I’m going to share one of my favorite recipes with you today! It’s the recipe my friends request from me most often.

Everyone gets really excited when they hear carmelita bars are being made. We’re all kind of obsessed.

You think I’m kidding? I’ve had friends joke that they want carmelitas to be the dessert at their wedding. (I’m actually pretty sure they weren’t joking.)

I once froze a batch of carmelita bars, packed them next to an ice pack in my luggage, and took them to California with me. They were still cold and amazingly delicious after two plane rides and then getting left in a trunk while I ate dinner at a restaurant before visiting the Hollywood walk of fame. (Yes, I forgot about them in my excitement.) My friends’ faces were priceless when I announced I’d brought dessert.

Carmelitas: don’t leave home without them!