Homemade "Twix" Bars

I made these for my husband (he has quite the sweet tooth) for his birthday this year instead of cake.  He loved them and has asked for them frequently since then.  They are pretty simple to make and would be great for a bake sale or potluck dessert dish.  

Recipe

Shortbread:

2 sticks of butter cut into small pieces

2 cups all purpose flour

2/3 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon of salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Add butter, flour, sugar and salt to a food processor and pulse the ingredients until the mixture until it resembles the texture of peas.  Press the short bread into a parchment lined baking dish and use a fork to lightly poke holes in dough (so it doesn't bubble up).  Bake about 20 minutes or until the edges become light brown.

Topping:

1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 bag of carmels removed from their wrappers

If you have one, feel free to substitute your favorite shortbread recipe. Once the shortbread is done, remove from oven to cool.  Take one bag of carmels removed from their wrappers and heat until melted.  If you use the microwave for this heat in small increments, 15-30 seconds, stir and continue heating a little at a time until completely melted.  Using an offset spatula spread the melted carmel evenly over the top of the shortbread crust.  Let set for 5-10 minutes in the refrigerator.  Using the same method as the carmel, melt one bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips.  Use same offset spatula to spread the melted chocolate over the carmel.  Return to the refrigerator and let set for a couple hours or until completely cooled.  Using the parchment remove the entire thing from the baking dish and cut into bars.  The bars are very rich, so you may want to cut them a little smaller than I did!