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Chocolate Cranberry Bars

Oh my! These bar cookies are made with sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter chips, dried cranberries, and walnuts over a chocolate crust. This yummy recipe has been adapted from the Hershey's Recipe Collection cookbook.





Chocolate Cranberry Bars
2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 60 wafers, crushed)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup (or 10 2/3 tablespoons) cold butter, cut into pieces
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 1/3 cups (6 ounce package) sweetened dried cranberries or 1 1/3 cups raisins
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the vanilla wafers in a food processor; process until finely crushed. Add the cocoa, sugar, and butter; process until mixture is crumbly. Press mixture evenly on bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture; sprinkle evenly with peanut butter chips and dried cranberries. Sprinkle nuts on top; press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover with foil; let stand several hours before cutting into bars and serving. Makes 36 bars.


Process the vanilla wafers, then add the cocoa, sugar, and butter and process to make the mixture for the crust.



Press the mixture into the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.

Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the crust.

Sprinkle a layer of peanut butter chips over the sweetened condensed milk.

Add the cranberries . . .



. . . and the walnuts . . . 


. . . then bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
Oh my! These bar cookies are made with sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter chips, dried cranberries, and walnuts over a chocolate crust. This yummy recipe has been adapted from the Hershey's Recipe Collection cookbook.





Chocolate Cranberry Bars
2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 60 wafers, crushed)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup (or 10 2/3 tablespoons) cold butter, cut into pieces
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 1/3 cups (6 ounce package) sweetened dried cranberries or 1 1/3 cups raisins
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the vanilla wafers in a food processor; process until finely crushed. Add the cocoa, sugar, and butter; process until mixture is crumbly. Press mixture evenly on bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture; sprinkle evenly with peanut butter chips and dried cranberries. Sprinkle nuts on top; press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover with foil; let stand several hours before cutting into bars and serving. Makes 36 bars.


Process the vanilla wafers, then add the cocoa, sugar, and butter and process to make the mixture for the crust.



Press the mixture into the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.

Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the crust.

Sprinkle a layer of peanut butter chips over the sweetened condensed milk.

Add the cranberries . . .



. . . and the walnuts . . . 


. . . then bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

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