Gooey caramel, chocolate chips, and buttery soft dough!! Easy, one-bowl, no-mixer recipe that's a guaranteed hit! Who can resist caramel and chocolate!!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time22 minutesmins
Additional Time1 hourhr28 minutesmins
Total Time2 hourshrs
Course: Bars & Blondies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Rolo cookies, rolo recipes
Servings: 12
Calories: 328kcal
Author: Averie Sunshine
Ingredients
½cupunsalted butter1 stick, melted
1large egg
1cuplight brown sugarpacked
1tablespoonvanilla extract
1cupall-purpose flour
½teaspoonsaltor to taste
1cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips
about 36 Rolo candiesunwrapped (buy the 12-ounce bag, you’ll use about 3/4 of it)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8-by-8-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray; set aside.
To a large, microwave-safe bowl add the butter and heat to melt, about 1 minute on high power.
Wait momentarily before adding the egg so you don’t scramble it. Add the egg, brown sugar, vanilla, and whisk until smooth.
Add the flour, salt, and stir until just combined, don’t overmix.
Add the chocolate chips and stir to combine.
Turn slightly more than half the batter out into prepared pan (about 60% or so, just eyeball it so that the bottom of the pan is completely covered, albeit thin coverage); set remaining batter aside.
Evenly place the Rolos in the pan so that each Rolo is sitting on its ‘base’ rather than laying on its side. I made 6 rows of 6 Rolos each.
Drop remaining batter over the Rolos in heaping rounded tablespoons. Use a spatula to smooth the ‘blobs’ of batter together. You won’t have complete coverage and that’s okay because batter expands a bit while baking and some of the balder patches ‘grow togther’.
Bake for about 20 to 22 minutes, or until top is set in center and done; don’t overbake. Blondies firm up as they cool. A toothpick test is unreliable because you will likely hit melted chocolate or caramel, but if you hit a patch of dough, the toothpick should come out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter.
Place pan on a wire rack to cool for at least 90 minutes before slicing and serving.
Notes
Note – If you don’t have access to Rolos, unfortunately there are no substitutions.
Bars will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 6 months.