This Bacon Caramel Brownies recipe is an easy dessert with a mix of sweet and savory, and is the best brownie recipe for bacon lovers! I love bacon, so it should come as no surprise that I use bacon in all sorts of ways, such as this Bacon Caramel Brownies Recipe!
Bacon...I could write sonnets about my love affair with bacon! This Brownies from cake mix recipe was already delicious, but adding bacon and caramel took it to an entirely new level! Just be warned...it is extremely rich and decadent, and one of these cake mix brownies is more than enough!
We love this Bacon Caramel Brownies Recipe!
Everyone loves caramel brownies, and everyone loves bacon...so, really why not combine the two? I mean, really, why haven't I thought of this Bacon Caramel Brownies Recipe before? It's GENIUS. At least, I think so!
The thing about bacon is...it's perfect ANY TIME OF DAY. How many foods can you say that about? You can make bacon for breakfast, you can include bacon in appetizers for parties, like in our Bacon Apple Cheese Appetizers! Or you can add bacon to your lunch and dinner recipes, like we did in this BLT Pasta Salad recipe! You can EVEN USE BACON IN YOUR DESSERTS, like in this Bacon Caramel Brownies Recipe!
You can make this German Chocolate Caramel Brownies with bacon just as we did, or kick it up a notch and add pecans to make them into turtle caramel brownies! This was inspired by our our Maple Bacon and Dark Chocolate Braid Dessert Recipe that we shared a while ago. We've also made a Red Velvet Brownies from a Cake Mix and you're going to love that easy dessert recipe too!
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How to Make This Bacon Caramel Brownies Recipe
You guys let me know once you give it a try for yourselves...yes, I am assuming that you're going to, because no one can resist the siren call of bacon and caramel AND BROWNIES.
Ingredients needed to make this Bacon Caramel Brownies Recipe
- 10 slices bacon, cooked, and cut into small bits/pieces
- 1 package caramels, unwrapped - we used a 9.5 oz bag of Kraft Caramels, which you can get here on Amazon!
- ½ cup evaporated milk - we prefer Carnation brand!
- 1 15.25 oz box German Chocolate Cake Mix
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- ⅓ cup evaporated milk
- 1 cup chocolate chips
TOP TIP: You can use milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips or even dark chocolate chips! We used Hershey's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips in this cake mix brownie recipe!
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Directions for how to make Bacon Caramel Brownies
In a saucepan over low or medium heat, add unwrapped caramels and ½ cup evaporated milk. Stir constantly until melted (on medium heat it takes about 8-10 minutes. If it gets too hot, remove from heat, and continue to stir. Or reduce heat and stir.) Set aside.
Grease and flour a 9x13 pan and preheat your oven to 350.
Mix together in a bowl cake mix, butter, ⅓ cup evaporated milk.
Press ⅔ batter into the bottom of prepared pan. Don't get discouraged here and let this be your Pinterest fail. The batter will stick and be hard to spread.
I use greased fingers (use cooking spray or butter left on wrapper) and take small amounts and flatten in the pan. Be patient. It can take a few minutes to get it into the pan.
Bake for 8 minutes.
Remove pan from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips on top of brownie. Pour caramel over chocolate chips.
Sprinkle about ¾ of your bacon onto the caramel. Spoon remaining batter on caramel. I use my fingers, grab a little batter, flatten and place in the pan.
Bake 18-20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle top with remaining bacon. Cool completely and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
I refrigerate mine overnight and cut in the morning.
They looked almost good enough to eat even when I was preparing them to cook. I resisted temptation though.
I know that all good things come to those who wait. Cut into squares and serve - I like mine cold from the fridge because they are firm this way and I kind of like a firm brownie (plus, they're easier for me to photograph for the blog this way - just keeping it real!).
Cut into squares and serve! I actually prefer mine cold, right from the fridge because they are firm this way. If you let them set at room temperature, they are going to be ooey, gooey, delicious!
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Bacon Caramel Brownies
Ingredients
- 10 slices Bacon cooked, and cut into small bits/pieces
- 9.5 oz caramels 1 bag, unwrapped
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- 15.25 oz German Chocolate Cake Mix
- ¾ cup butter softened
- ⅓ cup evaporated milk
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a saucepan over low or medium heat, add unwrapped caramels and ½ cup evaporated milk. Stir constantly until melted (on medium heat it takes about 8-10 minutes. If it gets too hot, remove from heat, and continue to stir. Or reduce heat and stir.) Set aside.
- Grease and flour a 9x13 pan.
- Mix together in a bowl cake mix, butter, ⅓ cup evaporated milk.
- Press ⅔ batter into the bottom of prepared pan. Don't get discouraged here and let this be your Pinterest fail. The batter will stick and be hard to spread. I use greased fingers (use cooking spray or butter left on wrapper) and take small amounts and flatten in the pan. Be patient. It can take a few minutes to get it into the pan.
- Bake for 8 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips on top of the brownie batter. Pour caramel over chocolate chips. Sprinkle about ¾ of your bacon onto the caramel. Spoon remaining batter on caramel. I use my fingers, grab a little batter, flatten and place in the pan.
- Bake for an additional 18-20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle top with remaining bacon.
- Cool completely and refrigerate at least 1 hour. I refrigerate mine overnight and cut in the morning.
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And if you try my Bacon Caramel Brownies Recipe a try? Please let me know what you think, I'd love to hear from you!
