I love chocolate as many of you who read this blog should be able to tell, but I also love caramel and pecans, too. Well, guess what? This brownie recipe combines all of those into one ooey-gooey piece of heaven. I found this in the Fall 2010 edition of Kraft Food and Family magazine, but it got pushed back in my recipe drawer and I had not made it.
Let me tell you, it was worth the wait! If you have a chocolate lover in your household, please make these for them. You will be their new favorite person!
I did make a couple of little changes to the original, one because I had to and one because I wanted to. I was almost out of white sugar (oops), so I had to substitute light brown sugar for most of the white. I don’t think it made any difference at all. I also chopped my pecans instead of using the whole pecan halves. I think you get more crunch and flavor that way. I am listing the original recipe below.
4 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
3/4 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup all purpose flour
1 pkg. (14 oz.) caramels
1/3 cup whipping cream
2 cups pecans, divided
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 13×9” baking pan with aluminum foil and allow the ends of the foil to hang over the pan. Spray the foil with non-stick spray. Microwave the chocolate and butter on high for 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
Add sugar and eggs. Mix well. Stir in flour until well blended. Spread half of the batter in the pan and bake for 25 minutes.
About 20 minutes into the baking process, microwave the caramels and whipping cream on high for 2 minutes or until caramels begin to melt. Stir until completely melted. (I had to put mine back in the microwave for about another minute to get the caramels melted.) Stir in 1 cup of nuts.
Spread the caramel mixture over the brownie layer and cover with the remaining brownie batter. Some caramel will show through. Sprinkle with remaining nuts and bake for 30 more minutes. Let cool completely and cut into small pieces. A little bit of this brownie goes a long way!
Please join me over at Miz Helen’s Country Cottage for this recipe and many yummy others! She even spotlighted little old me for my BBQ ribs last week. Thanks, Miz Helen!
Come join the fun at the My Baking Addiction and GoodLife Eats Holiday Recipe Swap sponsored by Scharffen Berger.
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A bag of caramels fell in my shopping cart yesterday. I’ll make these today!
Thanks for your comment! I don’t think you will be disappointed.
This looks great! Thanks so much for sharing it at Savory Sunday!! Have a great week!
What a GREAT recipe! I would love it if you came over to Cast Party Wednesday tomorrow and shared this and other recipes with us! 🙂
Thanks,
I hope to see you there!
I will be there!
Oh yum!!!
These sound divine! I’ll have to add to my list for sure. Thanks for sharing.
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hi! This looks amazing! I would love for you to come over and link up to my Tasty Tuesday Party…
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Hope to see you and your tasty goodness next week.
Thanks for your comment! I will definitely try to link up with you on Tuesday.
Thank you so much for sharing this at Recipe Sharing Monday. I hope to see you back tomorrow 🙂
Your Caramel Pecan Brownies look so yummy! We would really enjoy this special treat. Hope you are having a great week end and thanks for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
See you soon!
Miz Helen
THANK YOU so much for sharing your recipe with me at Cast Party Wednesday. I’d like to invite you back this week.
Thanks,
I hope to see you again!
I am in love with the caramel and pecan combination right now and I just picked up a big bad of pecans from Costco. Thanks so much for linking them up in the Holiday Recipe Exchange!
Hope you enjoy! Thanks for hosting these awesome giveaways.
Oh my gosh! These look wonderful!!!
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I don’t think there’s a better combination than caramel, pecan, and chocolate!
You are right. They are almost the holy trinity of sweets. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
These look unbelievable!
They were really good. I must make them again soon! Thanks for stopping by and for your comment. Happy new year!
Oh how good these look. I am saving this recipe. Have to give these a try. Hugs, Marty
All of these chocolate recipes you linked up are making me so hungry. I would love a piece of these brownies. Thank you so much for stopping by and linking up at Saturday Dishes ‘CHOCOLATE” Blog Hop. I pinned it.
Blessings,
Diane Roark
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