Outrageous Pretzel Bars

  Now that the football season is finally over with a SUPERBOWL WIN for the SEATTLE SEAHAWKS!! #12TH MAN......I have extra time to BAKE!
    Now with only 2 of us at home, #1 I need to find somebody else to eat my baking, and #2 we don't eat as much food in this house as we use to. I had a bag of pretzels that just weren't disappear as fast I wanted them to. I thought, Perfect...I have a recipe for those!
  I'm not sure when I found this recipe, but I had saved it away to 'someday' make it. It was actually from GMA. The only thing I added to the recipe was after they were cooked, I thought they needed a little caramel, so I drizzled some on top of them.
  I took these out to our small group tonight - they are my "testers" Everyone enjoyed them and one person said they were their new favorites!  ENJOY ♥

Cookie Dough Base

1 cup butter

3/4 c dark brown sugar (can use light)

3/4 c white sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 1/4 c flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 c semi sweet chocolate chips

Cream butter, sugars for about 1 minute on medium. Add eggs, beat. Add all dry ingredients, just 

until combined. Fold in 2 c chocolate chips.

Press into a foil lined 9 x 13 pan

Chocolate Fudgy Middle

1 can sweetened condensed milk

2 c semi sweet chocolate chips

In microwave, melt. (in my microwave - it only took 1 minute) Don't over heat!

Stir until smooth and add 1 tsp vanilla extract - cool

Add to top of cookie dough layer

Pretzel Topping

2 c chopped pretzels

1 T sugar

3 T melted butter

Toss together and add to top of bars. I lightly pushed them in.

Bake @350 for 40 minutes. Let cool in pan. Lift out foil and cut into bars! 

Hope you enjoy these - Leave a comment and let me know and don't forget to SHARE!