HFG caramel slice
This low cost, easy caramel slice ‘make-over’ recipe, is a great way to get the kids baking. This recipe is not only healthy but tastes amazing, guaranteed to be one of the family favourites and is a great idea for lunch box treats.
Serves: 16 (1 piece per serve)
Time to make: 50 mins , plus 2 hrs chilling
Hands-on time: 15 mins
Total cost: $7.20 / $0.45 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- oil spray
- 1 cup flour
- 125g reduced-fat spread, melted
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 380g can caramel condensed milk
- 60g dark cooking chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Spray a 20cm x 20cm slice tin with oil and set aside.
- Thoroughly combine flour, melted spread, sugar and oats in a bowl. Press mixture in prepared tin and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
- Spread caramel over cooked base and return tin to oven for 15 minutes or until caramel is firm and starting to bubble and brown.
- Remove slice from oven and cool. Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl over boiling water and melt, stirring, until completely smooth. Drizzle or spread over slice then refrigerate until set.
HFG tip
Before cutting slice, dip the knife in hot water – it stops the chocolate from cracking.
Original ingredients
1 cup flour
1 cup coconut
1 cup brown sugar
185g butter
440g condensed milk
2 tablespoons golden syrup
125g dark chocolate
What we did
- Removed coconut and replaced it with oats
- Halved sugar
- Replaced butter with reduced-fat spread
- Replaced golden syrup and condensed milk with Highlander Caramel condensed milk
- Reduced amount of chocolate
Traditional caramel slice (per serve)
Total energy 1360kJ
Total fat 18g (12g saturated fat)
HFG caramel slice (per serve)
Total energy 840kJ
Total fat 9g (3g saturated fat)
Nutrition Info (per serve)
Kilojoules 840kJ
Calories 201cal
Protein 3g
Total fat 9g
–Saturated fat 3g
Carbohydrates 25g
–Sugars 18g
Dietary fibre 1g
Sodium 50mg
Calcium 90mg
Iron 1mg
Note: Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. For a guide to purchasing healthier packaged goods and general grocery items see here.
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