Homemade twix bars with layers of shortbread, caramel and chocolate, cut into rectangles, placed on a grey board. Caramel candy bars list Twix Bars with layers of shortbread, homemade caramel, and melted chocolate. An irresistible copy-cat recipe of my favorite candy bar!
She described each detail of their homemade treat: a shortbread crust, a thick caramel layer, and chocolate on top. If that’s not your cookie bar love language, then I don’t know what is! I wasn’t the first to share a similar recipe online, but I may be the first to use an incredible homemade caramel layer, rather than melting store-bought caramel. That layer of homemade caramel is completely what sets these apart. How to make Homemade Twix Bars: Start be making an easy shortbread crust.
You only need five ingredients: flour, butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. This shortbread crust recipe is adapted from King Arthur Flour, and it’s just as excellent as it is EASY. I like to line the pan with parchment paper so that I can lift the bars from the pan once they’re completed, and cut them much easier. While the shortbread crust cools, make the caramel.
Twix bars cut into small rectangles. Add all of the caramel ingredients to a saucepan and bring to a gently boil. Grab a cup of ice water, spoon some of the caramel into it. Use your fingers to try and pinch the caramel sauce together into a ball. If you can for a really soft ball with your fingers, it’s ready.
Pour the hot caramel over the cooled shortbread crust. Allow to cool, for a few minutes, and then refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or even overnight. Smooth melted chocolate over the caramel and allow it to set. All chocolate is not created equal, when it comes to melting, so use a chocolate with a higher ratio of cocoa butter. I like to use baker’s chocolate bars, a good quality chocolate bar, or melting chocolate. Store the bars in the fridge. A homemade twix cookie bar with a shortbread crust, middle layer of caramel and topped with chocolate.