
How To Make Homemade Twix Bars
Forget the store-bought Twix bars and make a homemade version of this chocolate favorite with a shortbread crust, caramel filling, and a chocolate topping.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1½cupsunsalted butter
- ½tspsalt
- 2tsp vanilla extract
- 1½cupspowdered sugar
- 3cupsflour
- 4cupswrapped caramel squares
- ¼cup heavy cream
- 2½cupsmilk chocolate chips
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 300 degrees F and spray a 9×13-inch pan with baking spray and line with parchment paper.
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In your stand mixer, add the butter and beat until creamed and lighter in color for about a minute.
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Add the sugar, salt, and vanilla then combine completely.
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Add the flour and combine until the flour is no longer visible.
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Press evenly into the bottom of the pan and bake for 30 minutes.
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Let the crust cool before adding the layers or the heat of the crust may absorb the caramel.
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In a microwave-safe bowl, add the caramel squares and heavy cream.
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Cover with a wet paper towel and microwave in 30-second increments.
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Whisk together and pour it over the shortbread crust.
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Tilt the pan until the caramel is evenly covering the shortbread.
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Put the pan in the fridge for 5 minutes and melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second increments.
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Add the chocolate over the cooled caramel shortbread.
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Let set in the fridge again before serving.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 320.90kcal
- Fat:Â 18.17g
- Saturated Fat:Â 11.30g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.51g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 3.29g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.59g
- Carbohydrates:Â 36.78g
- Fiber:Â 1.05g
- Sugar:Â 23.20g
- Protein:Â 2.98g
- Cholesterol:Â 37.52mg
- Sodium:Â 71.44mg
- Calcium:Â 36.89mg
- Potassium:Â 26.26mg
- Iron:Â 0.48mg
- Vitamin A: 107.43µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.16mg
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