Ooey Gooey Chocolate Caramel Brownies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup butter, cubed
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup whipped cream
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400f (200c).
• 2 take two saucepans of roughly equal size. fill the smaller one about halfway with water. put the other one on top. put them on a burner and turn it to just below boiling. you could also use a double boiler.
• 3 melt butter and chocolate together in the saucepan, and remove saucepans from heat. dump out the water from the bottom one and dry it out.
• 4 stir the granulated sugar into the chocolate mixture until it's mixed nicely. slowly add the eggs and the vanilla. next, stir in the flour and salt.
• 5 pour the mixture into a greased 9x13 inch cake pan and bake for 12 minutes. (the batter won't be cooked through).
• 6 meanwhile, in the bottom saucepan, boil the cream, brown sugar, and butter for 3 minutes.
• 7 drizzle the brownies with the sugar mixture. do this slowly or it'll go through the surface of the brownie.
• 8 bake the brownies for another 8-10 minutes. they should be golden, not browned.
• 9 sprinkle the brownies with the mini chocolate chips (if using,) give them a moment to melt, and then swirl them with the knife.
• 10 enjoy!