CARAMEL CASHEW CHOCOLATE BARS

Found this YUMMY bar looking at recipes by Pillsbury. I buy cake mixes when they are on sale and I needed to use some before they expired but wanted to bake something other than cake. Well  I didn't use my cake but found this instead. This is very easy and so yummy.

INGREDIENTS

1roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated chocolate chip cookies

1bag (11.5 oz) Hershey's® milk chocolate baking chips (2 cups)

1container (18 oz) caramel apple dip (1 1/2 cups)

3cups crisp rice cereal

1 1/4cups Fisher® Cashew Halves and Pieces

DIRECTIONS 

1 Heat oven to 350°F. In ungreased 13x9-inch pan, break up cookie dough. With floured fingers, press dough evenly in bottom of pan to form crust.  

2 Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 15 minutes.  

3 Meanwhile, in 3- to 4-quart saucepan, cook 1 cup of the chocolate chips and 1 cup of the dip over medium heat, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in cereal and cashews.  

4 Spread cereal mixture over crust. In 1-quart saucepan, heat remaining chocolate chips and dip over medium heat, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth. Spread over cereal mixture. Refrigerate until chocolate mixture is set, about 30 minutes. For bars, cut into 6 by 6 rows.