That’s right, I said Chubby Hubby Bars. I’m not trying to insult anyone’s husband…it’s a reference to the Ben & Jerry ice cream flavor. Ben & Jerry might’ve been insulting someone’s hubby, but I’m not.
So. Every once in awhile I like to cruise around Pinterest and look at all the unhealthy things (and beautiful rooms) (and funny cartoons). Which is how I came across these (and they are neither beautiful rooms, nor funny cartoons), compliments of cookiesandcups.com. Prepare to gain 5 pounds, people…
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temp
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp coarse sea salt (let’s be real here…regular salt works just fine, too)
- 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pretzels
- 1 (8oz) bag of Reese’s Mini cups (or 2 cups coarsely chopped full sized Reese’s)
- 1 (14 oz) bag of caramels, unwrapped
- 2 Tbsp water
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips, melted
How to Make
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Spray a 9×13 pan lightly with cooking spray.
- Beat together your butter and sugars until light and fluffy, approx 1 min.
- Add eggs and vanilla, mix until incorporated.
- On low speed add in your salt, baking soda and flour, mixing until just combined.
- Slowly add in your Reese’s and pretzels, mixing until evenly distributed.
- Spread in your prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes.
- Let cool completely. Approx 30 minutes to an hour.
- When cooled, melt your caramels and 2 Tbsp water in a microwave safe bowl stirring every minute until melted.
- Pour over your bars.
- Chill in fridge for 15 minutes to set caramel.
- Melt your chocolate chips in a double boiler or microwave and spread over caramel.
- Put back in the fridge for at least 30 minutes or until chocolate is set.
- Cut into squares when ready to serve.
A few additional notes of my own:
- This recipe is ridiculously easy. You just have to have the time to wait for the caramel and chocolate to set. Oh, and a small child would come in handy for unwrapping the 10,518 caramels. Because that was boring.
- They are even better if you let them hang out in the fridge over night so that the caramel and chocolate have lots of time to set. I’m not normally a fan of cold things (or delayed gratification), but I swear these tasted better the next day when they came out of the fridge, as opposed to giving them just long enough for the chocolate to sort of set. (Not that I taste tested twice, or anything.)
- However, fair warning: they are a bitch to cut once those layers get hard.
- This recipe will feed a small army, making it an ideal dessert for potlucks. However, forget about presentation and leave them in the pan. I left them in the pan, and even then the caramel started oozing all over the place once they were cut and a few pieces were removed. I’m guessing if they were set out on a plate they’d slither apart.
- Don’t expect these to last until dessert. They acted more like an appetizer. But then, Social Services employees have no concept of time or restraint when sugar is involved. We live by the mottos “it’s time for dessert somewhere in the world” and “sugar makes the day go by faster.”
- If you take this to a potluck, be sure to take the recipe with you. Because people will be asking you for it.
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These look totally delicious!
Uniflame´s last [type] ..Weekend Cooking: VeggieChallenge Week 1
These would not make it to the fridge for cooling. Very yummy sounding.
OMG these sounds awesome. But will keep the ooze factor in mind … maybe not great for 95F summer day.
Beth F´s last [type] ..Weekend Cooking: A Tale of Two Dinners (M. F. K. Fisher)
Pretzels, Reese’s Cups, caramels, and chocolate chips? Holy cow, that sounds like the perfect dessert!!
bermudaonion(Kathy)´s last [type] ..Author event and giveaway: Kimberly Brock
I have never tasted Chubby Hubby flavour before. That possibly may be a good thing looking at the scrumptious list of ingredients!
Marg´s last [type] ..Sunday Salon: That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott
Um, those look sinfully good!
Kim´s last [type] ..Five for Friday~July 6, 2012
These look sinfully delicious!
Diane LaRue (bookchickdi)´s last [type] ..Weekend Cooking- Fridge Raider Frittata
OMG really? I just shared this post with my family, and they are all making loud groaning noises. The 515 calories I just burned from my walk would be shot with one freaking bite!!! (By the way, love your red hair!)
Sandy´s last [type] ..Sunday Salon: Hot Hot Hot
OMG!! It looks like these should be illegal
JoAnn´s last [type] ..Artist Birthday: Marc Chagall
For someone who desparately needs to lose weight this post is all wrong. If I made these I’d have to be sure there was somewhere to take them or they’d all get eaten my me. My hubby is not chubby, probably because he wouldn’t go near a dessert like this
stacybuckeye´s last [type] ..Sundays with Gage – Beating the heat
Those look fantastic! I would gain so much weight if I made these because my husband doesn’t like anything nut flavored in his desserts. My sister gave me this awesome recipe for chocolate peanut butter cake and I just about hurt myself trying to eat the whole thing over the course of a week. I only take it to potlucks now because it’s so good that I will try to keep it from going to waste if I make it. I’ll have to try to remember this one for potlucks too.
Alyce´s last [type] ..The Sunday Salon – July 8
Wow, wow, wow! Please bring to next meeting!!!
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Yum. I think I gained 5 lbs just by looking at them.
Linda´s last [type] ..Weekend Cooking: Asian Cucumber and Red Onion Salad
Holy smokes that sounds good and for a person that has been off sugar for the last 13 days…. well, lets just say I DID NOT just lick my laptop screen at that picture you posted.
Sheila (Book Journey)´s last [type] ..It’s Monday What Are You Reading?
These sound delicious, except the caramel part. I’m not a fan of caramel. Was there caramel in the ice cream?? I don’t remember. I used to get Chubby Hubby back in Wisconsin. It was one of only two B&J flavors I actually liked. Sadly, they don’t seem to sell it down here, not where I shop anyway. Although that’s probably not sad, considering I don’t really need any ice cream in my diet right now. Not that I need these bars, but…mmm…
OMG. Yes please!
Andi (@estellasrevenge)´s last [type] ..The Sunday Salon – Of the Snot Monster and Completed Books
Oh sweet baby Jesus, these look amazing, and like something that my whole family would scarf down as soon as they came out of the oven. I need to make these, right away, and eat quite a lot of them. Bad Jill! I am supposed to be eating carrot sticks and cottage cheese, but now I am craving these! Thanks for sharing this with us!
zibilee´s last [type] ..Little Face by Sophie Hannah — 320 pgs
Nom – and curse Pinterest for adding even more dessert recipes to the dessert recipes I must try. I think there are 3 recipes for vegetables in my vegetable recipes I must try. And now I must add this recipe…and try to figure out how you get the restraint not to eat them immediately!
Lisa´s last [type] ..Paris In July 2012
I can see my kids bouncing around for hours if I made this for them. Maybe I will and then send them to their dad.
Vasilly´s last [type] ..Mini-reviews: The Year of the Beasts, A Greyhound of a Girl, and Her Mother’s Face
I’m late to the party… but YUM. I want some.
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