Chocolate Cherry Cordial Bars

Submitted by Karen=^..^=

"These bars are the ultimate treat. With chocolate and cherries you can't go wrong (in my opinion :)."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 30 bars

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
• 1 1⁄2 cups milk chocolate chips

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Grease a 10 x 15 pan.
3. Combine butter, eggs, sugars and extracts in a large bowl and beat at medium until well blended.
4. Combine flour, soda and cinnamon and mix into creamed mixture until just blended.
5. Stir in pie filling and chocolate chips.
6. Spread in pan.
7. Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
8. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
9. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar or drizzle with melted chocolate, if desired.
10. Cut into 2 1/2 x 2 inch bars.

Reviews

[Charlotte J]

Just like the name applies this truly tastes like a chocolate cherry cordial! What a fantastic bar, moist and simple to make. I bake it an air bake pan, and could have left it in for 5 more minutes to bake. I’m sure to get requests for this recipe, as we are taking it to church this morning. Another keeper thank you Karen.

 

[Java265]

I have also made these during the holidays for years. They are quick, moist and always requested!

 

[red_corgi]

Outstanding bars. I did refrigerate them for about 2 hours before cutting into them, and the bars seperated easier than described below.

 

[superblondieno2]

The taste of these bars definately earned a five, they were very good. however, the bars were so moist they gave me a lot of trouble. i was maing them for a bake sale and i was trying to cut them to look nice, but having a very hard time as they were very sticky. the chocolate chips came out of the bottom whenever i moved them the bars didnt look very tasty at first, but as you can tell from the picture a little drizzled chocolate and powdersugar will do the trick!

 

[Im_Genia]

I made these last night and, although I adored the flavour, I could not get the centre to set. It does not taste bad or anything, it is just very wet. I am going to re-visit what I did and try and figure it out. But, flavour wise? Fantastic! I'll likely be trying these again just to try and get them right! Thanks!