Sunday, February 05, 2012

Billionaire's Shortbread



Over ten years ago, I was on study abroad in London and ate some amazing shortbread/caramel/white chocolate bars at a Starbucks there.  Then I ate them a few more times.  And then I came home and spent the next five years searching American Starbucks stores for these bars, to no avail.  And then I spent the next five years just dreaming about them.  And then at Christmas this past year I finally did something about it and recreated the recipe myself.  I must say that I got pretty darn close to getting the recipe right!  If I do say so myself, they are amazing . . . which is why I named them Billionaire's Shortbread (a few steps up from Millionaire's Shortbread).

And now, I finally got around to typing up and posting the recipe.  It is a mix of several different recipes, including Ben's mom's caramel as the middle layer.  Imagine it: shortbread, pecans (if you wish), chewy caramel, white chocolate, and a tiny drizzle of semisweet.  If your mouth is watering, you can view the recipe here.

7 comments:

Hollie and Mike Christiansen said...

I will testify with my first hand account of this yummy treat, that they are fabulous!! I should package up some English chocolate for you to top it off with as well, we have found melted Galaxy bars for a topping is fabulous!!

Kristen said...

I cannot WAIT to try this.

Brady,McCall said...

Oh my! I need that! It looks simply divine!

Brittany said...

That looks amazingly amazing. I will make that someday soon.

Paul and Shug said...

MMMMmm. Banoffee...

Ned and Linda said...

Oh my golly, we ate plenty of chocolate carmel shortbread (generally not white but still SO yummy)in Scotland and I'm sooooo happy to have this recipe.

Katie said...

so you DO eat chocolate!
-Brooke