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Holiday Red Raspberry Chocolate Bars

Details

Timing
Timing
Total:
Bake:
40 Min.
Prep:
17 Min.
Skill Level:
Beginner
Yields:
24 bars

Sweet, tart and a little crunchy — whip up an all-around fantastic treat with this Holiday Red Raspberry Chocolate Bars recipe. These scrumptious dessert bars layer together a sweet-but-not-too-sweet crust, tart raspberry jam, HERSHEY'S Chocolate and nutty pecans. Best of all, you can customize these raspberry chocolate bars to your taste by choosing between HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips, HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Chocolate Chips, HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY'S MINI KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates. Serve them at holiday parties or package into festive tins and give to friends, family and co-workers.  For another sweet treat with a pop of raspberry tartness, try these Chocolate and Raspberry Muffins that are perfect for breakfast, lunch or on-the-go snacking.

Ingredients & Directions

Prep Time
17 minutes
Bake Time
40 minutes
Cool Time
2 hours

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups
    all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup
    sugar
  • 3/4 cup
    pecans finely chopped
  • 1
    egg, beaten
  • 1 cup
    butter or margarine cold (2 sticks)
  • 1 jar
    seedless red raspberry jam (12 oz)
  • 1 2/3 cups
    HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips, HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Chocolate Chips, HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY'S MINI KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates
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Step-By-Step Directions

Equipment Needed 
Oven Oven
Baking Pan 13x9x2-Inch Baking Pan
Mixing Bowl Mixing Bowl
Pastry Blender or Fork Pastry Blender or Fork
Measuring Cups Measuring Cups
Rubber Scraper Rubber Scraper
Wire Rack Wire Rack
1

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.

2

Stir together flour, sugar, pecans and egg in large bowl. Add butter; cut in with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; set aside 1-1/2 cups crumb mixture. Press remaining crumb mixture on bottom of prepared pan. Stir jam to soften; carefully spread over crumb mixture in pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Crumble reserved crumb mixture evenly over top.

3

Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into bars.

Tip

Try substituting strawberry jam for the raspberry jam.

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