Chocolate Caramel Brownies

By: Amanda Skinner

On Saturday we all had a hankerin' for something sweet (when don't we?) so we tried out this recipe:

1 14oz bag caramels, approx 50 caramels
2/3 C evaporated milk
1 pkg German chocolate cake mix
1/2 C melted butter or margarine
1 C chocolate chips

Melt together caramels and 1/3 cup evaporated milk in microwave. Set aside. Mix cake mix, melted margarine, and 1/3 cup evaporated milk. The batter will be thick. Press 1/2 of it into greased 9x13 pan and bake for 5 minutes at 350. Remove from oven and sprinkle 1 cup of chocolate chips over dough. Spread melted caramel mixture over all and then put globs of remaining batter over the top. Bake for about 15-18 minutes. Don't cut until completely cooled.

This was a simple recipe. The hardest and most time-consuming part was just unwrapping all those caramels! We cut into them before they were cooled, so they were really soft and gooey. They would have been good with some vanilla ice cream and hot fudge this way! The next morning I had one for breakfast when they were cooled and they set up like a normal brownie.

They were pretty good. Not spectacular, but they were a good treat!