This post is sponsored by Cans Get You Cooking.
As a busy mom, I’m always looking for convenient and quick recipe ideas. Whether it’s breakfast, dinner, or dessert I like to make dishes that are delicious and only take a few minutes to prepare. That’s why I am excited to be a Cans Get You Cooking Ambassador or “Canbassador.”
Our pantry is always full of canned food and often I find myself with the door open pondering what combination will make a great dinner or a surprise dessert. I’ve found that having our pantry stocked saves time and when I have a variety of canned items on hand, it makes it easier to pull together a quick, flavorful dish or meal.
I was interested to learn that 73% of Americans throw away spoiled fruits and vegetables on average two times a week. I have to admit that this does apply to us. For some reason our refrigerator has something against cucumbers. Every time we buy them they go into the fridge excited to soon be a part of a refreshing and summery dish, and the next time I see them, they’ve spoiled. That’s why I like cooking with cans, for me, there’s less worry of anything going bad.
As a Canbassador I was challenged to make a recipe from a provided list of canned items. While I enjoy making meals and side dishes with items from my “Cantry” I was in the mood for a yummy dessert recently. When I saw NESTLE CARNATION Evaporated Milk on the list, I immediately went to the Very Best Baking site to find a scrumptious brownie recipe.
I hit the jackpot when I read the recipe for the Chocolate Caramel Brownies. Dave offered to run out to our local Giant Eagle to pick up the evaporated milk and other ingredients. I enlisted my helpers in unwrapping the caramels, pouring, and mixing.
Prepping the recipe was easy. I adapted it just a bit to fit our preferences by excluding the nuts, and when it came out of the oven it was warm, gooey, and chocolatey.
It’s a great recipe that I would make again for dessert and for family get togethers. The kids and Dave thought it was a hit as well and we recommend it to anyone looking for a fantastic, quick, and flavorful dessert. .
I’m excited about this recipe and the giveaway below!
Easy Chocolate Caramel Brownies
Ingredients
- 1 package (18.25 oz) chocolate cake mix
- 35 caramels, unwrapped
- 1 cup of NESTLE CARNATION Evaporated Milk, divided
- 1/2 cup of butter or margarine, melted
- 2 cups NESTLE TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine cake mix and 2/3 cup of evaporated milk in a large mixing bowl. Stir in butter.
- Spread half the batter in a greased 13×9 baking pan. Batter will be thick. Spray cooking spray onto a spatula to help spread it evenly.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Heat remaining evaporated milk and caramels in a small saucepan over low heat until the caramels are melted.
- Sprinkle morsels over brownie & drizzle with caramel mixtures.
- Drop remaining batter by heaping teaspoon over caramel mixture and use spatula to spread.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the center is set.
- Let cool, cut, and enjoy!
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Oh my these look so ooey gooey and good! My husband would love these and the poor kids wouldn’t get any.
I love to make Chilli!
Than k You!
I like to make magic bars.
Sugar Cookies is what my daughter loves! But the easiest thing “I” prefer to make is my Lemon cake (lemon pie filling, cake mix, soda)
Coconut Cream pie with sweetened condensed milk.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Thanks for the giveaway…Oatmeal-Pumpkin Cookies.
If I have cake mix, I add fruits and even sneak in some veggies.
Peach cobbler for sure.
Spicy Veggie soup
I love to make peanut butter stuffed cupcakes!
oatmeal cookies
Red beans and rice
Chicken tortilla soup is great and can be made only with canned goods.
I love making my awesome cinnamon scones on Sunday mornings!
Chicken pot pie is our favorite, with canned corn, peas, carrots, mushrooms, gravy, etc.
Chicken Pot Pie for this family
Corn Casserole. It’s a family favorite :)
Banana Nut bread
Cookie Dough Brownies
veggie chili is a favorite
Lasagna.. yum!
chex mix for sure
I love making chili.
