Gooey, sticky and just 15 minutes of easy prep time, these Salted Caramel Pecan Oatmeal Fudge Bars will leave you wanting to make these for every occasion from birthday to BBQ!
Caramel Cookie Bars, Salted Caramel Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies, and Salted Caramel Shortbread are more tasty desserts you might also enjoy!
I might like cookies better than bars. In most cases anyway. If you can turn a cookie I like into a thick bar, chances are I’m going to be even more crazy about the bar version than the initial cookie version.
Case in point: these oatmeal cookie bars. But then again they have a lot going for them on top of the oatmeal cookie dough part.
So let’s talk about all of these layers.
1) oatmeal cookie dough
2) chewy fudge
3) gooey caramel
4) sea salt + chopped pecans + more oatmeal cookie dough
right?!?! So much yumm.
So think oatmeal cookies but a whole heck of a lot better with the addition of fudge and caramel and sea salt and pecans.
Now stop thinking and get to the making and the eating part.
What people are saying about these Salted Caramel Pecan Oatmeal Fudge Bars
“Made these bars this weekend for my annual girls pool party, everyone loved them. I found they were better the day after I made them. These will be added to my go to list.” – Ester
Salted Caramel Pecan Oatmeal Fudge Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter - softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups brown sugar
- ⅓ cup milk - or half and half
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
Fudge Layer
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
Caramel Layer
- 2 cups caramels
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 inch pan with foil and grease with cooking spray.
- Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, and milk and mix until combined. In another bowl stir together flour, salt, and oats.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix well. Spread 2/3 of the batter into the bottom of your prepared pan.
- In a medium sauce pan combine chocolate chips and condensed milk and sit over medium heat until completely melted and smooth. Pour into pan over the layer of oatmeal batter.
- In a microwave safe bowl combine caramels and heavy cream and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Stir and return to microwave 20 seconds at a time, stirring after each, until smooth. Pour over fudge layer.
- Drop teaspoons of remaining dough over the caramel until remaining dough is used up. Sprinkle sea salt and pecans over the top. Bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.
Notes
Nutrition
This tasty bar recipe was sponsored by Diamond Nuts – thanks for letting me work with the brands I love!
Made these bars this weekend for my annual girls pool party, everyone loved them. I found they were better the day after I made them. These will be added to my go to list .
Do you think these could freeze well?
Hi Alexandra! I’ve never tried freezing these before so I’m not sure if they would freeze well or not. If you try it let me know how it turns out!
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How do you measure the caramels? If you give weight measurement that would be easier to gauge, as there are different types of caramels,
Can you freeze the bars
I’ve never tried but I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to!