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Fudgy Black Forest Bars

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Fudgy Black Forest Bars

These fudgy Black Forest bars are a decadent dessert that is somewhere between brownie and cake, loaded with chocolate and bathed in cherries. They're fabulous with coffee.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup salted butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened triple chocolate baking cocoa
  • 1 large dark chocolate bar, chopped into chunks (about 1 cup chunks)
  • 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
  • 1 tablespoon confectioners sugar (optional)

Directions

  • Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch pan.
  • Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in vanilla. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating in each egg completely before adding the next.
  • Stir in flour and cocoa powder until fully combined. Stir in chocolate chunks.
  • Spread mixture into prepared pan, then pour pie filling over the top, smoothing it out.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, then check for doneness. A toothpick inserted near the center should come out with just a few moist crumbs. Bake up to 10 minutes more, if needed.
  • Cool completely; sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar. Cut into bars.

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