Double Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Bars

Double Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Bars. Oh so gooey good! A twist on magic bars using white and dark chocolate, pecans and dried cranberries (or try dried cherries). They freeze well too.

Double Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Bars.

Originally published Dec. 2009

This is a recipe of Spouse’s that really reminds me of a similar square that we always made during the holidays.

I remember those simply as “Christmas Squares” or “Magic Squares”. That were comprised of a graham wafer crumb bottom and then layers of chocolate chips, coconut, chopped walnuts and condensed milk.

In the end I think I prefer this version.

That’s not only for the chewy dried cranberries that are great with chocolate, but for the toasted pecans as well. I’ve always preferred pecans to walnuts, since I was a kid.

Ingredient Photo Notes.

I like to use 50% dark chocolate chips for this recipe but you can use semisweet or milk chocolate as well.

These freeze pretty well too!

So, if there’s still room in your Christmas freezer, perhaps you could reserve a small corner for these decadent treats.

Dried Cherries are also a great choice in this recipe.

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Double Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Bars

Yield: 24 cookie bars

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Double Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Bars - oh so gooey good! A twist on magic bars using white and dark chocolate, pecans and dried cranberries (or try dried cherries). They freeze well too.

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Ingredients

• 2¼ cups graham wafer crumbs
• 2 tbsp sugar
• ½ cup melted butter
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips
• ½ cup white chocolate chips
• ¾ cups toasted pecans toast them on a cookie sheet in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 3 minutes
• 1½ cups roughly chopped dried cranberries

Instructions

1. Line the sides and bottom of a 8 inch square baking pan with parchment paper.
2. Prepare the graham wafer crumb bottom. Mix together the graham wafer crumbs, sugar and melted butter.
3. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 10 minutes minutes.
4. Remove from oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes.
5. For the top layer mix together the sweetened milk, and vanilla.
6. Stir in all of the remaining ingredients.
7. Spread on top of the prepared base and bake at 350 degrees F for about 30-40 minutes or until the center has turned slightly brown.
8. Cool completely before cutting into squares and serving.

Nutrition Information

Yield

24

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 221Total Fat 14gSaturated Fat 6gUnsaturated Fat 8gCholesterol 31mgSodium 316mgCarbohydrates 15gFiber 2gSugar 11gProtein 9g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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