chocolate cherry bars
(2 ratings)
This is perfect to add a festive touch to holiday celebrations, such as Valentine’s Day.
(2 ratings)
yield
48 bars
cook time
45 Min
Ingredients For chocolate cherry bars
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1 cup butter
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¾ cup cocoa
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2 cups sugar
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4 eggs
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½ cups plus 1/3 cup all-purpose flour,divided
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1/3 cup chopped almonds
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1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
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½ tsp. almond extract
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1 cup hershey’s mini kisses semi-sweet
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1 cup chopped maraschino cherries , drained
How To Make chocolate cherry bars
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1Heat oven to 350 . Generously grease 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat; stir in cocoa until smooth. Remove from heat. Add sugar,3 eggs ,1 ½ cups flour and almonds; mix well. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 20 minutes.
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2Meanwhile whisk together remaining 1 egg, remaining 1/3 c. flour, sweetened condensed milk and almond extract. Pour over baked layer; sprinkle mini kisses and cherries over top. Return to oven.
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3Bake additional 20 to 25 minutes or until set and edges are golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate until cold, 6 hours or overnight. Cut into bars. Cover and refrigerate leftover bars.
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