Homemade Twix (c) Bars

Is there really an explanation necessary...the best candy you can buy, now homemade so you don't have all those extra weird ingredients!

Disclaimer: This is NOT something you can quickly whip up, it takes some time and sitting around

Prep Time: ~10 minutes
Cook/Cooling Time: ~1hr 30min

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) butter or margarine
• 3/4 cup confectioners sugar
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1.5 cups Unbleached All-Purpose flour
• 2 cups caramel, cut into small chunks
• 3 tablespoons heavy cream (I use almond milk instead!)
• 3 cups milk chocolate chips **

** any type of chocolate will work but use milk chocolate if you want the classic Twix (c) taste!

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Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 300°F. Spray a 9.5 x 13.5 pan lightly with cooking spray to prevent sticking.
2. In a bowl beat on medium speed the butter, sugar, vanilla and flour.
3. Take the dough and press it into the prepared pan, make sure it is even. (Pricking the crust all over with a fork will allow steam to escape and prevent bubbling)
4. Bake the crust until golden brown, roughly 35-45 minutes. Then set aside to cool.
5. While the crust is cooling melt the caramel and cream over low heat in a small saucepan. 
6. Pour the caramel over the crust and set in the refrigerator until it firms up, at least 30 minutes.
7. Once the caramel is firm, cut the caramel covered crust into strips (any shape you want, I just did similar to a real Twix (c) with mine!) and set aside. (Fig. 1)
8. Melt the milk chocolate chips in a double broiler over very low heat, mixing continuously to prevent burning.
9. Once melted completely remove from heat. 
10. Take pre-cut bars and dip into the chocolate and place on parchment paper or a plate to let set for several hours before eating (or cheat like me and put them in the refrigerator, only takes about 30 minutes then!) (Fig. 2)

This recipe is one I modified from one I found on stockpilemoms.com