'Knock You Naked' Brownies

My sweet friend, Quinn, celebrated a birthday yesterday.  I wanted to make a yummy treat for Quinn's birthday dinner party...of course, I looked no further than the Pioneer Woman.  If you've never looked at the cooking section of her blog, you should definitely check it out!  

I'm a chocolate fanatic, so I'm always looking for recipes with lots of pizazz and by pizazz I mean lots of wonderful extras!

I was scrolling through the dessert recipes when I came across, "Knock You Naked Brownies"...now, despite that they looked to die for, the title definitely got my attention...

Ingredients

German Chocolate Cake Mix

1 cup Finely Chopped Pecans

Evaporated Milk

1/2 cup of Butter (melted)

14 oz bag of Caramels

1/3 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1/4 cup Powdered Sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Mix together cake mix, pecans, 1/3 cup of evaporated milk, and melted butter.  Mixture will be thick (kind of like cookie dough).

3.  Split the mixture in half and press one half in the bottom of a 9x9 pan & bake for 8 mins.

3. Unwrap all of the caramels (about 60).  Melt the caramels with 1/2 cup evaporated milk in the microwave.

4.  Pour the melted caramel over the brownies.  Then sprinkle about 1/3 of a cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used minis).

5.  Scoop remaining dough mixture on top.

6. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.  & during those 20 mins enjoy the best part of baking...any guesses on what that is???  Yes!  Eating the leftover dough on the bowl...yummy!

7.  Sprinkle powder sugar on top!

& there you have it...messy gooey goodness---don't get too crazy;)

The girls at Quinn's birthday celebration...happy birthday Quinnie!