I love a good, easy, shortcut dessert recipe.
If I can use a box of cake or jarred frosting, I will. Shortcuts are an integral part of my cooking.
This recipe called to me because of its shortcut: it uses boxed brownie mix for the base.
There really is no reason to make your own brownies. The boxed stuff really tastes exactly like homemade brownies. Sorry—I can’t tell a difference. At all.
Using boxed brownie mix just makes things go by faster. Why make it homemade if you can’t taste the difference?
The rest of this recipe is easy peasy, too. You also need pre-made, jarred caramel (another shortcut!). I love how the pretzels, which are baked into the brownies, stay crispy even after baking.
It’s truly a great recipe. Sweet, salty, crispy and crunchy. The brownies also all end up with the texture of a corner piece: crispy and slightly gooey in the middle!
Enjoy!
Salted Caramel Pretzel Brownies
A crispy, gooey brownie with salted caramel and pretzels.
Ingredients
Directions
- Mix brownies together in a large bowl according to package instructions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large 13×9″ dish.
- Pour half of the brownie mix into the pan, spreading to cover the bottom. add pretzels on top and then the remaining brownie batter. Use a butter knife to carefully spread remaining brownie batter on top of the pretzels, covering them.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle of the brownies comes out clean.
- Let brownies cool for a few minutes. Spread caramel sauce on top of brownies, covering the top. Sprinkle flaky sea salt on top, slice and serve.
