Recipe for cooking chocolate caramel bars

Low-Fat and Low-Calorie Recipes :: Dessert Recipes

Chocolate Caramel Bars

1 3/4 C. plus 3 Tbsp. flour, separated
1 3/4 C. quick cooking oats
1 C. packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 C. Sunsweet Lighter Bake
1/4 C. canola oil
1 C. semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 C. fat free caramel ice cream topping

Coat 13 x 9-in. baking pan with cooking spray; set aside.

Mix together 1 3/4 C. flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Add Lighter Bake and oil; stir well with fork or fingertips until evenly moist and crumbly. Reserve 1 C. crumb mixture for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture evenly onto bottom of prepared baking pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven for 15 min.

Cool 10 min. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Stir remaining flour into caramel topping. Drizzle over chocolate to within 1/4 in. of edges. Sprinkle with reserved crumbs. Bake for additional 15 min. or until edges are golden. Cool.

Make 36 bars.