comment icon 141 more comments A thick, soft brown sugar crust sandwiching a heaping apple layer that is drizzled with homemade caramel: you down widat? It’s been way too long since I made dessert. And WHO EVEN SAYS THAT. Not me, normally. And these apple crisp bars are my current vice. For the majority of my life, I’ve been basically a walking sweet tooth. But the truth of the matter is that something happened to me after going sugar free for a period of time. I just don’t need the after-dinner dessert the same way I used to. So here’s the miracle of the moment: even though my epic sweet tooth has sort of abandoned me in the last few years, and even though I’m not one to normally choose an apple dessert (just gimme the chocolate already), these bars with their caramely apple layer tucked in by a brown sugar-y crust on both sides absolutely rocked my world in the best possible way. And then weeeeird things started happening. Like one night, out of nowhere, I found myself eating not one not two but many many of these apple crisp bars, and not only that but they were – wait for it – cold out of the fridge. COLD out of the fridge. It doesn’t even work – where’s the a la mode version with melty ice cream?! This is a fall food crime. But I’m here to tell you – cold straight out of the fridge. Rules were made to be broken. These bars are a combination of a few things like my Grandma’s apple pan pie and my Grandma’s apple crisp (hi grandma!) and my favorite caramel chocolate bars and a new pumpkin bars recipe with caramel that I made earlier this year – yes, earlier – judge me, go ahead. Basically it’s a combination of all the good desserts of my life. This is my jam on so many levels. Brown sugar crust, paper thin apples, buttery caramel sauce… hop to. 🍎🍏🍎🍏 4.8 from 29 reviews
