Caramel Chocolate Millionaires Squares – crunchy biscuit base, soft caramel filling in the centre, topped with a layer of chocolate – what’s not to like?
It’s known by many names across the world – caramel shortbread, caramel shortcake, caramel squares, millionaires’ shortbread, millionaires’ slice, caramel slice, etc. It’s actually very similar to the Twix chocolate bar 🙂
The recipe for these Caramel Chocolate Millionaires Squares may look daunting because of the multiple components, but it’s actually simple and easy to follow. You don’t even need a candy thermometer for caramel – it’s not like the traditional caramel sauce (although that’s delicious as well!), but it’s a cheats recipe with condensed milk, similar to the yummy dulce de leche. Using dark chocolate for the top layer helps balance the sweetness of the caramel layer. Adding a little butter gives the chocolate layer a shine without affecting the texture. You can use more chocolate and less caramel if you like that way 🙂 You can also use milk chocolate instead of dark.
There’s minimal baking involved here – just enough to set the biscuit layer and the caramel layer.
The recipe uses an 8″x8″ square pan and gives 16 squares.
Ingredients –
Biscuit Base Layer
100g unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
170g all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
50g granulated white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp cold water
Caramel Layer
400g condensed milk (1 can)
200g unsalted butter
100g granulated white sugar
4 tbsp golden syrup (or corn syrup)
1/2 tsp salt
Chocolate Layer
200g dark chocolate, chopped
1/2 tbsp butter (about 8g)
Procedure –
Biscuit Base Layer
1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Prepare an 8″x8″ square pan with butter and parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder and salt. Rub in the butter with your fingertips gently till you get sand like crumbs. Add sugar and water(water is to just get the crumbs together) and mix until you get a mixture that clumps together.
3. Pour the mixture on the base of the pan and press it into an even layer, especially the edges.
4. Bake it at 180C for 15 min or till the edges start turning slightly brown. Take out from the oven, but keep the oven on.


Caramel Layer
1. While the base is in the oven, in a heavy bottom saucepan, add condensed milk, sugar, salt, golden syrup and gently mix. Add butter and start cooking on a low heat.
2. The mixture will start to boil and thicken. Keep stirring with a heatproof spatula! In about 10-15 minutes it will turn into a lovely amber caramel colour. (You might see some brown bits – that’s the sugar that got caramelized before dissolving. Most of them will melt in, but if there are some large chunks, remove it to get an even caramel.)
3. Remove the saucepan from heat and slowly pour the caramel over the cooked biscuit base. Spread it evenly with the spatula.
4. Bake it in 180C oven for 6-8 minutes just to cook it slightly and set it. Take it out of the oven and let it cool completely.


Chocolate Layer
1. Once your caramel layer is cooled, melt the chocolate in double boiler (a heatproof bowl set over a pan of shallow simmering water) or in a microwave. Add the butter and mix till it melts.
2. Pour the chocolate over cooled caramel layer and spread it evenly with a palette knife. Let it cool completely until set (about an hour).


3. Cover it and refrigerate for 3-4 hours for the layers to set. Once out of the fridge, keep it on the platform for 10-15 minutes to thaw a little and then using a sharp knife, cut it into 16 squares. Clean the knife in between each cut to ensure clean slices 🙂
4. These Caramel Chocolate Millionaires Squares can be stored in the refrigerator for about a week in an airtight container. Enjoy 🙂


Recipe inspired by Donal Skehan
What’s golden syrup?,I don’t get corn syrup here.. Any substitute?
Golden syrup is a thick sugar syrup made in process of refining sugar from sugarcane. You can use corn syrup instead.
Anything I can substitute for golden or corn syrup? I have caramel balls which is used for decoration. Can I use those?
This looks really tempting. Want to try it now.
Thankyou 🙂 you can try with honey but the consistency would not be as thick and set. Not sure about the caramel balls sorry.
Can liquid glucose be used instead of golden syrup??
Not sure, corn syrup would be a better substitute as far as i know. golden syrup consists of both glucose and fructose.
Can we use gudh (jaggery) to make caramel syrup
It won’t give the same result as regular sugar.
These squares are so tempting !
Thankyou 🙂 try them, they r yum!
How can one make golden syrup at home? Or is there anything available in the market?
It is available in gourmet stores, which city are you in? You can replace it with corn syrup. Honey might also work but I am not sure.
Hiii! Can we use glucose syrup instead of corn syrup?
While cooking the condensed milk did the milk and butter separate??
It happened to me once when my heat was high. You need to cook the caramel on a low gentle heat.
Remove from heat and whisk it vigorously and it should come back together.