Description
Homemade Better Than Anything Bars deliver pure chocolate caramel comfort straight from your kitchen. Layers of sweet condensed milk, chocolate chips, and toffee create a melt-in-your-mouth dessert that disappears faster than you can slice it.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2.25 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 large eggs
Supporting Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 0.5 cup granulated sugar
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
Finishing Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- Flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Set your oven to 350°F and line a 9×13-inch pan with parchment paper, creating handles for easy removal.
- Mix 1 cup softened butter, 1 cup brown sugar, and ½ cup granulated sugar until creamy and light.
- Add 2 large eggs one at a time, then blend in 2 teaspoons vanilla extract until smooth.
- Separately combine 2 ¼ cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and ½ teaspoon salt.
- Gently incorporate dry ingredients into wet mixture, stirring just until combined.
- Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips and optional 1 cup butterscotch chips.
- Press two-thirds of the cookie dough firmly into the pan’s bottom, creating an even layer.
- Pour entire 14-oz can of sweetened condensed milk across the dough, spreading carefully.
- Scatter remaining chocolate chips over condensed milk layer.
- Crumble remaining dough across the top, allowing some filling to peek through.
- Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and edges appear set.
- Allow bars to cool completely in the pan, which helps center continue setting.
- Use parchment handles to lift bars from pan, then slice into squares.
- Optionally sprinkle flaky sea salt across the top before serving.
Notes
- Softened butter makes creaming easier and ensures a smoother dough texture for your bars.
- Use room temperature eggs to help them blend more evenly into the batter without creating lumps.
- For a gluten-free version, swap the all-purpose flour with a 1:1 gluten-free baking blend to keep the same delicious consistency.
- Letting the bars cool completely helps them set properly and makes cutting clean, neat squares much simpler.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
- Category: Dessert Bars
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 370 kcal
- Sugar: 32 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 48 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg