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Sweet, Salty, Chewy, and Crunchy Brownies

I seriously have no idea what to call these things. If I listed all the ingredients in them, they’d become something along the lines of “Pretzel, Peanut, Salted Caramel Brownies”. But I kind of like describing them by the contrasting aspects of those ingredients. Hence “Sweet, Salty, Chewy, Crunchy Brownies”. My friend M preferred to just call them “Super Brownies”. Whatever you decide to call them, they’re awesome.

I whipped these up for a little gathering of friends and we could barely put a dent in them! They’re very rich and indulgent, so even though I had cut the 8×8 pan of brownies into 16 pieces, a bunch of us still prefered to share one brownie. Definitely plan to have a cup of cold milk nearby when you enjoy these.

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Sweet, Salty, Chewy, and Crunchy Brownies

Yield: 16

Ingredients:

1 batch brownies (made from mix or scratch)
1 (11 ounce) bag Kraft Caramel Bits, or about 3/4 of a bag of Kraft Caramels, unwrapped
1/4 cup half & half
1/2 tsp sea salt
12 ounce bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tsp shortening
1 cup mini pretzels, slightly broken
1 cup lightly salted peanuts, roughly chopped

Directions:

Line an 8x8 or 9x9 pan with foil all the way to the top and brush with oil. Make the brownies and cool completely.

Melt the caramels with the half and half in a large bowl in the microwave on high heat. Stir every thirty seconds until melted. Pour over cooled brownies. Sprinkle sea salt on top of caramel. Let cool until set.

Melt the chocolate and shortening in a large bowl in the microwave on high heat. Stir every thirty seconds until melted. Mix in the pretzels and peanuts. Spread over brownies. Cool and serve.

Recipe adapted from The Cooking Photographer

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10 Responses to “Chocolate Marshmallow Bars (Bookmarked Recipes)”

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    Clueless J — November 12, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    OH MY GOSH – THOSE LOOK AMAZING.

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    Nate — November 14, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    Seeing those pictures again reminds me just how tasty they were. I’m all about you making another batch, they were amazing the first time!!

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    Jen — November 14, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Haha those are good. I could inhale a whole batch myself I’m pretty sure… I just had a thought… Rerack finals? I’m adding them to my baking list 🙂

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    Ruth E — November 20, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    These look great! I’m sure your guests loved them

    Thanks for sending this into bookmarked recipes

    Ruth

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    Navita (Gupta) Hakim — June 3, 2009 at 5:44 am

    I have a whole packet of miniature marshmallows I had brought to make rocky road…however plans are just “plans” as of now…guess will try these instead.
    thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe 🙂

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    Kim — June 3, 2009 at 8:59 am

    these just look too delicious not to try. 🙂

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    Sara — June 3, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    WOW, this looks so good! I definitely have to try it…I love rice krispie treats and this looks like an awesome version.

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    aliciajane — June 5, 2009 at 2:22 am

    We call these crack brownies here at our house 🙂

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    Jen — June 5, 2009 at 2:30 am

    That’s a very good name for these!!

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    SmilynStef — July 3, 2009 at 1:18 am

    I made these for food day at the office and they were a huge hit. I used the 9 x 13 pan and an entire bag of mini-marshmallows. Everyone agreed they got better each day.

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