Millionaire Bars
Part cookie, part candy, entirely delicious, Millionaire’s Shortbread is essentially a combination of 3 of the best things ever: buttery shortbread cookies (but the easy, no fuss kind), gooey caramel sauce (also the easy kind), and the most luscious, 2-ingredient chocolate ganache.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time50 minutes mins
Chill1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Total Time2 hours hrs 35 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 16 Servings
Author: Cassy Joy Garcia
For the Crust
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 8 tablespoons butter chilled
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
For the Caramel
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 8 tablespoons butter
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
For the Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- ½ teaspoons flaky sea salt
For the Crust
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Combine the flour and powdered sugar in a medium sized bowl, then cut the chilled butter into ¼-inch pieces and add it to flour mixture. Using a pastry cutter or your hands, combine the butter with the flour until the mixture becomes crumbly.
Press crust mixture into the bottom of an 8×8 pan lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
For the Caramel
Pour the ingredients into a small sauce pan, bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer for 20 minutes, until it's thickened and caramel in color.
Pour the caramel over the crust, and let it cool for 30 minutes in the fridge before adding the chocolate layer.
For the Chocolate Ganache
Add the chocolate and cream into a double boiler over medium/high heat, and stir until melted.
Pour the chocolate ganache over the caramel.
refrigerate the Millionaire Shortbread for 1 hour to harden before slicing. Then, serve and enjoy!
- Make it gluten-free - we used King Arthur’s Measure for Measure gluten-free flour in this recipe and it worked beautifully, so feel free to go that route if you’re gluten-free too!
- Make it dairy-free - swap the butter in the crust and the caramel for ghee (coconut oil is a 1:1 swap, too), the sweetened condensed milk in the caramel for coconut sweetened condensed milk (it works beautifully), and the heavy cream in the chocolate ganache for full-fat canned coconut milk. I know that sounds like a lot of swaps, but you can get VERY close to the dairy-full version thanks to the great products we have available these days.
Calories: 155kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 91mg | Potassium: 96mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Vitamin C: 0.02mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1mg