Chocolate Chip-Cherry Bars
2014-01-04 22:08:13
Ingredients
- Chocolate Chip-Cherry Bars
- Take the chocolate-cherry combo to the max with these decadent bars, both filled and topped with the delicious pairing. It’s a true chocolate-cherry indulgence!
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- Chocolate Chip-Cherry Bars
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total Time 1 hr 45 min
- Servings 32
- Ingredients
- Bars
- 1
- jar (10 oz) maraschino cherries
- 1
- cup powdered sugar
- 1
- cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1
- teaspoon vanilla
- 2
- eggs
- 2
- cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
- 1
- teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2
- teaspoon salt
- 1
- cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
- Topping
- 1
- cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
- Drizzle
- 1
- cup powdered sugar
- 2
- tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- Reserved cherry juice
Instructions
- 1 Heat oven to 325°F. Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray. Drain maraschino cherries, reserving juice for drizzle; set juice aside. Finely chop cherries; pat dry with paper towel.
- 2 In large bowl, beat 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed. Beat in vanilla and eggs. On low speed, beat in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips and the cherries. Spread in pan.
- 3 Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until top is golden brown. Immediately sprinkle with 1 cup chocolate chips. Let stand 5 minutes or until chocolate in softened. Spread chocolate evenly over crust.
- 4 In small bowl, mix 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons butter and 2 to 3 tablespoons reserved cherry juice until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over chocolate. Cool completely, about 45 minutes. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 4 rows.
Notes
- Fill a resealable plastic bag with the cherry drizzle, and cut off a tiny bottom corner of the bag to easily drizzle over the chocolate.
- Make sure you dry the cherries with a paper towel to eliminate excess moisture.
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