Chocolate Caramel Brownies recipe - from the The Harrops are Hungry Family Cookbook

Ingredients

• For the brownies:
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
• 12 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1� cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1� cups all-purpose flour
• � teaspoon salt
• 1� cups pecans, coarsely chopped (optional, I didn�t use any)
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• For the caramel filling:
• 14 ounces caramel candies, unwrapped
• 1/4 cup heavy cream