Salted Caramel Bacon Brownies

I've been thinking about bacon ... and chocolate ... and caramel. So when we were talking about our tailgate menu for the big Georgia-Auburn game today, I knew I wanted to make something with those ingredients. I really like brownie mixes because they are easy and tasty. But you know you can always improve on things so in addition to the ingredients listed on the box I added a teaspoon of vanilla and chocolate chips. Then the caramel, sea salt and bacon. Brownie perfection.

You'll really want to try these.


Salted Caramel Bacon Brownies

Ingredients:
1 (18.4 ounce) brownie mix ( I used Betty Crocker Milk Chocolate mix)
3 tablespoons water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup chocolate chips
1 jar of caramel ice cream topping
Sea salt, to taste
6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x9-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2. Mix together brownie mix, water, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla and chocolate chips until smooth.
3. Pour half of batter into prepared pan. Drizzle half of caramel sauce over batter; sprinkle with sea salt and 1/2 of crumbled bacon.
4. Pour other half of batter on top of bacon; drizzle with remaining caramel sauce, sea salt and bacon.
5. Bake for 50 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.