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This post is sponsored by Cans Get You Cooking.

As a busy mom, I’m always looking for convenient and quick recipe ideas. Whether it’s breakfast, dinner, or dessert I like to make dishes that are delicious and only take a few minutes to prepare. That’s why I am excited to be a Cans Get You Cooking Ambassador or “Canbassador.”

Our pantry is always full of canned food and often I find myself with the door open pondering what combination will make a great dinner or a surprise dessert. I’ve found that having our pantry stocked saves time and when I have a variety of canned items on hand, it makes it easier to pull together a quick, flavorful dish or meal.

I was interested to learn that 73% of Americans throw away spoiled fruits and vegetables on average two times a week. I have to admit that this does apply to us. For some reason our refrigerator has something against cucumbers. Every time we buy them they go into the fridge excited to soon be a part of a refreshing and summery dish, and the next time I see them, they’ve spoiled. That’s why I like cooking with cans, for me, there’s less worry of anything going bad.

As a Canbassador I was challenged to make a recipe from a provided list of canned items. While I enjoy making meals and side dishes with items from my “Cantry” I was in the mood for a yummy dessert recently. When I saw NESTLE CARNATION Evaporated Milk on the list, I immediately went to the Very Best Baking site to find a scrumptious brownie recipe.

I hit the jackpot when I read the recipe for the Chocolate Caramel Brownies. Dave offered to run out to our local Giant Eagle to pick up the evaporated milk and other ingredients. I enlisted my helpers in unwrapping the caramels, pouring, and mixing.

Chocolate Caramel Brownies

Chocolate Caramel Brownie MixPrepping the recipe was easy. I adapted it just a bit to fit our preferences by excluding the nuts, and when it came out of the oven it was warm, gooey, and chocolatey.

Chocolate Caramel Brownie RecipeIt’s a great recipe that I would make again for dessert and for family get togethers. The kids and Dave thought it was a hit as well and we recommend it to anyone looking for a fantastic, quick, and flavorful dessert. .

I’m excited about this recipe and the giveaway below!

Easy Chocolate Caramel Brownies

Chocolate Caramel Brownies Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 package (18.25 oz) chocolate cake mix
  • 35 caramels, unwrapped
  • 1 cup of NESTLE CARNATION Evaporated Milk, divided
  • 1/2 cup of butter or margarine, melted
  • 2 cups NESTLE TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Combine cake mix and 2/3 cup of evaporated milk in a large mixing bowl. Stir in butter.
  3. Spread half the batter in a greased 13×9 baking pan. Batter will be thick. Spray cooking spray onto a spatula to help spread it evenly.
  4. Bake for 15 minutes.
  5. Heat remaining evaporated milk and caramels in a small saucepan over low heat until the caramels are melted.
  6. Sprinkle morsels over brownie & drizzle with caramel mixtures.
  7. Drop remaining batter by heaping teaspoon over caramel mixture and use spatula to spread.
  8. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the center is set.
  9. Let cool, cut, and enjoy!

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Comments

  1. Oh my these look so ooey gooey and good! My husband would love these and the poor kids wouldn’t get any.

  16. Chicken pot pie is our favorite, with canned corn, peas, carrots, mushrooms, gravy, etc.

  26. I love making puppy chow because it’s so delicious and SO easy! I don’t make it often though because it is way too addicting!

  49. An amazing and easy tortilla soup that’s just a bunch of cans of beans and tomatoes, plus a can of beer.

  59. My favorite is my go-to chocolate chip brownies recipe. They are delicious and pretty easy to make since you melt the butter. To me, the hardest part of baking from scratch is how you usually have to mix solid butter.

  60. I make this for my Mom so she has something tasty and warm for winter dinners. She has a very small slow cooker with a removable crock. I put a large can of chunk chicken, a can of mixed veggies, and a couple of cans of “Cream of” soups. They might be Cream of Chicken, Mushroom, Potato, whatever. She loves it. I call it Chicken Can’A Soup.

  79. Love to make fudge, and all the neighborhood kids love to be my taste tester. I just make 2 batches and I have plenty for the family.
    Thanks for the caramel brownie recipe, I was just talking about having something chocolate w/caramel. My husband said yes the answer to all your problems – having caramel in something – lol he’s right. So these will be made very soon. And of course thanks for the giveaway.
    ncjeepster@aol.com

  97. My favorite is a French Country one-pot meal recipe that I got from Mr.Food.com. It has cans of garbanzo beans, white kidney beans and stewed tomatoes with some Italian and smoked sausage. Takes about 15 or so minutes to make and my kids love it.

  101. when I go to Guatemala every summer we make pan quesadilla in a brick oven (corn bread) using molds from sardine cans!

