When that salty and candy craving strikes, these toffee dessert bars shall be calling your title. Layered with simply the correct quantity of toffee crunch, these indulgent treats are certain to turn into addicting (sorry, not sorry!). Slightly salty, slightly candy—it’s the most effective of each worlds, all wrapped up in a single scrumptious bar!

You may additionally wish to make a batch of our fast and simple do-it-yourself toffee too! Or use it to create your individual toffee bits.

These dessert bars are the proper instance of a present that retains on giving. The shortbread crust alone is a deal with, and with each layer, it simply retains getting higher and higher! And the most effective half? They’re made with components you most likely have already got in your pantry, so you possibly can whip them up very quickly everytime you want a scrumptious deal with.

Ingredient Notes

• Butter: Salted butter works greatest, however you should utilize unsalted butter with a pinch of salt. Ensure that your butter is chilly, because it helps create a extra crumbly texture within the crust.
• All-Goal Flour: Follow common all-purpose flour for the most effective texture. Gluten-free choices can work, however they could alter the feel barely.
• Sugar: White granulated sugar works greatest for sweetness.
• Chocolate Chips: Provides sweetness. You should utilize darkish, milk, and even white chocolate chips for a enjoyable twist.
• Toffee Bits: We favor utilizing our do-it-yourself toffee, finely chopped, however store-bought toffee bits (normally discovered close to the chocolate chips) work nicely too.
• Sweetened Condensed Milk: Binds the layers collectively and provides creamy sweetness. Notice that that is totally different from evaporated milk.

Caramelizing The Sweetened Condensed Milk

An vital step to getting the most effective style and texture in your dessert bars is making certain the sweetened condensed milk caramelizes throughout baking. Ensure that the condensed milk turns into bubbly and barely browned (verify across the edges) to ensure it’s cooked sufficient and never syrupy. This may give your bars the proper texture and stop them from changing into soggy.

Enable Bars to Harden

Some of the vital steps in making these dessert bars is permitting them to harden earlier than chopping. In case you attempt to minimize your toffee dessert bars whereas they’re nonetheless heat, they’ll flip right into a pile of goo. Let the bars cool utterly and arrange earlier than slicing into evenly minimize items.