Coconut Caramel Candy Bars Recipe by The Secret Life of a Chef's WIfe

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Recipe Source

We were inspired to share this great recipe from The Secret Life of a Chef's WIfe! If you haven not checked out their website, we suggest that you do!

Ingredients

Bot�tom layer:
1 cup milk choco�late chips
1/4 cup vanilla chips
1/4 cup creamy almond butter
1/4 cup toasted coconut + 2 table�spoons sprin�kled on top

Sec�ond layer:
4 table�spoons butter
1 cup gran�u�lated sugar
1/4 cup evap�o�rated milk (not sweet�ened condensed)
1 1/2 cups marsh�mal�low creme
1/4 cup creamy almond butter
1 tea�spoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups chopped roasted almonds

Caramel layer:
16 oz. caramel sauce: You can either melt 14 oz. of caramels with 1/4 cup cream or make your own home�made caramel. (10X yum�mier if you make your own!! And not that dif�fi�cult. You will need a good qual�ity candy ther�mome�ter. One with a 2 degree gauge is best.)

To make your own:
1 1/2 cups gran�u�lated sugar
2 table�spoons light corn syrup (this is to help pre�vent crystallization)
1/2 tea�spoon kosher salt
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup unsalted butter
1 tablespoon sour cream

Choco�late layer:
1 cup choco�late chips
1/4 cup vanilla chips
1/4 cup creamy almond butter

Makes 4-5 dozen

Directions

To get the DIRECTIONS for this recipe, please visit the chefs website at: The Secret Life of a Chef's WIfe