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Caramel Brownie Bar DeLites

March 3, 2015 by Quinn Caudill 9 Comments

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Caramel Brownie Bar DeLites

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There seems to be a conspiracy for my weight loss goals every year and I believe those cute little girls with the green sashes are part of it. It starts in October with Halloween and all the candy. Next, the best food holiday of the year, Thanksgiving. Then straight into the Christmas season with all of its wonderful treats and food. As the New Year rolls around I, and many others, decide its time to get off the junk food wagon and get in shape. But usually three weeks into the New Year along comes a knock at the door. Little girls with their order forms for those yummy GS cookies.

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There goes the diet. Don’t get me wrong, the Girl Scouts are a great organization. It would just be better if they sold their cookies in the middle of the summer. Who am I kidding, my diet and exercise program is undone by me. I guess with this dessert I am part of the conspiracy. Sorry!!

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Last week I needed to make a dish for my daughter’s teachers luncheon. I always take this opportunity to create a new dish. Caramel Brownie Bar DeLites is my take on one of the Girl Scouts most famous cookies the “Somoas or Caramel de-Lites” depending on which part of the country you live. The teachers loved it and I hope you do to. The Girl Scout bakeries describe Samoas as vanilla cookies dipped in caramel, topped with coconut and drizzled with chocolate.

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For the base I use a package of Ghirardelli® triple chocolate brownies. Any brownie mix will work. For caramel I use Nestlé® La Lechera® Dulce De Leche sweetened condensed milk. This is a great product to use in desserts that call for caramel.

To Make Caramel Brownie Bar DeLites:

Preheat your oven to 350°. Line a 9 x 13 baking dish with parchment paper. Allow paper to extend over the edges of the dish to allow for easy removal of dessert. Lightly grease with cooking spray. For Brownie, blend water, oil and egg, until egg is lightly beaten. Stir into brownie mix until combined. Spread evenly in prepared baking dish. Bake for 5 minutes. To make your shortbread, cream together the sugar, butter and 2 tsp. vanilla with an electric mixer. Add the egg and beat until fluffy. Stir in the salt, then the flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until well mixed. Remove brownie from oven. Place shortbread dough over brownie in sheets. Try not to press the dough down into brownie. Return baking dish to oven. Bake 20 -25 minutes until shortbread is set and just beginning to turn golden brown. Cool completely. Lower oven temperature to 325°. Spread coconut evenly on cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven 5-10 minutes. Flakes will toast quickly. Sweetened flakes will toast faster. Stir flakes after a few minutes to make sure you get even browning. Reserve 1/2 cup of coconut. Place can of Nestlé® La Lechera® Dulce De Leche in microwave safe bowl. Microwave 2 minutes, stir after 1st minute. Stir in toasted coconut. Spread evenly over cooled brownie-shortbread base. Top with remaining 1/2 cup toasted coconut. Refrigerate for at least an hour, or until the caramel layer is completely cooled. Remove the bars from the refrigerator. Combine heavy cream and 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips. Melt in the microwave at 50% power, stirring every 1-2 minutes until smooth.  Drizzle chocolate over the top of the bars in a zigzag pattern. Chill for 1 hour in fridge. Remove from pan and cut into squares.

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Caramel Brownie Bar DeLites
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 
Caramel Brownie Bar DeLites is my take on one of the Girl Scouts most famous cookies the "Somoas or Caramel de-Lites" depending on where you live.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24
Author: Quinn Caudill
Ingredients
Brownie
  • 1 20-22 oz brownie mix I use Ghirardelli® triple chocolate mix
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1 egg
Shortbread
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 tsp . vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 tsp . salt
  • 2 cups flour
Topping
  • 1 14 oz container of Nestlé® La Lechera® Dulce De Leche
  • 3 cups toasted coconut divided
  • 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 tbsp . heavy cream optional
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Line a 9 x 13 baking dish with parchment paper. Allow paper to extend over the edges of the dish to allow for easy removal of dessert. Lightly grease with cooking spray.
  3. For Brownie, blend water, oil and egg, until egg is lightly beaten.
  4. Stir into brownie mix until combined. Spread evenly in prepared baking dish.
  5. Bake for 5 minutes.
To make shortbread
  1. Cream together sugar, butter and 2 tsp. vanilla with an electric mixer.
  2. Add the egg and beat until fluffy.
  3. Stir in the salt, then the flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until well mixed.
  4. Remove brownie from oven.
  5. Place shortbread dough over brownie in sheets. Try not to press the dough down into brownie.
  6. Return baking dish to oven.
  7. Bake 20 -25 minutes until shortbread is set and just beginning to turn golden brown.
  8. Cool completely.
  9. Lower oven temperature to 325°.
  10. Spread coconut evenly on cookie sheet.
  11. Bake in preheated oven 5-10 minutes.
  12. Flakes will toast quickly. Sweetened flakes will toast faster. Stir flakes after a few minutes to make sure you get even browning. Reserve 1/2 cup of coconut.
  13. Place can of Nestlé® La Lechera® Dulce De Leche in microwave safe bowl.
  14. Microwave 2 minutes, stir after 1st minute.
  15. Stir in toasted coconut.
  16. Spread evenly over cooled brownie-shortbread base.
  17. Top with remaining 1/2 cup toasted coconut.
  18. Refrigerate for at least an hour, or until the caramel layer is completely cooled.
  19. Remove the bars from the refrigerator.
  20. Combine heavy cream and 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips. Melt in the microwave at 50% power, stirring every 1-2 minutes until smooth.
  21. Drizzle chocolate over the top of the bars in a zigzag pattern.
  22. Chill for 1 hour in fridge. Remove from pan and cut into squares.
Recipe Notes

Time does not include calling time in the fridge.

Originally published by Quinn Caudill for www.dadwhats4dinner.com © 2015

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Filed Under: Dessert, Kid Friendly, recipe Tagged With: Brownie Bar, Caramel delites, Cookie Bar, Dessert, Dulce de Leche, Ghirardelli, GirlScoutBrownie, Nestle, Somoas

About Quinn Caudill

"Quinn is the author, photographer and recipe designer over at DadWhats4Dinner. He enjoys cooking for family and friends and being creative in the kitchen. He makes ordinary everyday food extraordinary. He lives just north of Cincinnati with his wife of 24 years, three kids and three cats. His kids have well-developed palates and his youngest daughter is now working with him on the blog creating recipes for her own page "Cooking with Ella". Follow him on: Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Instagram."

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Comments

  1. FrugalHausfrau says

    March 16, 2015 at 10:23 pm

    Oh my goodness, these are my favorite Girl Scout cookies, well the only ones that I like, really! And these bars! I will not think about anything else until I make them! They look insanely good!

    Are those brownies the chewy kind or the cakey kind? I’m just wondering how this would taste on top of my chewy brownies! 🙂

    Reply
    • Quinn Caudill says

      March 16, 2015 at 10:42 pm

      Thanks for stopping bye. Yes the Carmel delites are my favorite girl school cookies also. I could eat a whole box. The brownie is the chewy kind,, but with the shortbread addition, they taste more like a cookie. Very yummy. let me know what you think after you make them☺

      Reply
      • FrugalHausfrau says

        March 17, 2015 at 12:34 am

        Thanks Quinn! 🙂

        Reply

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