 pm. Permalink.
Natashya replied:
I am wishing I made ice cream sandwiches now.. they look awesome!
February 24, 2009 at 6:46 pm. Permalink.
pam replied:
Perfectly yummy!
February 24, 2009 at 7:47 pm. Permalink.
Nancy replied:
Your ice cream sandwiches look scrumptious!
February 24, 2009 at 8:41 pm. Permalink.
Katrina replied:
Your bars look fantastic, especially with the ice cream!
February 24, 2009 at 9:05 pm. Permalink.
Babette replied:
Oooh, purty. And you even made the ice cream sammies. YUM.
February 24, 2009 at 10:11 pm. Permalink.
Cathy replied:
Wow, eating these amazing crunch bars while still recovering from dental work — what a case study in the pleasure/pain intersection! It says something that these were worth playing through the pain. Your photography is stunning, as always. Now I deeply regret not making at least one ice cream sandwich out of my batch!
February 24, 2009 at 10:15 pm. Permalink.
rachel replied:
Your sandwiches look amazing–beautiful photos!
February 24, 2009 at 10:32 pm. Permalink.
Tracey replied:
The bars look so amazing with ice cream! Maybe I would have liked them better if I’d added ice cream
February 24, 2009 at 10:45 pm. Permalink.
Michelle replied:
For some reason I just can’t do bars…mine never seem to turn out. But these look fabulous!
I’ve got an award for you and it’s in my Brown Bubble Frosting post. You can pick it up any time.
February 25, 2009 at 8:51 am. Permalink.
Teanna replied:
I LOVED these with ice cream and your sandwiches are SO gorgeous! Your photos are great!
February 26, 2009 at 9:57 am. Permalink.
Karen replied:
Beautiful photos! I am going to have to try these with ice cream. Hope your teeth feel better soon!
February 26, 2009 at 3:14 pm. Permalink.
Gabi replied:
Those look fabulous! MMmmmmm!
xo
February 26, 2009 at 5:05 pm. Permalink.
Shari replied:
Beautiful! And you’re absolutely right. Ice cream is the perfect pairing for this bar. Nice job!!
February 26, 2009 at 9:32 pm. Permalink.
carmencooks replied:
ah, seeing your pictures makes me wish i ran out for some ice cream to make ice cream bars like you did! looks delish.
February 26, 2009 at 9:43 pm. Permalink.
Stephanie replied:
Your bars look fabulous!
February 26, 2009 at 10:19 pm. Permalink.
Leslie replied:
Wow, these look amazing with the ice cream! You know something is good when you are willing to put up with a little pain to have some.
February 27, 2009 at 11:47 pm. Permalink.
LyB replied:
That ice cream sandwich looks just fantastic! Well done!
March 1, 2009 at 9:14 pm. Permalink.