Name: Chocolate Pecan Bars Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: FOR CRUST:; 1 cup butter; 2 cups flour; ⅓ cup sugar; ¼ tsp salt; For Filling:; 1½ cups corn syrup; 8 oz semi sweet chocolate; 1 cup sugar; 4 eggs; ½ tsp Almond Extract; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 cups pecans; For Toppings:; 2 tbsp brown sugar; ½ tsp Cinnamon; 1 tbsp butter; ½ cup pecans

Chocolate Pecan Bars Recipe

Alley Jarrett Modified: February 28, 2024

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How To Make Chocolate Pecan Bars

These chocolate pecan bars turns the classic pecan pie into bite-sized treats. They’re shortbread delights loaded with sweet chocolate and crunchy pecans.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 55 minutes

Total: 1 hour 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Crust:

1cupbutter,softened
2cupsflour
⅓cupsugar
¼tspsalt

For Filling:

1½cupscorn syrup
8ozsemi sweet chocolate
1cupsugar
4eggs
½tspalmond extract
1tspvanilla extract
2cupspecans,chopped

For Toppings:

2tbspbrown sugar
½tspcinnamon
1tbspbutter
½cuppecans,chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9×13-inch pan with foil and spray well with cooking spray.
Combine the butter, flour, sugar, and salt with a mixer on medium until crumbly. Press into the prepared pan.
Bake the crust for 20 minutes.
Heat the corn syrup and chocolate over low heat just until the chocolate is almost melted. Remove from heat.
Combine the sugar, eggs, almond extract and vanilla extract, then whisk them into the chocolate mixture. Fold in the pecans.
Pour the pecan mixture over the crust. Combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, and pecans, then them sprinkle over tops of the bars.
Bake for 35 minutes or until the edges are firm and center is still slightly soft. Cool completely.
Serve, and enjoy!