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Chocolate Cherry Bars Recipe

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These tempting bars are simple to make with cherry pie filling, crunchy almonds and chocolate chips. I took them to a church supper and everyone wanted the recipe. Some people said the sweet treats reminded them of chocolate-covered cherries. -Tina Dierking, Skohegan, Maine

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Chocolate Cherry Bars Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 35 min. + cooling

Yield: 36 Servings

15 35 50

Ingredients

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 cup cold butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped almonds

Directions

In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar and cocoa. Cut in butter until the mixture is crumbly. Add egg and almond extract until blended. Set aside 1 cup for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Carefully top with pie filling. Combine chocolate chips, almonds and reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over pie filling.
Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool; refrigerate for at least 2 hours before cutting into bars. Yield: 3 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 177 calories, 10 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 20 mg cholesterol, 57 mg sodium, 22 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Cherry Bars in Quick Cooking December 2000, p31

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Reviewed on Apr. 06, 2011 by babsvo07

Made this for a community soup supper and it got rave reviews.

Reviewed on Feb. 04, 2010 by angelasandoval

These were delicious! I did cut the chocolate chips down to 1 1/2 c. (just because 2 c. looked like a little too much) and I thought it was the perfect amount. I didn't have any problems with the baking time...took 40 minutes.

Reviewed on Mar. 10, 2009 by SusanneM

My husband wanted some chocolate/cherry brownies and I have had my eye on this recipe for a while. They took an hour and five minutes to bake, but once they cooled, they were wonderful. Not quite sure why they took so long to bake--I use my oven daily, so I don't think the oven temperature was the problem.