Chocolate Caramel Bars

I love the Internet. Where else can you find something in a matter of seconds. I googled chocolate and caramel and got this recipe. It is very good and best of all easy to make.

Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 cups quick cooking oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, room temperature
14 oz. package light caramels, unwrapped **note below for substitution
1/3 cup cream
2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts or pecans, toasted and coarsely chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13x9-inch pan and set aside. In large bowl, combine flour, oats, sugar, soda and salt and blend. Add melted butter and mix until crumbly. Reserve half of crumb mixture (about 3 cups) for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture in bottom of greased pan.

In a small bowl, combine caramels and cream. Heat in microwave oven for 4-6 minutes on 50% power, stirring twice during cooking, until caramels are melted and mixture is smooth.

Sprinkle chocolate chips and pecans over reserved crust. Drizzle evenly with melted caramel mixture and sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled. Cut into bars.

**Instead of caramels, you can use 1 jar (12 oz.) caramel ice cream topping wisk with 1/4 cup flour until smooth.