Gingerbread-Caramel Bars

Name: Gingerbread-Caramel Bars
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 45
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams pkg. BAKERS White Chocolate, coarsely chopped, divided; 118 milliliters butter, melted; 35 KRAFT Caramels; 1 egg; 142 grams can evaporated milk; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 package (2-layer size) spice cake mix

Need a gluten free hor d'oeuvre? Gingerbread-Caramel Bars could be a great recipe to try. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 118 calories. This recipe serves 45. If you have baker's chocolate, ground ginger, caramels, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F.

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Oven

Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides; spray with cooking spray. Beat cake mix, ginger, butter and egg with mixer until blended. (Dough will be stiff.) Press 2/3 of the dough onto bottom of prepared pan.

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Cooking Spray

Cake Mix

Butter

Ginger

Dough

Egg

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Blender

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Bake 10 to 12 min. or until lightly browned. Meanwhile, microwave caramels and milk in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 3 to 3-1/2 min. or until caramels are completely melted and sauce is well blended, stirring after each minute.

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Caramel Candy

Sauce

Milk

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Microwave

Oven

Bowl

Drizzle caramel sauce over baked layer in pan. Reserve 2 Tbsp. chopped chocolate; sprinkle remaining over caramel sauce. Crumble remaining gingerbread dough over dessert.

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Caramel Sauce

Chocolate

Dough

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Frying Pan

Bake 25 to 30 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely.

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Oven

Microwave reserved chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 sec. to 1 min. or until completely melted, stirring every 30 sec.; drizzle over dessert.

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Chocolate

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Microwave

Bowl

Let stand until chocolate is firm. Use foil handles to lift dessert from pan before cutting into bars.

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Chocolate

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan