Good Morning!
It’s Monday…. Don’t you hate how an especially great weekend makes coming back to reality just that much harder? Well, have no fear. I have something for you that might ease the pain.
Caramel.Apple.Bars.
I know, I know, I told you I don’t like caramel. But I think I may be changing my mind. I started thinking about these as soon as I got this in the mail (free sample- all thoughts and opinions are my own):
I knew the apple cinnamon would be perfect for baking. Confession- I made these 3 times over the weekend trying to get them just right.
The first time, the taste was spot on but they were a little crumbly. The second time they were more bar like, but not sweet enough. Now they’re delicious.
Caramel Apple Bars
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
- ¼ c nut butter
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 1– 6oz container of Apple Cinnamon greek yogurt, or vanilla yogurt
- ¼ c brown rice syrup, or honey
- 1 Tbsp applesauce
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 c oats
- scant 1/2 c white whole wheat flour
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 1/4 cup chopped apples
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 c chopped pecans
- 20 caramels + splash of milk
Instructions
- 8 x 8 Pan
- In a medium sized bowl melt the butter and nut butter and mix well.
- Add the greek yogurt, egg, brown rice syrup, applesauce and vanilla.
- Stir in the flour, oats, baking soda and cinnamon.
- Add the apples and mix well.
- Line an 8×8 pan with foil and grease well.
- Spoon the mixture into the pan and spread evenly.
- Melt the caramels in the microwave and pour on top of the apple mixture.
- Top with chopped pecans.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees F.
- Let cool completely before cutting.
Notes
I highly recommend nuking these in the microwave before eating them!
Some other options for you:
If you really like caramel, you could melt some extra caramels and mix them into the batter.
If you’re a chocolate fan you could throw some chocolate chips into the mix or add them on top.
I used almond butter but peanut butter would work well too.
You could also top them with peanuts instead of pecans.
Hubby suggests adding a layer of apple slices to the bottom to ensure you get apples in every bite! Or even a layer of apple and caramel to the middle. Isn’t he a genius?
And finally, I didn’t have any in the freezer but I bet these would be amazing topped with some vanilla ice cream!
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So there you have it! And as far as dessert goes, these are pretty healthy! Today’s Workout: 
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So dig in! Happy Monday friends 🙂
–Lindsay–
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These look amazing. I love anything with caramel apples!
thanks!!! my love for caramel is growing quickly
yum!!! that new apple cinnamon chobani is sure getting a lot of attention around the blog world these days! it sure is tasty. 🙂
it’s such a creative new flavor…i couldn’t help but use it 🙂
Yum! These bars look awesome. Don’t you hate it when you have to make things 3 or 4 times? But at least the end result was worth the effort! I like the way you think with the ice cream on top 🙂
gah! it’s the worst! especially these because i had to keep running to the store every time to get more caramels 🙂 but it was worth it!
I love the recipe, and definitely sounds like thirds a charm here! I am a big fan of this flavor combination, so I really love your recipe:-) Yum, Hugs, Terra
thanks!!
This looks delicious and I love the Chobani apple cinnamon flavor. Do you have any suggestions for nut butter substitutions? I’m allergic and also can’t do sunflower butter 🙁
hmmmm you could use just regular butter? i swapped some of the butter with nut butter to get some healthier fats, but you don’t really taste the nut butter so regular butter would probably work just fine. just not quite as healthy…however, probably extra delicious 🙂
oooh and my Girl would LOVE THESE!!!
Great use of the Chobani yogurt!! I LOVE caramel, so I’m sure I’d love these!
Holy yum. Those look so good! I love that you used the chobani in it. Pinning these now so I don’t forget about them 🙂
Mmm what a great recipe and perfect that they use a new Chobani flavor! Thank you for the idea miss 🙂
you’re welcome lady!
Thanks for the recipe; I’m a big fan of apple desserts.
Looks yummy, I’ll have to try
Those look really good! I’m not normally into caramel but may have to try it..going to pin
Yum! 🙂 Love the pecan addition!
Oh my word those look AMAZING!!!! You can never go wrong with caramel and apple. Happy Monday!
i agree! thank you so much!
I LOVE apple desserts. YUMMM
I love you for sharing this on a Monday. Just what I needed to start the week off right!!
awesome! you’re welcome 🙂
These look so good! I just made cinnamon apple “bread” last week – I didn’t think to use the Chobani though! Great idea! 🙂
yum!! it would be great in bread!
Now I’m going to have to search out some of that Chohbani yogourt! I think a trip to Michigan will be happening in the next couple of weekends!!! These look absolutely fabulous!
thanks lady 🙂 good luck searching!
Oh man, this is not good for my Monday morning! I want them right now!
haha sorry! was that mean?!
I love when you can see the chunks of REAL FOOD in a bar. Homemade is the way to go!
me too!!! and thank you 🙂
You my dear friend are a genius. Pure genius. YUM!
thanks love….i try to have my moments 🙂
Yummy! I feel like you could make a version of that as a granola to add on top of the Chobani yogurt. 🙂
that would be delish!!!
Absolutely have to make these!
let me know what you think!
THESE LOOK SO GOOD! Ahhh someday I’d love to be able to create my own recipe…maybe when pigs fly? Can’t wait to try these though!
you can definitely make your own recipes. just a lot of trial and error 🙂
OMG. Looks so yum!!!! Pinned! 🙂
OMG should not have read this post when I am absolutely RAVENOUS after my day of travel!! It’s not even 6pm in Cali and I feel like it’s 9pm and haven’t had dinner yet. Um, can you pleeeease beam some of these bad boys over to me asap? MMM!
haha i SO wish i could! hope your trip is going well 🙂
That is my favorite new flavor of chobani, mmmm, perfection. These bars sound really tasty!
That looks delicious – I was waiting for the recipe once I saw your Twitter post!
thanks friend 🙂
I heard that the Cinnamon Apple flavor is the hot new one, though I am a Blood Orange gal!
blood orange is my all-time fav!!
What could I use in exchange for nut butter and the brown rice syrup? Being in a very small, very rural area those are hard to find I’m sure.
you could probably just use all butter instead of part butter/part nut butter…or even applesauce for some of the nutter butter and some butter. for brown rice syrup you could sub honey…or even regular sugar, but you should google the exchange ratio for brown rice syrup to sugar, i think it’s a little less regular sugar.
Awesome Lindsay thanks so much. I’ll look into it, try it out, and let you know what I figure out as far as tastes etc go.
Those look fantastic. I am thinking you could easily make these both vegan and gluten-free too. Love versatile recipes!
yum looks awesome!! i happen to have some apple chobani in the fridge right now too…mmm
this looks fantastic! definitely a winner 🙂