Ladyblueeyez1960 (at)(aol)(dot)(com)
Chicken Enchiladas!!~
I love making puppy chow because it’s so delicious and SO easy! I don’t make it often though because it is way too addicting!
no bake cookies and chocolate peanut butter squares
Wet chocolate cake
I love to make Ambrosia Salad!
chocolate chip cookies
rice pudding/ arroz con dulce
Peanut butter cookies :D
swedish meatballs
We like pecan pie!
Brownies sound AMAZING….going to have to try!
spaghetti
I like to make oatmeal cookies
Pineapple upside-down cake
I make pretty rad cheese & black bean enchiladas from mostly canned items!
Chili
baked ziti
Casserole – esp tuna or squash from cans
Chocolate cake.
Refrigerator fudge.
vegetable chili!
banana bread
I like making banana bread.
Brownies and pies
An amazing and easy tortilla soup that’s just a bunch of cans of beans and tomatoes, plus a can of beer.
I make my specialty… Flan
I love making dirt cake, and it’s so yummy too.
brownies are my favorite to eat and make
cheese souffle
peanutbutter cookies yummy
crockpot chicken enchilada soup!
I love making homemade fugde.
I like to make black bean salsa.
My favorite is chocolate chip truffles. They’re amazing and so much fun to do.
My favorite is my go-to chocolate chip brownies recipe. They are delicious and pretty easy to make since you melt the butter. To me, the hardest part of baking from scratch is how you usually have to mix solid butter.
I make this for my Mom so she has something tasty and warm for winter dinners. She has a very small slow cooker with a removable crock. I put a large can of chunk chicken, a can of mixed veggies, and a couple of cans of “Cream of” soups. They might be Cream of Chicken, Mushroom, Potato, whatever. She loves it. I call it Chicken Can’A Soup.
chocolate brownies yum thats what i would make
No bake cookies
I really love to make brownies.. or goulash
Pineapple Dump Cake
lasagne
Chocolate chip cookies
I like to make chocolate chip cookies
oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!
Peanut Butter Cookies
I like to make tuna macaroni salad.
I can always make tuna casserole.
Thanks for the contest.
Cherry Pie~
I love making Peanut Butter Cookies and Rice Krispy Treats.
Cookies – butter brickle
Parmesan garlic pasta.
Pumpkin pie!
mini cherry pies
Bean dip!
Love to make fudge, and all the neighborhood kids love to be my taste tester. I just make 2 batches and I have plenty for the family.
Thanks for the caramel brownie recipe, I was just talking about having something chocolate w/caramel. My husband said yes the answer to all your problems – having caramel in something – lol he’s right. So these will be made very soon. And of course thanks for the giveaway.
ncjeepster@aol.com
Tuna casserole
couscous with garbanzo beans
chili
Chili–with a variety of beans!
I love to make a quick apple pie
Since I don’t bake desserts a lot, people do seem to love my gooey chocolate cake :-)
Apple strudel (sort of) …very easy with canned apples.
I love making apple crumble
oatmeal cookies
vmkids3 at msn dot com
Pumpkin bread
any fruit pie :)
Chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter fudge; I always have enough for these two items.
chili
Chicken Broccoli casserole. Ummm… the one dish I make often with packaged ingredients.
I like to keep canned fruit so I can make a quick cobbler to fulfill my sweet tooth.
We love making home made oatmeal cookies
Chili
My favorite is a French Country one-pot meal recipe that I got from Mr.Food.com. It has cans of garbanzo beans, white kidney beans and stewed tomatoes with some Italian and smoked sausage. Takes about 15 or so minutes to make and my kids love it.
Taco soup. Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
Brownies or chili, depends on the mood!
I would definitely have to say chili. Thanks for the chance.
when I go to Guatemala every summer we make pan quesadilla in a brick oven (corn bread) using molds from sardine cans!
I like making cupcakes and letting the kids decorate them with whatever sprinkles or frosting they choose
Looks yummy, moist, and gooey!
Brownies. My kids love them.
