Caramelitas

Months ago I saw a picture of this gooey looking bar on Pinterest called a Carmelita and it stayed right at the fore front of my mind. I couldn't make it just to have around the house otherwise it would disappear in 2 days and that's a recipe for disaster. I finally had an occasion to do some baking to bring into my office and right away I knew I had to make these legendary Carmelitas. Carmelitas are an oat based bar with chocolate and caramel, I'm sold! I'm certainly not a professional baker, but have been known to spend some time baking up tasty treats. These rate a 1 on the easy level and a 10 on the addictive scale.

{Recipe provided by Lulu the Baker}

It all starts here, peeling a slew of caramels

Melt the caramels into some cream to make a sauce

Oatmeal mixture for the bottom and top layers

Into the oven it goes...

Ooey gooey caramel-y chocolatey goodness!

These little tasty bites got a pretty solid reception from the coworkers as well and I saw people go back for seconds. In a spread full of other treats, that's my mark of a good morsel!