  102. I like making cupcakes and letting the kids decorate them with whatever sprinkles or frosting they choose

  105. I like making “dump cakes” with cake mix, nuts, and fruit fillings.
    jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com

  106. kid cakes- where the kid picks the flavors and the toppings- you never know what you will end up with!

  111. Those brownies look really good! My favorite from the “cantry” is probably tuna noodle casserole. It is easy, good and does not require fresh products.

  115. I love making Cranberry-Pineapple Minis using gelatin, canned crushed pineapple, whole berry cranberry sauce, walnuts and apple.

  118. I make a lentil dish with items from my ‘cantry’ when I’m low on fresh foods. It’s actually a family favorite!

  133. I like to make tuna noodle casserole with canned tuna and canned mushroom soup.

  139. I love to make Mexican casseroles with canned beans and canned tomatoes.

  145. I am on the #Whole30 cleanse right now, so I won’t be able to make these for another 20 something days, but they look delicious. Thanks for posting the recipe . Baking from the “cantry” I usually go to a baking recipe, probably Peanut Butter Bars.

  152. Oh my I cant get past that brownie picture…mmmmmmm I like to make chocolate chip cookies…but now Im switching to those brownies

  158. I like to make quick chili from canned beans, canned tomatoes, spices, veggies and ground buffalo.

  160. I love to make a spicy bean soup – you can add almost any bean or veggie in your cabinet. With lots of spices, it always tastes good.

  166. I like to whip up a fast, easy Mexican dish with items on hand. :-) Thank you.

  174. I like to make chocolate cake and I am always making pancakes for my kids too.

  179. YUM!! I would say key lime pie, because I always have evaporated milk and graham crusts on hand!

  182. we love making nacho dipping with items from our pantry – rotel, campbell fiesta cheese soup, and jalepeno pepper

  185. Green bean caaserole! I always seem to have all the ingredients on hand.

  186. Usually banana bread or if we have extra canned pumpkin in the house, I like to make pumpkin bread.

  195. I like to make pumpkin cakes. I use yellow cake mix and a can of pumpkin pie filling, it’s delicious.

  200. I love making pancakes because the basic ingredients are always available in my pantry. I can mix it up by adding in fruits or Nutella.

  202. My favorite cantry is cake mix cookies! 1 cake mix 1 cup of oil, 2 eggs. Thanks for this giveaway!

  204. My favorite recipe is jello cake – we always have the ingredients on hand and the kids love it!

  205. Our favorite cantry make is spaghetti and clams with garlic butter or evap either one.

  206. We can fruits and vegetables from our garden and I love to make chicken pot pies and fruit pies.

  208. Can’t wait to make this recipe for our last girl scouts brownies meeting.
    I love making brownies

  210. My favorite cantry recipe would probably be brownies or cakes or candy.. I love to bake. Another family favorite is making queso for nachos – my kids love it, just using velveeta and rotel

    BTW – I made some salted caramel brownies last week using the same caramels (my kids started to help with the unwrapping, but then I think they were stealing more than counting out for the recipe lol). The brownies were so good though, now I want to try your recipe (and not share haha).

  211. Caramel corn made with dark karo syrup, brown sugar, butter and popcorn of course~yum!

  213. my favorite ‘cantry’ recipe is vanilla ice cream.
    1 can eagle brand
    2C half n half (or can of evap milk and reg milk to make 2 C)
    3T vanilla.

    just mix and put in icecream maker (i use my kitchenaid attachment)
    no cooking and cooling ahead of time. i try to keep the supplies in the fridge for when the urge strikes!

  215. My favorite, as well as others in my family, is my corn casserole made with canned cream corn & whole kernel corn along with butter, corn muffin mix and sour cream. I also like using canned pie filling or pumpkin for dump cakes.

  216. I used canned goods to make soup or chilis. I liked canned mushrooms and artichokes for pizza, too.

  219. I like to make quick and easy burritos with canned corn and black beans :)

  222. I have cans of beans and tomatoes…so if I go that section it is to make soup or nachos!
    Thank you for the opportunity!

  223. I love making chili with canned beans and tomatoes.

    Entered the rafflecopter as “Wild orchid”

    Thanks for the chance to win!
    wildorchid985 at gmail dot com

  225. I love making chili from my cantry. Clears our my canned beans and tomatoes and peppers, etc.

  226. Dry stuffing mixed with a can of Chicken Corn Chowder Soup baked in muffin tins. Delish!

  227. Corn casserole with a can of creamed corn, can of corn kernels and a box of corn muffin mix from the pantry!!

  228. Baked Beans with Van Camps Pork N Beans
    Or Mexican Chicken with Rotel :)