Caramel
    Nut Bars

Serves 36 bars

INGREDIENTS:
1	box (18.25-ounce) yellow cake mix, Duncan Hines®
1	cup chocolate-flavored rice cereal, Kellogg's®
1/2	cup butter, at room temperature
1	egg
15	soft caramel candies, unwrapped, Brach's®
1	tablespoon whole milk
1	package (8-ounce) cream cheese, Philadelphia®
1/2	cup butterscotch caramel topping, Mrs. Richardson's®
1/2	cup chopped pecans

Prep time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 35 minutes
Cooling time: 45 minutes

PREPARATION:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
• Beat cake mix, cereal, and butter in large bowl until dough forms.
• Reserve 1 cup of dough for topping.
• Press remaining dough evenly onto bottom of prepared pan.
• Melt caramels with milk in microwave on low heat for 1 1/2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, or until smooth.
• Drizzle melted caramel mixture over dough in pan.
• Beat cream cheese and caramel topping in another large bowl until smooth.
• Spread cream cheese mixture over dough.
• Mix chopped pecans into reserved 1 cup of dough; sprinkle atop cream cheese mixture.
• Bake for 35 minutes, or until golden-brown.
• Cool completely in pan on cooling rack.
• Cut into bars and serve.