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Cake Mix Toffee Bars

Close-up of a couple cake mix toffee bars on a red napkin

I have decided that there are 3 types of people:  Beach people, pool people and people who wish they were beach people, but sadly are not.

I am the third type.

The wish I was, but really am not, sort.

I blame the sand.

Anyway, I bit the bullet and decided to go to the beach the other day with my friends and family.  Normal beach stuff happened:  sunscreen, fistfuls of Doritos,  bikini judging, my kids building sand couches…yes, I said couches.  They can’t be normal kids and build sand castles.  A bit telling, don’t you think?

Anyway.  It was a normal beach day.

Until.

UNTIL.

I got stung by a jellyfish.

For real.

Just like that episode of Friends…or any other time someone has gotten stung by a jellyfish.

Me, not being an over-reactor at all, was convinced that I was about to die.  I basically started wheezing and planning my funeral.

But then reality hit me.  Monica got stung by a jellyfish and Chandler peed on her and saved her life.

I hurried back to the beach where MY friends were lounging, and casually asked if they had any pee to spare.

After an awkward moment, they all avoided eye contact and said, “uhh yeah..no..ummm…I…ummm just peed in the ocean”.  I’m not sure if they were more embarrassed about peeing in the ocean or the prospect of peeing on me.

Of course my husband offered, but I could never allow that to happen.  Sometimes there are places that relationships shouldn’t go.  It’s a hard limit of mine.

So, yeah, all my friends left me for dead.

By the grace of God I made it out alive, no thanks to my “friends”.  I really need a Chandler in my life.

Life lesson:  Next time you are at the beach, maybe don’t pee in the ocean…you never know when it will save a life. Plus, it’s just nasty.

Are you hungry yet?

Sorry about all the pee talk it’s all so unladylike.

Let’s talk food.

A stack of cake mix toffee bars in a parchment-lined box

Cake Mix Toffee Bars.
These are simple.  You don’t need to dirty up your mixer or anything.

Just mix some cake mix, an egg and some melted butter together and press it into a pan…

Buttery crust pressed into a rectangular baking pan

Get your toffee ready.  It’s the star of the show.

A black cup of crushed toffee pieces

Then stir together a can of sweetened condensed milk, another egg, vanilla and your toffee.  Pour it all over your crust.

Batter with toffee pieces being poured over crust in a baking dish

And bake.

Top view of cake mix toffee bars in a rectangular baking dish

That’s it y’all.

A stack of cake mix toffee bars
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Cake Mix Toffee Bars

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Description

makes 30 bars


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 (18.25 oz) vanilla cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup butter. melted
  • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup toffee bits or Heath Bar bits (chocolate coated toffee bits)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. Spray a 9×13 pan lightly with cooking spray.
  3. In a bowl combine dry cake mix, 1 egg and melted butter until evenly incorporated. Press this in the prepared pan.
  4. In another bowl combine sweetened condensed milk, egg, vanilla and toffee bits. Whisk together until combined.
  5. Pour this over the first layer.
  6. Bake for 20-25 minutes until edge are golden brown and center is set.
  7. Let cool completely before cutting into squares.

Notes

These bars are great if made the day before.
Store airtight, unrefrigerated for up to 3 days.

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56 comments on “Cake Mix Toffee Bars”

  1. We just watched that episode of Friends…still cracks me up every time!!! I’m thinking if you had these bars with you, your friends would have hooked you up! I love simple cake mix recipes…especially ones with that many toffee bits in them:-)

  2. Marci Johnson

    These sound amazing and so simple to make. I cannot wait to make them for our trip to the Lake House next weekend. And I love recipes that will pack well!!

  3. Lauren at Keep It Sweet

    Jelly fish completely freak me out and I actually just saw that episode!

    Toffee in an easy bar always works!

  4. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust

    Wow. I can’t believe your friends would rather leave you in pain than pee on you. Geez. Buuuut…maybe if you gas them these bars? Then maybe they would? I love the toffee in sweetened condensed milk mixture…and to put it on cake mix??? Genius!

  5. Honestly…I’m really not so much of a beach person either. Sand gets in places it should never go and you find it in your hair until the middle of DECEMBER. Awful.

    I’m so glad you survived! And I totally would have peed on you. I always have some to spare.

  6. I don’t think it’s actually true that pee will help a jellyfish sting! I actually got stung by a jellyfish a few years ago and putting hot sand on the sting helped 🙂

  7. lisa@cluttercafe

    I am the third. I love the idea of the beach, but can’t seem to bring myself to pack up the kids, food, drink, coolers, sunscreen, toys, chairs, umbrellas…did I get it all? I’m sure I forgot something because every time I do go to the beach I inevitably forget something.
    Besides the fact you (and the care) never get clean and it would not surprise me that it may be possible to make a pearl by the amount of sand in your bathing suit.
    I hope your sting is feeling better. You need to find new friends. BTW, I love that episode.
    Thanks for another easy recipe.

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