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!

Chocolate Chip-Cherry Bars

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20 minutes

1 hour 45 minutes

32 bars

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Nutrition Info

  • 1 Bar
  • 190
  • 10g
    (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 0g)
  • 30mg
  • 130mg
  • 24g
    (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 16g)
  • 2g
  • Percent Daily Value*
  • 4%
  • 0%
  • 0%
  • 4%
  • Exchanges
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1/2
  • Carbohydrate Choices
  • 1 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Tips & Techniques

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):

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  • How-To

    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.

  • Success

    Make sure you dry the cherries with a paper towel to eliminate excess moisture.

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

Directions

  1. 1Heat 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. 2In 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. 3Bake 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. 4In 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.

Categories: Course, Desserts, Brownies & Bars

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