TREAT YO SELF Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Everyone loves anything that's salted caramel flavored right? And chocolate chips. They don't hurt either. That's why I decided to make Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars because they sound delicious and who doesn't want to treat themselves to a bar of every flavor you could ever want? Also, I have been watching reruns of Parks and Recreation and I wanted to treat myself as Donna and Tom did in one of the episodes. I decided to treat myself to something that I could only dream about: a simple recipe for combining chocolate, caramel, and a kick of salt in cookie bar form. This is so easy and delicious!

What you need:
-2 rolls of chocolate chip cookie dough
-2 bags of caramel chews (I used Werthers, each bag was about 5.5 oz)
-Sea salt
-9x11 inch pan (you can use another size, but this size worked perfectly for pressing the cookie dough into)
-cooking spray

What to do:
1) Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and spray your pan with cooking spray
2) Open up one of the cookie dough packets and break it apart into pieces to start softening it up. Then, press the pieces to the bottom of the inside of the pan to coat the bottom completely
3) Put the caramel chews into a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 20 second increments until it melts completely. This should take about 2 minutes. The caramel should be liquid and thick like caramel usually is.
4) Pour the caramel over the top of the cookie dough pressed into the pan until the cookie dough is completely covered. Then sprinkle the sea salt on top. You can add only a dash or a whole bunch but try to do it evenly.
5) Open up the other pack of cookie dough and break this into pieces again. This time, you place the cookie dough on top again without making the caramel ooze out. Do the best you can. I had to complete a puzzle to cover the top of the caramel because the cookie dough doesn't always press down into the shape you want. It will all bake out into an even shape as long as the top is covered relatively equally.
6) You can put some more sea salt on top if you would like. Place in the oven for 25-30 minutes and enjoy!!

College Contessa Rating: Most definitely a Platform Stiletto

These are an undeniably delicious treat for any occasion. If you would like to make the cookie dough yourself, feel free, this will work just as well. I am a college student therefore, I didn't want to spend the time and money on making my own cookie dough. You will love these! And they keep really well so you don't have to worry about them drying out really quickly.