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Giant chocolate caramel cookie bar on a yellow plate with several slices on napkins.

Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Diana Yen

When a good ol' American candy bar veers French, it becomes a decadent dessert. Buttery pat-in-pan shortbread takes the place of mass-produced cookies and gets smothered with silken chocolate and from-scratch caramel, rich with fresh cream.

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