I like making “dump cakes” with cake mix, nuts, and fruit fillings.
jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com
kid cakes- where the kid picks the flavors and the toppings- you never know what you will end up with!
I really love making cupcakes
My favorite is Fudge.
i like making muffins from scratch!
Favorite recipes to make from my cantry are soups, and pasta dishes
Those brownies look really good! My favorite from the “cantry” is probably tuna noodle casserole. It is easy, good and does not require fresh products.
7 layer cookie bars!
demureprincess7(at)gmail(dot)com
chocolate chip cookies
Oh I love to make dump cake!
I love making Cranberry-Pineapple Minis using gelatin, canned crushed pineapple, whole berry cranberry sauce, walnuts and apple.
I usually have everything to make Cherry Fluff. And cookies!
Berrie Pie
Thank you for the awesome giveaway!
I make a lentil dish with items from my ‘cantry’ when I’m low on fresh foods. It’s actually a family favorite!
I like to make tuna casserole with items from my ‘cantry’.
Tater tot casserole
I like to use Cream of Chicken soup and mix with rice to create a meal!
Apple crisp!
Blueberry cobbler
I like making cherry pies.
I love making a quick cherry or blueberry pie.
Chocolate Cupcakes are what I like to make!
cookies!
chicken and dumplings
I love making brownies! :)
I like to make banana bread
Goolash
Tuna noodle casserole
I would say chicken and dumplings. Thank you!
I like to make tuna noodle casserole with canned tuna and canned mushroom soup.
Sugar Cookies with sprinkles
my chili is made almost completely from canned items
I like to make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!
I like making one bowl brownies.
Chocolate fudge brownies with walnuts.
I love to make Mexican casseroles with canned beans and canned tomatoes.
taco dip!
Quick Pumpkin Bisque!
Hi Tésa,
This brownie recipe looks delicious!!
Thanks for sharing,
Becky :)
like to make cake cookies
I love to bake anything! I m hooked on chocolatey goodness!!!! :)
I am on the #Whole30 cleanse right now, so I won’t be able to make these for another 20 something days, but they look delicious. Thanks for posting the recipe . Baking from the “cantry” I usually go to a baking recipe, probably Peanut Butter Bars.
I love making No Bake Cookies. They’re so easy and so delicious! :)
spanish rice – quick, easy and tasty
Dump Cake with any kind of canned fruit!
chocolate chip cookies
kport207 at gmail dot com
These just look tooooo good.
I love making refried bean dip.
Oh my I cant get past that brownie picture…mmmmmmm I like to make chocolate chip cookies…but now Im switching to those brownies
I like making hummus with canned chick peas.
pineapple upside down cake
I like to make Pumpkin Coconut milk cake
Sweetened condensed milk to make Key lime pie.
A mega salad with canned beans and canned olives.
I like to make quick chili from canned beans, canned tomatoes, spices, veggies and ground buffalo.
peach cobbler with canned peaches
I love to make a spicy bean soup – you can add almost any bean or veggie in your cabinet. With lots of spices, it always tastes good.
I like throwing together a last minute goulash – thank you.
Pineapple upside down cake with canned pineapple
My go to meal is pasta with peas, onions and pesto sauce
I like to make spaghetti.
canned green beans to make fried green beans
I like to whip up a fast, easy Mexican dish with items on hand. :-) Thank you.
Some pasta with marinara sauce. :)
White chocolate-almond bread rolls
I make an awesome sugar cookie with Peanut M&M’s.
a tuna casserole
We love to make crapes with different kinds of canned fruit fillings.
mexican casserole.
I like to make banana bread.
I like to make chocolate cake and I am always making pancakes for my kids too.
I like to make cookies from boxed cake mix.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I love to make fruit crumbles
I love to make pastas from scratch.
I love to make strawberry cheesecake!
YUM!! I would say key lime pie, because I always have evaporated milk and graham crusts on hand!
