Easy Chocolate- Pecan Pie Bars

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

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

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 48 bars

ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) 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.

Reviews

[ColCadsMom]

Oh my GOODNESS! This is a FABULOUS dessert!!!!! I only had dark brown sugar and light corn syrup, but I don't think it altered the taste much, if any. I didn't get a picture of the entire pan, because pieces were stolen before it ever even cooled! These are fabulous as is, but if you heat a bar in the microwave a few seconds, top with vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of chocolate syrup, you have a dessert tasty enough to be served in a restaurant! I never knew something so delicious could start with a mix. Thanks for posting a SURE WINNER Kitten!