Chocolate Chip Topped Butterscotch Bars
Chocolate Chip Topped Butterscotch Bars: A perfect treat for when you need a quick dessert. These buttery bars with caramel undertones are loved by butterscotch fans!
Chocolate Chip Topped Butterscotch Bars
We spent most of the day on I-74 driving from western Illinois back home to Indiana. It was Labor Day and we invited our oldest to join us for a simple cookout.
But I also needed an easy dessert. I whipped up these Chocolate Chip Topped Butterscotch Bars in a matter of minutes, the only waiting involved the cooling time.
Butter + Dark Brown Sugar
The ol’ hubster saw “butterscotch” in the recipe I printed off (I tweaked an earlier blog post by adding chocolate chips). I assured him there were no actual butterscotch chips or extract in these blondies. Butter and dark brown sugar provided the “butterscotch” flavor.
This is where using quality ingredients is extremely important. Margarine just won’t do. And a quality butter, like Kerrygold*, will definitely raise the bar. He had a small bar but zeroed in on the leftover non-butterscotch option that contained chopped Oreos (yeah, that always trumps any caramelly dessert in his mind). These were definitely more of my kind of treat than his.
Chocolate Chip Topped Butterscotch Bars
Simple bars made with quality ingredients!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter, melted (I always use a premium brand like Kerrygold)
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- 3/4 cup cake flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line 8 x 8 inch baking pan with non-stick foil or regular foil sprayed with cooking spray. Or grease pan well with butter.
- Pour melted butter into mixing bowl. Stir in brown sugar, then egg and vanilla. Mix in cake flour, salt and baking powder and stir till combined. Spread into prepared pan. Sprinkle with mini-chocolate chips
- Bake 20-25 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.
May double recipe and bake in a 9 x 13 pan.
Yield: 16 bars
Total time: 2 hours with cooling time
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Amount Per Serving: Calories: 0Total Fat: 0g
I first sampled these butterscotch bars at my dear friend and fellow blogger’s house nearly 4 years ago. Kate, of Kate’s Kitchen, was a huge influence on yours truly when my blog was very green. Her husband played bridge with one of my girlfriends, so we met through that connection…and found we had numerous friends in common.
That along with our love of terrific food made us fast friends. Kate served these bars at one of her incomparable dinner parties…and I just had to request the recipe. This time around, I topped these buttery babies with some mini chocolate chips, but they’re just as exceptional sans chocolate.
*When you’re baking with a boatload of butter like I do, it’s important to select a top-notch product. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a huge fan of Kerrygold butter. Made from the milk of grass-fed dairy cows in Ireland, the quality is unsurpassed. You’ll love the taste of your baked goods when using Kerrygold.
40 Comments on “Chocolate Chip Topped Butterscotch Bars”
The hubster would love it here – we can’t buy butterscotch chips. He’d be in a ‘safety zone’. I love how these can be whipped up quickly. They look gorgeous even without those evil butterscotch chips xx
These look delicious!!
I love Kerrygold butter as well and their cheese!
As usual, you’re making my mouth water. I love how rich and buttery these look – like their just begging me to take a bite!
Wow! gotta make it, hope i have chocolate chips or else will settle with chocolate chunks.
That looks so good! Pinning it, thanks!
Yum great bars and love how the butterscotch flavor comes together through the ingredients. I would do half-half for the chips 🙂
I have never tried butterscotch bars but I imagine they are delicious with or without the chocolate. They look so tasty. Kerrygold is the butter we tend to use on the whole.
Terrific recipe! All my favorite flavors. 😉 And Kerrygold is good stuff — good butter makes such a difference, doesn’t it? Fun post — thanks.
Love these bars! I also love using Kerrygold in my cooking/baking too!
Love these bars! And I also love Kerrygold too 🙂
That’s cool how there’s the butterscotch flavor without having butterscotch in them! Can’t wait to try!
Mmm.. it looks irresistible !
I saw your photos in Instagram and you make me think to an american actreess, maybe someone tell you already….;)
I love that there is no actual butterscotch in here! I’m only a semi fan of butterscotch but I do love these bars!
I agree Liz, there is no substitute for butter in baking, or in anything really! And Kerrygold is a favorite of mine as well. I love the butter-sugar combo in these creating butterscotch flavor & really glad my husband loves butterscotch too!
Just beautiful dear Lizzy!
And yumy of course:)
xo
Mmmmm….I prefer actual butterscotch flavor to chips any day. These look and sound absolutely luscious, Liz!
Oh my this looks so amazing. I want one 🙂
Yummy bars there Liz and love the cute choco chips there
I won a contest on Pinterest last year and I get a pound of Kerrygold butter and cheese every month for a year. This stuff makes me swoon, and your bars look amazing, Lizzy!
Sounds like a great cookie! Bet they were great with the chocolate:@)