Bacon, Beer and Potato Chip Cookie Bars

• Meat

  • 4 pieces Bacon

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Peanut butter chips

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 3/4 cup Brown sugar, dark
  • 8 1/2 oz Caramels
  • 3/4 cup Chocolate chip
  • 1 Chocolate drizzle
  • 1/4 cup Sugar
  • 1 Topping
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Snacks

  • 1 Cookie
  • 3/4 cup Potato chips
  • 1/4 cup Pretzels

• Dairy

  • 3/4 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 2 tsp Milk

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 66 tbsp Beer

• Other

  • 3/4 cup Of chocolate chunks or chips

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Ingredients

• Cookie
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 cup of chocolate chunks or chips
• 2 pieces of bacon, chopped
• 2 tbsp beer (I used Yuengling)
• Topping
• 8.5 oz caramels (about 27 caramels)
• 1/4 cup cup beer
• 3/4 cup potato chips, broken into pieces
• 1/4 cup pretzels, broken into pieces
• 2 pieces of bacon, chopped
• 1/2 cup peanut butter chips
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• Chocolate drizzle
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 2 tsp milk

Directions

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x9 pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil that sticks up above the edges.
• 2. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.
• 3. Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
• 4. With the mixer on low speed, add flour and baking soda.
• 5. Stir in chocolate chips, bacon and beer. Dough will be thick.
• 6. Press cookie dough evenly into the bottom of the pan.
• 7. Bake for 22-25 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden.
• 9. Remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan.
• 10. While bars are cooling, melt caramels and beer together in a pan over medium heat.
• 11. Allow caramel to cook on low for about 5-10 minutes.
• 12. Pour caramel mixture over cookie bars and spread evenly.
• 13. Pour potato chips, pretzels, bacon, peanut butter chips and chocolate chips evenly over caramel before it cools and hardens.
• 14. Microwave chocolate chips for chocolate drizzle and milk in a small bowl in the microwave until the milk begins to boil.
• 15. Whisk chocolate until smooth.
• 16. Allow chocolate mixture to cool for about 2 minutes, then drizzle over top of bars.
• 17. Once bars are cool, use parchment paper or foil to lift them out of the pan and cut into squares.