1970’s?- early 1980’s Women’s Auxiliary Spiral Bound Cookbook (Southern)

A well-worn 1970's-80's Ladies Auxillary Spiral Bound Cookbook
Made these bars for years w/kiddos helping.
Gradually made adjustments over the years:
1 box Devils Food cake mix w/pudding
3/4 c butter, melted
1 c pecans, chopped
1 bag(12-14oz) Kraft Caramels, unwrapped by kids, w/a few set aside for them to eat while "helping/working"🙂.
1 c semi-sweet chocolate chips, any flavor will do, have used peanut butter chips, melted peanut butter works, also.
1 small 5 1/3oz can evaporated milk, DIVIDED,
Preheat oven @ 350°F
9X13 buttered baking dish(when preheating oven, add butter to dish and melt in oven. Pour butter over cake mix. DO NOT scape baking dish.
Meanwhile, add caramels to RESERVED 1/3 CUP evaporated milk in LARGE GLASS MEASURING CUP and microwave, stirring more frequently as it heats; will/may overflow while melting(HOT!!), and easier to drizzle in measuring cup. Stir and microwave until caramels are completely melted.
Stir melted butter and REMAINING CAN of evaporated milk into cake mix and combine until no dry cake mix remains.
Divide/split buttery dough in half, dollop HALF onto buttered dish and pat out to form crust. Bake 6 minutes.
Mix pecans into other half of dough.
Remove baked crust from oven, sprinkle w/chocolate chips, then drizzle w/melted caramel.
Dollop/dot raw pecan-dough over top, gently flatten slightly in caramel.
Bake 15-18 minutes.
Cool slightly on metal rack. Using a metal edge turner/dough bench, scrape down pan/dish edge to prevent caramel from sticking/hardening. Will be difficult to remove "side" Fudd bars, if not.
Allow to cook almost completely before cutting, for "neat" bars, but great warm w/Tillamook vanilla or butter pecan ice cream. Kiddos can not wait any longer after helping!🙂