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Trillionaire’s Shortbread Bars (AND A GIVEAWAY!)

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Trillionaire's Shortbread Bars: a triple chocolate version of the classic! bethcakes.com
I am going to go ahead and tell you that the photos do not do these bars justice. Partially because I tried to take photos when it was half dark outside, and also because these Trillionaire’s Shortbread Bars are just too good.

Let me tell you how these bars came into existence.

One day, one of my coworkers gave me a recipe for Billionaire’s Shortbread Bars from Food and Wine. She mentioned something about the difference between Millionaire’s Shortbread Bars and Billionaire’s Shortbread Bars. So I did some research, but didn’t find much other than sometimes Billionaire’s have peanut butter stirred into the caramel.

Now, I’m not complaining about peanut butter caramel, but I was hoping for more of a difference. Enter Trillionaire’s Shortbread Bars.

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 Chocolate everything. These triple chocolate bars start with a super easy chocolate shortbread layer that comes together easily in a food processor. If you don’t have a food processor, you can certainly use a pastry cutter or two knives to cut the butter into the dry ingredients instead.

Next is the caramel layer. I definitely don’t have caramel-making down, but this was pretty easy. After the sugar has turned pretty and golden-brown, remove the saucepan from heat and stir in 1/4 cup chocolate chips. This chocolate caramel is possibly the best part of these bars. I’m kind of sad I didn’t think to put some bourbon in it.

The ganache layer is also super easy. You just have to chill the pan between each layer, then pour on the next one.

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Obviously I’m bad at cutting things into squares, but these photos just don’t do the bars justice. When you bite into one, the ganache is soft, the caramel has a little chew, and the shortbread layer is crisp and has a good snap. It’s totally addicting.

And that’s why Trillionaire’s Shortbread Bars > Billionaire’s Shortbread Bars.

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Trillionaire’s Shortbread Bars

ingredients

    Chocolate Shortbread:
  • 1/2 cup cold, unstalted butter, cut into cubes
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powdered
  • 1/4 cup cornmeal
  • 1/2 tsp salt
    • Chocolate Caramel:
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cubed
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
    • Chocolate Ganache:
  • 1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • Sea salt for garnish

instructions

    Chocolate Shortbread:
  1. Preheat the oven to 350° and line an 8 inch square baking pan with foil, and leave a few inches of overhang on each side. (This will make it easier to lift the bars out of the pan.)
  2. Combine all of the ingredients in a food processor and pulse until everything is combined and a dough has formed.
  3. Press the dough into the prepared pan. Bake for about 25 minutes. Let the shortbread cool completely.
    4. Chocolate Caramel:
  4. In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the cream and salt over medium heat. Once melted, keep the cream mixture warm by reducing heat to very low.
  5. In another medium saucepan, combine sugar and water and cook over medium-high heat, swirling without stirring, until a golden caramel forms, about 7-10 minutes.
  6. Carefully drizzle the warm cream mixture into the caramel mixture, stirring constantly, until the temperature reaches 230° on a candy thermometer, about 3 to 5 minutes.
  7. Immediately pour the caramel over the cooled shortbread and let cool completely, about 45 minutes. You can speed up this process by putting the pan in the refrigerator.
    8. Chocolate Ganache:
  8. Put the chocolate chips in a heat-proof bowl and set aside.
  9. In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring the cream to a simmer. Remove from heat and pour cream over chocolate chips. Let it stand for about 5 minutes.
  10. Stir together the cream and chocolates until there are no lumps and ganache is smooth.
  11. Immediately pour ganache over the caramel layer. Let it set for a few minutes, then sprinkle with sea salt.
  12. To serve, lift bars out of the pan by the foil overhang, and cut into squares or bars. Enjoy!

Recipe adapted from Food and Wine.

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Hodgson Mills Giveaway!
AND, I’m super excited to be announcing that this is the first-ever bethcakes giveaway! I’m teaming up with some of my other favorite bloggers and the wonderful people of Hodgson Mills to give one lucky winner a Hodgson Mills Prize Pack!

The prize pack includes:
1 bread flour (2 lb)
1 cornmeal (2 lb)
1 organic pastry flour (1.75 lb)
1 box milled flax seed
3 packets active dry yeast
1 box Kentucky Kernel Seasoned flour (10 oz)
1 brownie mix
1 Gluten free apple cinnamon muffin mix
1 almond flour (11 oz)
1 Hodgson Mill Apron
1 Hodgson Mill dough scraper

That’s a lot of good stuff, so enter the giveaway by using the Rafflecopter form below!

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  2. Chelsea says

    You never give yourself enough credit! These photos are fantastic and totally make me want to have about 20 trillionaire shortbread bars! Love all the chocolate and gooey-ness. Pinned 🙂

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  8. Jeff Branch says

    We still have about six of these in the refrigerator – oops, make that five. THESE ARE AWESOME, decadent (I am trying to think of a more over-the-top word to describe these). Good, good, good. I need to stop before there are just four left. 🙂 Don’t underestimate the sea salt garnish. It makes for a nice twist on the heavenly chocolate/caramel flavor.

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  14. Helen @ Scrummy Lane says

    I love your photos, Beth, but I know what you mean about frustrations with trying to take photos as the sun is slipping away from you. I find myself literally throwing things (and myself) around the kitchen in my race against time! 😉
    LOVE the shortbread. We have a wonderful family recipe for millionaires shortbread, but it’s a great idea to make it super-chocolaty … pinning!

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  15. Marie says

    They look absolutely delicious! One question about the recipe – are the chocolate chips missing from the chocolate caramel ingredient list and directions? Thanks!

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  23. Vanessa says

    Wow! Recipe was great to follow and the result was AMAZING! Thank you for your inspiration x

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  24. Matt Robinson says

    These are absolutely incredible!!!! Seriously, nothing sounds better to me right now and it’s hard to imagine that the pictures don’t do them justice. So great!

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  28. vivoslot says

    4 stars
    When I initially commented I clicked the “Notify me when new comments are added” checkbox and now each time a comment is added I get several e-mails with the same comment.
    Is there any way you can remove me from that service?

    Thanks a lot!

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