Ready to be hooked? These dangerously scrumptious, melt-in-your-mouth butter cake bars scream ooey, gooey salted caramel cheesecake with a delicious chewy, buttery shortbread crust. Scha-wing!
Someone brought some ooey gooey butter bars into work and my husband went ga-ga over them.
“Why don’t you make some of those? They were so good!” So, like the ‘wanting-to-please-my-husband’ wife that I am, I got to it, a couple of months later after the fact, but better late than never right? And since I’ve been on Pinterest, I see it everywhere, now that I am aware of the name OOEY GOOEY!
Do you see the Salted Caramel in those scrumptious gooey bars? Good God Gertie!
As I was making these bars, when I was preparing the cream cheese mixture, I added in my 2 cups of powdered sugar to the mixture and I was thinking to myself…*Boy, this mixture is really thick!*
I tasted it.
“Yuck! What the heck, where’s the sweetness?!” I checked my bags of powder/flour stuff, and realized I had used Velvet Cake Flour.
Holy Smokes! Thank goodness I didn’t add it on top of the rest of the ingredients in the pan. That would have been one HOT mess that tasted very undesirable.
I really liked Chef In Training’s cake bars, so I just modified them just a wee bit by adding in some salted caramel, some vanilla and I like to use a 9x9 pan. I’m a 9x9-er. But feel free to make them in a 9x13, depending on your situation. Good luck with your powdered sugar! 😉
Here's the ooey gooey recipe! Enjoy baking and eating these!
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Ooey Gooey Salted Caramel Butter Cake Bars
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 box Butter Yellow Cake mix or any flavor you want
- ½ cup butter melted
- 1 egg
Salted Caramel Layer
- ½ cup salted caramel topping
Cream Cheese Layer
- 8 oz . cream cheese softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Crust
- Mix cake mix, melted butter and egg, in a medium-sized bowl until well combined.
- Press the cake mix dough evenly in the bottom of a greased 9x9 baking pan.
Salted Caramel Layer
- Pour salted caramel topping over the crust evenly. (Microwave if needed to pour easier)
Cream Cheese Layer
- In another medium-sized bowl, using a mixer, cream the cream cheese, then add in the beaten eggs until smooth. Add powdered sugar and continue to beat until well combined.
- Pour cream cheese mixture over crust and about 35-40 minutes or until done. (Do not over bake.)
- When done, transfer bars from oven and let cool completely before cutting.
Notes
9x13 pan bake 25-30 minutes (use ¾ cup salted caramel)
Other gooey bars that caught my attention!
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Gooey Bars by Crazy for Crust
- Caramel Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Gooey Bars by Averie Cooks
- Key Lime Gooey Bars by Mom on TimeOut
Kim Lange says
So delighted to hear your husband licked the plate clean and thank you so much for the excellent rating! Makes my day!! xo
Kim Lange says
That's so awesome Melissa! Thank you for trying it!!
Melissa says
“This may be the world’s most perfect dessert”, said my husband, “I want to lick the plate”. That says it all.
Will obviously be making this again. Thanks!
Kim Lange says
That sounds wonderful with the toffee bits and pecans. So glad you enjoyed it Valerie! xo
VALERIE says
I added chopped pecans to the crust, and sprinkled toffee bits over the salted caramel layer, it was amazing!
Kim Lange says
I'm so glad you enjoyed them and the addition of the chopped pecans sounds divine!! Than you so much Valerie!! xo
VALERIE Velletri says
I made these for my daughters Bridal Shower in the 9×13 pan, and I added chopped pecans on top of the salted caramel layer and they were amazing, everyone wanted the recipe and so easy. Love all versions of the ooey gooey butter cakes
ChocolaTess says
Hi Tonya, You can buy it with the ice cream toppings or if you have caramel sauce, just add a couple of pinches of sea salt to the caramel. It's super yummy! 😉
Tonya says
Looks very yummy!!! Question: What is salted caramel topping? Where do I get that?
joylovefood says
These look amazing, you had me at salted caramel! Thanks for sharing at What'd You Do This weekend? I hope you will join us again this Monday morning 🙂
ChocolaTess says
Yes, they would be awesome with your coffee Cathy! 🙂 Very yummy indeed!
ChocolaTess says
Awe thank you Andrea! I'm following you as well! I am still learning so much in my first year, so I totally relate! It's awesome to find that you have started a blog too! LOL! We can be blog buddies! 🙂 You should have went shopping with us today, Amber's dress is beautiful! It was fun! 🙂
threekidsandafish says
Oh yummy! Love the layers and the salted caramel top! These would be great with my coffee 🙂
Cathy
Andrea Nine says
Oh my goodness Kim, I'm following you on Bloglovin!! What a perfect time to do so because these bars look oh so amazing!!!!! Your Blog and pics are gorgeous! Hopefully I can get as good as you someday!! Still trying to figure out the "Print" configuration for the recipes!!! I'll get there. LOL 🙂