Pecan Caramel Bars

Prep Time 15 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
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These Pecan Caramel Bars take just 15 minutes and 5 ingredients! Layers of salty crackers, chocolate, caramel and pecans combine to make homemade candy bars!

Pecan Caramel Bars stacked on top of each other on a plate.

You start with a layer of buttery club crackers — then my favorite part — a thick layer of caramel stuffed with chopped pecans.

Followed with another layer of club crackers and then a top layer of caramel, chocolate and even more pecans!

My family, in true Southern fashion, are big on pecans and we always make holiday desserts that feature them.

Up close image of three Pecan Caramel Bars stacked on top of each other.

I wanted to add another candy featuring pecans to our roster and had the idea to make a bar similar to all those toffee bars that have crackers in them.

However, instead of toffee, I wanted them to be caramel because I love the texture it gives them.

These Pecan Caramel Bars honestly remind me a lot of my favorite candy bar, 100 Grand Bars…but with pecans instead of rice crisps for the crunch.

Pecans beat plain rice crisps every time in my opinion.

Pecan Caramel Bars ingredients.

Growing up in Texas we used to pick pecans all over the place and go home and crack them for eating.

However, since I moved to Florida you don’t see pecan trees around anymore like we used to.

While I sure love our palm trees, I miss my pecans! You can find pecan trees here occasionally, but it is definitely not like it was in Texas.

That means we buy our nuts these days and there is only one brand I will buy – Fishers Nuts. Fisher nuts are preservative free and non-GMO Project Verified.

And better yet, I love the resealable bag. Since most of my recipes do not use a full bag, it helps keep the nuts fresh for longer.

I like to make chicken salad wraps for lunch sometimes and you only need a handful of pecans or almonds in those.

It’s nice to know that they will stay fresh for months in the zipped up resealable bag.

Make sure and look out for Fisher’s new packaging on shelves this month!

Pecan Caramel Bars on a white plate.

These Pecan Caramel Bars will make the perfect addition to your Christmas baking.

And while they are not a cookie — I would be super excited to find them in my cookie exchange.

I don’t know why we limit exchanges to cookies, it should just be dessert exchanges!

You only need a handful of ingredients and about 15 minutes of work to make these bars.

They store great in an airtight container and are a wonderful make ahead treat for the holidays.

They would also be great to ship to friends/family if you like to bake treats to mail. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family did!

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Pecan Caramel Bars Recipe

These Pecan Caramel Bars take just 15 minutes of work and you only need 5 ingredients! Who doesn't love gorgeous easy homemade candy bars??
Prep Time15 minutes
Additional Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 60 club crackers
  • 2 11 oz bags caramels, melted according to package directions
  • 10 oz Fisher Pecan Halves, chopped
  • 1 11.5 oz bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions 

  • Line a 9×13 pan with foil. Butter foil.
  • Arrange half of the crackers in the bottom of buttered pan in a flat layer.
  • Pour one-third of the melted caramel over crackers in pan and spread caramel into an even layer. Sprinkle half of pecans on top of caramel and then top pecans with one-third more of the caramel on top.
  • Top caramel layer with the remaining crackers. Pour remaining caramel on top of crackers and spread caramel into an even layer.
  • In medium sized microwave safe bowl, microwave chocolate chips uncovered for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.
  • Pour over caramel and spread evenly. Top with remaining pecans.
  • Let cool until chocolate has hardened. This can take a while at room temperaure, but you can speed the process up by cooling them in the fridge. Allow bars to come back to room termparure before cutting and serving -- otherwise the caramel will be too hard.
  • Cut into bars and serve! These bars can be stored in an airtight container for up to one week.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1, Calories: 162kcal, Carbohydrates: 12g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g, Cholesterol: 2mg, Sodium: 99mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 5g

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