I love making Italian dishes, such as spaghetti, lasagna.
favorite recipe
pasta salad
we love making nacho dipping with items from our pantry – rotel, campbell fiesta cheese soup, and jalepeno pepper
Shepherds Pie.
Chili,I always seems to have all the canned parts of that dish!
Green bean caaserole! I always seem to have all the ingredients on hand.
Usually banana bread or if we have extra canned pumpkin in the house, I like to make pumpkin bread.
Yummy!! I will have to try this. I LOVE brownies!! And caramel!!
chocolate cake
pumpkin bread – my grandson loves it!
Cherry Cobbler!
Snickerdoodle Bars are a favorite to make from items in my cupboard…wish I had a pantry! ;-)
Corn chowder with canned corn, creamed corn, and potatoes.
I like to make my banana bread!
Love anything chocolate! These look easy to make, even I can make them!
I like to make pumpkin cakes. I use yellow cake mix and a can of pumpkin pie filling, it’s delicious.
Dark chocolate pecan brownies.
Making a blueberry cobbler with canned blueberry compote
We love to make fudge and brownies. We are chocolate junkies!
I like to make fudge
I love making pancakes because the basic ingredients are always available in my pantry. I can mix it up by adding in fruits or Nutella.
Our family fav is Muddy Buddies!
My favorite cantry is cake mix cookies! 1 cake mix 1 cup of oil, 2 eggs. Thanks for this giveaway!
I like making fudge
My favorite recipe is jello cake – we always have the ingredients on hand and the kids love it!
Our favorite cantry make is spaghetti and clams with garlic butter or evap either one.
We can fruits and vegetables from our garden and I love to make chicken pot pies and fruit pies.
I LOVE making googy brownies. Yum!
LOL That should be GOOEY..
Can’t wait to make this recipe for our last girl scouts brownies meeting.
I love making brownies
I like to make flan!
My favorite cantry recipe would probably be brownies or cakes or candy.. I love to bake. Another family favorite is making queso for nachos – my kids love it, just using velveeta and rotel
BTW – I made some salted caramel brownies last week using the same caramels (my kids started to help with the unwrapping, but then I think they were stealing more than counting out for the recipe lol). The brownies were so good though, now I want to try your recipe (and not share haha).
Caramel corn made with dark karo syrup, brown sugar, butter and popcorn of course~yum!
I love to make fudge!
my favorite ‘cantry’ recipe is vanilla ice cream.
1 can eagle brand
2C half n half (or can of evap milk and reg milk to make 2 C)
3T vanilla.
just mix and put in icecream maker (i use my kitchenaid attachment)
no cooking and cooling ahead of time. i try to keep the supplies in the fridge for when the urge strikes!
Cupcakes we love to bake on the weekends.
My favorite, as well as others in my family, is my corn casserole made with canned cream corn & whole kernel corn along with butter, corn muffin mix and sour cream. I also like using canned pie filling or pumpkin for dump cakes.
I used canned goods to make soup or chilis. I liked canned mushrooms and artichokes for pizza, too.
we love to make salads and put anything we can find in them
Salads or chili.
I like to make quick and easy burritos with canned corn and black beans :)
Vegetable soup!
Love to make chili dip
I have cans of beans and tomatoes…so if I go that section it is to make soup or nachos!
Thank you for the opportunity!
I love making chili with canned beans and tomatoes.
Entered the rafflecopter as “Wild orchid”
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
brownies or scones are easy treats from the pantry
I love making chili from my cantry. Clears our my canned beans and tomatoes and peppers, etc.
Dry stuffing mixed with a can of Chicken Corn Chowder Soup baked in muffin tins. Delish!
Corn casserole with a can of creamed corn, can of corn kernels and a box of corn muffin mix from the pantry!!
Baked Beans with Van Camps Pork N Beans
Or Mexican Chicken with Rotel :)
Our favorite can recipe is String bean casserole with cream of chicken soup
I like to take my can veggies and add some chicken with gravy to them. Covered with a pie crust and then I have an extremely easy chicken pot pie.