Cook Like Jane: Chocolate Toffee Bars

The Power of Pinterest, Chocolate, and Friendship

Pinning

My Jane Doe's has two founders who are, well, FUN.  They both love chocolate.  One loves pinterest. One loves to bake.  The other loves to eat the baked goods she pinned onto pinterest for the one who really loves pinterest to bake.  It works out well. 

The other week both founders happened to be on Pinterest. One (Holly) saw these delicious Fudge Toffee Heaven Delight Oh My Goodness Bars that the other (Jane) had pinned.  

They proceeded to have a conversation on pinterest as follows:

Holly: Did you pin these to make for me?

Jane: As a matter of fact, that is exactly why I pinned them.

Holly: Good, Now I am going to pin them to my "Recipes I wish someone would make for me please" Board.

Source: familybites.blogspot.com via MyJane on Pinterest

The following week Holly arrived at a party at Jane's to find that INDEED Jane was whipping up a batch of these BAD, I mean BAD... VERY VERY BAD boys.  Jane, in true form, did make some substitutions from the original Pillsbury Recipe that are worth noting.  She used the dark chocolate and she made the chocolate chip cookie dough from scratch rather than use pre-packaged.  

Get the Recipe

Not one cookie made it back to the office or we would have taken a photo.  But, here is the link to pin for the original recipe  from Pillsbury  and here is Jane's adaptation:

Fudgy Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars

1 batch of chocolate chip cookie dough*

1/2 C butter, melted


2 C graham cracker crumbs (32 squares) 


1 8 oz. bag toffee bits


1 12oz. bag chocolate chips


1 14oz. can sweetened condensed milk


1 T butter
1 tsp vanilla extract



* Cookie Dough

2 ²/₃ cups Dark Chocolate Chips


¹/₄ cup butter, softened


³/₄ cup brown sugar, packed


2 eggs 


1 teaspoon vanilla


¹/₂ cup all-purpose flour

¹/₄ teaspoon baking powder

Grease 13x9 baking dish and heat oven to 350.



Make the Cookie Dough and set aside.

In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the 1/2 cup of melted butter, 1 1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs and 3/4 cup of toffee bits.

Pour mixture into the greased pan and press evenly until mixture covers bottom of pan.  Refrigerate for around 15 minutes.



In a 2 qt saucepan, heat the milk, chocolate chips and the tablespoon of butter over medium heat.  Stir frequently until the chips are melted and the mixture is smooth.  Remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.

Spread the mixture over the graham cracker crumb mixture.


In another medium mixing bowl, break up the cookie dough and stir in the remaining 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs until blended. Crumble the mixture evenly over the chocolate layer and the sprinkle the remaining 3/4 cup toffee bits on top.



Bake for about 25-35 minutes or until it's golden brown. Cool completely before cutting, probably around 2 or more hours. (hahah… RIGHT… Like that actually happens… cooled cookies!)

Are you on Pinterest?  You should be. And, getting your friends to make this kind of treat for you is why.