Chocolate Carmelita Bars
Ingredients
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1 3/4 cups oats
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 3/4 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1 tbsp. water
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1 cup (6 oz. pkg.) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup Smucker's® Sundae Syrup™ Caramel Flavored Syrup
Directions
- Step 1
HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray a 13 x 9-inch pan with no-stick cooking spray.
- Step 2
COMBINE oats, 1 1⁄2 cups flour, brown sugar, shortening, water, baking soda and salt in large bowl; stir with spoon until well blended. Reserve 1 cup. Press remaining into bottom of prepared pan.
- Step 3
BAKE 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown. Remove pan to cooling rack. Cool 10 minutes.
- Step 4
SPRINKLE with nuts and chocolate chips.
- Step 5
COMBINE caramel topping and remaining 1⁄4 cup flour. Stir until smooth. Drizzle over chocolate chips to within 1⁄4 inch of pan edges. Sprinkle with reserved oat mixture.
- Step 6
RETURN to oven. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Loosen from sides of pan with knife. Remove pan to cooling rack to cool. Cool completely.
- Step 7
CUT into bars about 2 x 1 1⁄2 inches.
Serving size
(1 bar of 36)
- Calories 130
- Calories from Fat70g
- Total Fat 8g
- Saturated Fat 2g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 0mg
- Sodium 60mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 16g
- Dietary Fiber 1g
- Sugars 11g
- Protein 1g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet