Fudgy Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars

Oh, my.  These are trouble.  Sinful, delicious, gooey trouble.

Fudgy Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars

{recipe adapted via}

1/2 cup butter, melted

2 cups graham cracker crumbs {32 squares}

1 8 oz. bag toffee bits

2-3 cups of favorite chocolate chip cookie dough

{here's mine}
1 12 oz. bag chocolate chips
1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 Tbsp butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Make your favorite cookie dough, set aside 2-3 cups and save the rest to bake later.

Grease 9x13 pan and heat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium mixing bowl, stir together 1/2 cup of melted butter, 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs and 3/4 cup of toffee bits.  Pour mixture into the greased pan and press evenly until mixture covers bottom of pan.  Refrigerate for 15 minutes.

In a 2 qt. saucepan, stir the milk, chocolate chips and the tablespoon of butter over medium heat.  Stir frequently until chocolate chips are melted and mixture is smooth.  Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.  Spread mixture over graham cracker crust.

In another bowl, break up the cookie dough and stir in 1/2 cup remaining graham cracker crumbs until well blended.  Crumble mixture evenly over the chocolate layer and sprinkle remaining toffee bits over the top.

Bake for 25-35 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool completely before cutting.

:: notes from my kitchen ::
the original recipe calls for a tube of refrigerated cookie dough, but as i think that is disgusting, i gladly made my own.  you can do whatever you like best, obviously.

if you have a food processor, it works perfectly for making the graham cracker crumbs.