Are you sick of cake mixes yet?
Well, we are closing in on the end “Busy people need sweets that start with cake mix week”…
It’s been fun while it’s lasted, yes?
Next week I am sure I will be back to more complicated fare..like popcorn and brownies…
So, yeah, it never gets too complicated around here, but I do have to say that this week of cake mix treats has been kinda fun.
I have an entire section of cake mix recipes on this site…did you know that?
Under the category “Fun Sweets” on my navigation bar up top, cake mix recipes is there. You should check it out, there’s some fun stuff.
Speaking of fun stuff…last week I did a fun nail project. Not sure if you guys have ever heard of “water marbling”? Well hop over to my other site and check it out…I am a major dork when I talk to the camera, so please ignore my voice and my awkwardness and also ignore the fact that you can’t see my face.
So yeah…I don’t think Steven Speilberg will be calling anytime soon to ask me to assistant direct a film with him. Whatevs.
See, I am so busy doing nails and making crafts and stuff that I have had to use cake mixes all week.
Phew, the life of a blogger.
That leads me to my last cake mix treat of the week.
These are Rolo Cake Mix Bars.
They are caramely and yummy and easy ~ 3 things that I look for in a dessert.
Start with your Rolo candies. Cut them in half.
Next up mix up your cake mix, evaporated milk and melted butter…
**Make sure you use a 18.25 oz box of cake mix. That is 1 lb. I used Duncan Hines.
Divide the batter in half, like this picture…Please ignore the fact that the divided batter looks like brains or a butt. Completely unintentional.
The batter will be sticky, but carefully press half into the bottom of a greased baking pan…
Bake the crust up for a few minutes. Then place the Rolo candies face down on the crust…
Then drop the remaining batter on top…
Bake it for a few more minutes.
Then try and keep out of it before it cools….I dare you.
Rolo Cake Mix Bars
Ingredients
- 1 box (18.25 oz) yellow, vanilla or white cake mix ( I used Duncan Hines), dry
- 5 oz evaporated milk
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 40 Rolo Candies, unwrapped and cut in half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray.
- With your mixer, beat cake mix, evaporated milk and butter until combined. Mixture will be thick and sticky.
- Divide batter in half and press 1 half into the bottom of the pan.
- Bake until just set, approximately 8-9 minutes.
- Remove base from oven and place Rolo candies, caramel-side down on top.
- Drop remaining batter on top of Rolos in teaspoon sized amounts.
- Bake for 20-24 minutes longer until top begins to golden.
- Cool completely before cutting into squares.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home
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Can these be made ahead and then frozen? (not that they will make it to the freezer!!!)
I have never frozen them, but I would imagine they would freeze nicely.
They didn’t work for me either. So sad! Maybe you can take pictures step by step?
Save time unwrapping Rolo’s……look for them unwrapped, on the candy aisle!!! They come in a ziploc style bag. Soooo nice, and a great time saver!!
Ok. Here is my experience with this most controversial recipe. LOL. Bought the ingredients before I read the reviews. Could only find 16.5 oz cake mix. I measured out the 5oz of evaporated milk & melted 1 stick of butter. I put the dry cake mix in my KitchenAid then slowly added only part of the milk and only part of the butter until I got a stiff dough. I spread half of the dough in my 9 x 10 glass baking dish. Baked for 7 minutes. Topped with the Rolos & blobbed on the other half of the dough & baked for 18 mins until the bottom started to brown. They are delish. Just my experience. Smaller cake mix & less of the other ingredients. Hope this helps!
Thanks so much for the feedback! Sounds like yours turned out just like mine, albeit the different size cake mix!
Thanks for a great recipe Shelly. So simple. Both of my boys had their girlfriends over…..now my Rolo cookies are all gone! I really feel the problem is the smaller cake mix. Adjust the ingredients & it’s all good. Hey we’re talking evaporated milk & butter… How can you go wrong.
I am making these now. First layer is in the oven as I type. I used the 18.25 french vanilla moist cake, 5oz can of evaporated milk and 1/2 a stick of butter (1/4c) then melted. Mine also came out super sticky and not crumbly. After reading reviews, sounds like this happens for some and not others, my guess, it’s the type of cake mix. Making these for our birthday treat day at work tomorrow so I hope they turn out still.
My batter was runny also and I used a duncan hines mix. I just added about 1c of flour and 1/2c of sugar & mixed until it formed a dough. It’s in the oven now so we will see how it goes!
These look absolutely fantastic! Do you think this recipe would work with just chocolate chips instead of rolos?
I also made these with the same Duncan Hines cake mix, 5 oz of evaporated milk & the 1/4 cup butter (measured then melted) and the batter turned out runny like the others. So disappointed with the way they turned out 🙁 It’s not rocket science, so I wonder what the difference is in the results we are all having?
I know, I have made them multiple times and it seems impossible for the batter to be runny, honestly…but with that happening to so many different people, obviously it isn’t! I wish I knew the answer.
When I started to get feedback about it being runny I tried them again a few times with the same results I always get. It just don’t understand how all that dry cake mix with only the addition of 5 oz of evap milk and butter could be runny. It doesn’t seem possible. I wish I could be in the kitchen with you!! So sorry they didn’t turn out for you.
AMAZING recipe!!! These came out great. I added crushed butter snap pretzels…the sweet and salty combo was awesome and everybody raved about it.
Great idea!!!
I was halfway through making these when I read through the comments, eek! I hope mine turn out! I could NOT find an 18.25 oz box mix of white or yellow, just chocolate, and I did not want that much choc. I got a 16.25 or whatever box of white and I put in the 5 oz of evap milk and the 1/4 butter, melted. Upon mixing, I realized I should have cut both the milk and the butter down a bit to compensate for the smaller mix size. It was near impossible to spread into the pan, but I did it! They are now baking with the rolos and additional cake mix. I still think they will turn out great and my husband is very excited to try one 🙂
Awesome! I bet they will be great!
I made these this morning. Followed recipe with a pillsbury cake mix and the little 5 oz can of milk. Came out with a stiff dough … not crumbly per say but very stiff and was easily able to divide and spread in the pan. Still in the overn … can’t wait to try!
Great! SO weird how some people get runny batter..I don’t’ see how it’s possible!!