Easy Chocolate- Pecan Pie Bars

This has a cake mix chocolate crust that just melts in your mouth!

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Yields: 48 bars

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4ounce) box  chocolate cake mix
• 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
• 1  egg, slightly beaten
• 3  eggs
• 3⁄4 cup  packed brown sugar
• 3⁄4 cup dark corn syrup
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1⁄4 cups  coarsely chopped pecans

Directions

1. Set oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 13" x 9" baking pan.
3. Set aside 1 cup of cake mix for the filling.
4. For the crust: In a large mixing bowl, combine the remaining cake mix, butter, and slightly beaten egg.
5. Stir with a fork until crumbly.
6. Transfer into prepared pan.
7. With lightly floured hands, press lightly and evenly into bottom of pan to form a crust (don't pack crust down to hard).
8. Bake the crust for 12 minutes (don't over bake).
9. Meanwhile, for filling, in a medium bowl, combine the second mixture of eggs, brown sugar, cornsyrup and vanilla.
10. Add the reserved 1 cup of cake mixture; stir with a fork, just until blended (do not beat, some tiny clumps will remain thats okay!).
11. Spread filling evenly over baked crust; sprinkle evenly with pecans.
12. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until the filling appears set when pan is gently shaken.
13. Cool completely on wire rack.
14. Cut into bars.