I prepared them one night since I was craving cake, caramel, and apples.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 bars |
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
- ½ cup unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- 1 cup evaporated milk, divided
- 3 medium apples – peeled, cored and chopped
- 1 (11 ounce) package individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
- ¼ cup cinnamon chips, or more to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Place cake mix in a bowl and cut in butter with 2 knives or a pastry blender. Stir in 1/2 cup evaporated milk, then apples. Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan and set remaining batter aside.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- While bottom bar layer is baking, combine caramel candies and 1/2 cup evaporated milk in a saucepan over low heat; cook and stir until melted. Remove from the heat.
- Remove the baking pan from the oven and drizzle caramel mixture over top. Sprinkle with cinnamon chips and pour reserved batter over top. Return to the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 30 more minutes.
- The cinnamon chips are optional.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 198 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 29 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 168 mg |
| Sugars | 21 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |