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Chocolate Cranberry Bars Recipe

Details

Time
25 minutes
Skill Level
Beginner
Yields
36 bars

This Chocolate Cranberry Bars Recipe combines HERSHEY'S Cocoa, HERSHEY'S CHIPITS REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips, and cranberries for a sweet, uniquely flavourful dessert.

Ingredients & Directions

Bake Time
25 minutes

BAKE MODE:

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups
    vanilla wafer crumbs (about 60 wafers crushed) (500 mL)
  • 1/2 cup
    HERSHEY'S Cocoa (125 mL)
  • 3 tbsps
    granulated sugar (45 mL)
  • 2/3 cup
    butter, cold cut into pieces (150 mL)
  • 1 can
    sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk) (300 mL)
  • 1 1/3 cups
    dried cranberries or raisins (325 mL)
  • 1 cup
    coarsely chopped walnuts (250 mL)

Directions

Equipment Needed 
oven Oven
baking pan 13x9-inch (33x23 cm) Baking Pan
measuring cups Measuring Cups
mixing bowl Mixing Bowl
wire rack Wire Rack
1

Heat oven to 350°F (180°C).

2

In medium bowl, mix together crumbs, cocoa and sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. Press mixture evenly on bottom and 1/2-inch (5 mm) up sides of 13 x 9-inch (33 x 23 cm) baking pan.

3

Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture; sprinkle evenly with peanut butter chips and dried cranberries. Sprinkle nuts on top; press down firmly.

4

Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover with foil; let stand several hours. Cut into bars.