Pretzel Toffee Bars

Pretzel Toffee Bars has a layer of chocolate on top and rests on a shortbread crust. Dessert recipe that is easy and you can make it last minute.

How many on you have had your child come up to you and say, "Mom, I forgot to tell you, but you are supposed to bring a dessert to XYZ. Sorry about that". Happens to me all the time. However, the good news is the next time that happens, you have an easy dessert recipe you can go to. Pretzel Toffee Bars sound fancy and hard to make, but they are not.

You got to like recipes like that, right?

Last minute surprise

So? Has it happened to you? Well, with four children, I find myself volunteered to make many desserts, breakfast items and snacks. Especially the more involved they get with after school activities!

I don't mind, of course, as baking is second nature to me. However, the last minute notice is the frustrating part. Namely, from Ryan, 14.

You can imagine.

Pretzel Toffee Bars starts with a base crust of shortbread then uses sweetened condensed milk as the toffee layer. The chocolate topping? Simply semi-sweet chocolate chips melted on their own. I don't even need to do anything for it. Sweet! (No, pun intended) ;-)

If you don't like semi-sweet chocolate, use milk chocolate or, dare I say, white chocolate. Oh, that would be lovely.

The Pretzel Toffee Bar Recipe

This was still warm and gooey from the melted chocolate chips. Good this way, great chilled!

The base is a simple 4 ingredient shortbread like crust. It is rather dry, to be honest. However, when you put the shortbread crust as the bottom layer then add a toffee filling and chocolate topping with sprinkled pretzels on top, the dry layer is a nice compliment to the creamy and sweet topping.

Perfect together.

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Pretzel Toffee Bars

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Pretzel Toffee Bars with a shortbread crust and creamy toffee layer is topped with chocolate and pretzels for a delicious dessert recipe. 

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate candy

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 36

Calories 188kcal

Author Kim Strawn

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Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 14 oz cans sweetened condensed milk
• ½ stick margarine
• 3 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups crushed pretzels

Instructions

• In mixing bowl, mix 1 cup margarine, sugar and salt with a mixer until combined. Stir in flour

  Press on the bottom of an ungreased jelly roll pan in a 375* oven for 10-15 minutes or until very lightly brown

  In a saucepan, mix together condensed milk and margarine over medium/low heat until starts to bubble. Stirring continuously

  Cook for 3 minutes more (and stir!). Remove from heat and stir in vanilla

  Bake for 10-15 minutes or until lightly brown

  Remove from oven and immediately spread scatter chocolate chips on top of warm bars. Let sit for 2 minutes and spread carefully with a spatula, creating a frosting

  Sprinkle with crushed pretzels

  Chill in fridge for 1 hour. Cut into squares and serve. 

Nutrition

Calories: 188kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 184mg | Potassium: 97mg | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 330IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 0.8mg

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