Reese’s peanut butter cups, chocolate, caramel and pretzels is a sweet & salty combination guaranteed to make you salivate. Hershey’s Take 5 candy bars and Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby ice cream capitalized on this fact. Cookies & Cups took it to the next level and whipped up this DIY Chubby Hubby Bar recipe. I made a batch for Thanksgiving and 1 bar took anyone from turkey coma to sugar high. Wrap up a few bars and as a tasty gift this holiday season!

Gather:

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 sticks butter at room temperature
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp coarse sea salt
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pretzels
• 1 8 oz. bag of Reese’s mini cups (or 2 cups copped large Reese’s peanut butter cups)
• 1 14 oz. bag caramels (unwrapped)
• 1 tbsp water
• 2 cups melted chocolate chips

Prepare:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Beat together butter and sugar until fluffy (approximately 1 minute)
3. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until well incorporated
4. At low mixing speed at salt, flour and baking soda until combined
5. Add Reese’s and pretzels and mix until evenly distributed
6. Flatten dough into a greased 9×13 pan
7. Bake for 25 minutes
8. Let cool for at least 30 minutes (or until it reaches room temperature)
9. Melt caramels and 1 tbsp water in a microwave safe dish stirring between each minute until melted
10. Pour caramel over baked dough
11. Chill in fridge for 15 minutes (or until caramel is set and hardened)
12. Melt chocolate chips in double boiler or microwave save container
13. Pour chocolate over caramel
14. Cool in fridge for 30 minutes (or until chocolate is set and hardened)
15. Cut into squares when ready to serve