Salted Caramel Chocolate Cookie Bars

for crust—

unsalted butter, room temperature

granulated sugar

powdered sugar

pure vanilla extract

salt

flour

for caramel layer—

plastic wrapped caramels, unwrapped and roughly chopped {I used those Fleur de Sel caramels from Trader Joe’s– fabulous!}

heavy cream

for chocolate layer—

dark chocolate chips

butter

flaky sea salt