A Man that Cooks! Chubby Hubby Bars

Our church recently had a Valentine's Day Baking Contest for the Men, where the men were supposed to WOW us with their culinary expertise and the women got to taste and judge.

After trying several different recipes, Chris decided to make a dish never before attemped at the Amthor house hold ---Chubby Hubby Bars.

First, you dump out a tub of refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough and kneed it with your hands to soften it a bit. (I suppose you could make homemade chocolate chip cookie dough, but we don't want to add too many difficult steps.  He is a MAN after all.)

Then you crush up a baggie full (about a cup and a half) of pretzels and throw them in there.

Then you add a bag full of these babies.  Well....a bag full minus about 10.  I may or may not have eaten some while he was crushing the pretzels. :)

Then you kneed it all together with your hands...

...and press it into the bottom of a well greased baking dish.  Cook for about 30 minutes. 

Here is where I got distracted either by twin 3 year olds demanding my attention or by the second bag of Reeces I had hidden under the table.  Either way I didn't get pictures of the next two steps.

Next, when they come out of the oven, let them cool about 30 minutes and then pour an entire jar of carmel ice cream topping over them.

Then, let them cool about 30 more minutes and pour melted chocolate chips over the carmel.  Refrigerate for at least and hour to let the chocolate set, then cut into bars.

                    The finished result is AH-MAY-ZING! Rich, gooey, yummy-ness!

This was my dad's entry into the contest.  It's an Italian Cream Love Cake.  It was super yummy.

He won the "Best Use of Cheese" award because it had a lot of Ricotta Cheese in it.   It was still super yummy.

Chris won "Best Chubby Hubby Bars in the World" award.  Duh! They were the only ones there.  He also won the best Overall Award!  Because He is Awesome!  And those bars were Soooo GoooooD!

He won a straw.  :)