Homemade Candy Bars with Chunks of Cookies and Caramels
Ingredients
- Two 10-ounce bags dark chocolate chips
- 10 speculoos cookies, broken into pieces
- 1/2 cup Sorghum Caramel, recipe follows, at room temperature
- Generous pinch coarse sea salt (enough to sprinkle over whole bar)
- 2 cups firmly-packed brown sugar
- 1 cup sorghum syrup, such as Bourbon Barrel Foods Pure Cane Sorghum (see Cook's Note)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
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Instructions
- Watch how to make this recipe.
- Special equipment: parchment paper or silicone mat
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees F. Line the back of a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Put the chocolate chips in a stainless steel bowl and place in the oven. Heat the chips until they hold their shape but melt when you touch them, 8 to 12 minutes. You want the chocolate to melt without getting hot or it will be ruined. Stir until smooth and shiny.
- Pour the melted chocolate out onto the prepared cookie sheet. Spread evenly into an 1/8-inch-thick rectangle. Sprinkle with the cookies and drizzle the Sorghum Caramel over the top. Sprinkle with salt. Gently pick up the pan and drop it on the counter a couple of times. This will help the ingredients settle into themselves. Leave the bar to cool at room temperature, about 1 hour. Break into irregular 3-inch pieces.
- Fill a glass with ice water and set aside.
- Combine the sugar, sorghum and butter in a saucepan and heat over medium until the butter melts, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the sweetened condensed milk, bring to a simmer and cook about 1 minute. Lower the heat and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until a soft ball forms when the caramel is dropped in the glass of ice water or the temperature reads 240 degrees F on a candy thermometer, about 20 minutes. Let the mixture stand for 5 minutes before using.
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