Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

I am not quite sure why I made these, other than that I hadn't made any sort of cookies for awhile, and I needed to get rid of old Rolos. That and these popped up on no less than 3 different blogs in quick succession after the original recipe was posted on Two Peas and their Pod.

These were intense! I liked the edge pieces the best because the texture of the cookie portion resembled more of a normal cookie, while the middle portions were more akin to eating solidified chocolate chip cookie dough. I probably could have let it bake a little bit longer to get the middle to cook better.

I liked using the Rolos for this rather than normal caramels because of the added chocolate component. The salt is very important to balance out all the sweet in this!

You can find the recipe here; the only changes I made were that I used 10 ounces of Rolos instead of caramel candies, and also I ended up using a 9x9 inch square baking pan lined with parchment.