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I made Twix. At long last, I made Twix.


It would have been enough JUST LIKE THIS:


But then we made them miniature (aka irresistable) and added chocolate (aka addictive)



I'm not much of a candy bar girl, in general they just don't really do it for me.

But Twix are different, I think it's the shortbread. It must be the shortbread.
It cuts the overwhelming sugar rush of the candy bar business,
and really makes for one hell of a sweet treat. Kit Kats are also pretty special.

I really wanted to make these for my brother,
because well...I think he'd really dig them. I mean, who wouldn't though?


The first time I thought about making Twix, I was going to 
bring them down to San Francisco for my brother BUT
 there was a shortbread mess and I accepted (temporary) defeat. 

But not for long! I'm back and this time I was 
not settling for anything less than a crowd pleasing success. 

Apologies to my brother. I owe you some Twix, Alex!




I do have a confession though: I somehow managed to completely wing it with this caramel.

I'm going to try to recreate it so I can share the recipe, but for now 
I'll just share a popular one that I found other Twix-bar-makers relied on.

{{I can tell you that my caramel involved some mix of:
sugar, butter and dulce de lece (from boiling a can of sweetend condensed milk FOREVER)}}


Naturally I ended up covering everything in my room with chocolate, 
including these lovely little caramel seductresses  


Here's how you make these little babes:

Homemade Twix Bars with Himalayan Salt
makes 20-30 bars; Adapted from Mele Cotte

For Caramel
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark corn syrup
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk

For Shortbread
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup + 2 tbl butter
pinch of salt


+ Plenty of Bakers Brand Chocolate 



  1. Preheat oven to 350 F
  2. Mix all the shortbread ingredients in the bowl of a mixer, with a paddle attachment. mix until combined but crumbly
  3. Butter a 10 inch round springform pan of an 8 inch square pan ( I used the springform because it's what we had and it made it really easy to take the shortbread/caramel out)
  4. Press the crumbly pieces together to evenly cover the pan and bake in the oven for 20 minutes, until golden
  5. While that's baking, start making the caramel: put all caramel ingredients in a pot, start at medium heat
  6. Continuously stir the mixture until it comes together and the sugar dissolves, keep at a boil for about 10 minutes making sure it doesn't stick. Remove from heat when it's completely thickened.
  7. Pour the caramel over the shortbread and let it harden in the freezer for atleast 30 minutes
  8. Once hardened, remove from the pan and cut into bars 
  9. Let the bars harden again in the freezer while you melt some chocolate. // I tried chocolate chips and baker's chocolate and the baker's chocolate works much butter // I melted the chocolate in a microwave at 50% power, stirring every 30 seconds
  10. Individually remove the bars from the freezer, dip in the chocolate using a for underneath bars and let dry on wax paper. 
  11. While the chocolate is still wet, sprinkle with Himalayan Salt/Sea Salt

All done! These store best in the freezer or refrigerator. 


Let me just tell you this:
You will want to eat these all, perhaps all it once. 
But don't! Share these babies all around town!
I've never seen a happier bunch of folks than those
that are given free homemade chocolate candy. 

Do It!


The salt is totally essential. 
Sweet and Salty. It's what life is all about!





You better believe I'll be making these again. 
Maybe start a little chocolate stand? 
Or Maybe just shower my friends and family with them?
Sounds good!

So as far as candy bars go...what's you absolute favorite? 
I feel like Snickers has a pretty loyal following

12 comments:

  1. You could sell these guys at the Brooklyn Flea when you come here for the summer and live with me in my Brooklyn Summer Internship program, which entails you cooking for me, watching me read prestigioius poetry on my roof, and doing hours of research at Smorgasburg.

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    1. sarah! you just described the most perfect summer ever. summer 2013 work? seriously though! sounds like my kind of "internship"

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  2. These look beautiful! I love the use of the Pink Himalaya salt. Thanks for trying your Twix via my recipe. Love that others enjoy them as much as we do. And, if I might add, a Brooklyn Summer Internship program that requires cooking, rooftop quality time and , "working" at Smorgasburg, sounds like a dream job! :) Since I don't live up there anymore, I will at least have to swing by when I visit my mom.

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  3. Would they mind if i say this looks better than twix itself!

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  4. D: i definitely want to try these1 i love twix!

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  5. I thoughtthesewere brilliant the moment I saw them on IG and now I've seen your recipe I think that you're brilliant too :)

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  6. I love this,

    and your Courtside tray ; )

    -Blayre

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  7. Ok now that I got a taste of these beauties...not only stunning but salivating ly delish! When are you coming home again ?

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  8. Great idea! Will try it out.

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  9. Homemade Twix bars have been on my mind for months...MONTHS! I'm so glad you're on the ball and posted this! Thanks for some guidelines...These look amazing and your pics are incredible!

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  10. I am so excited about this!!! Thanks for sharing!! I found you via Sweet Heat Chefs on FaceBook....

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  11. these look amazing and i can't wait to try this recipe out. :)

    thanks for sharing.

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