Easy Chocolate- Pecan Pie Bars

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box chocolate cake mix
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped pecans

1. Set oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 13" x 9" baking pan.
3. Set aside 1 cup of cake mix for the filling.
4. For the crust: In a large mixing bowl, combine the remaining cake mix, butter, and slightly beaten egg.
5. Stir with a fork until crumbly.
6. Transfer into prepared pan.
7. With lightly floured hands, press lightly and evenly into bottom of pan to form a crust (don't pack crust down to hard).
8. Bake the crust for 12 minutes (don't over bake).
9. Meanwhile, for filling, in a medium bowl, combine the second mixture of eggs, brown sugar, cornsyrup and vanilla.
10. Add the reserved 1 cup of cake mixture; stir with a fork, just until blended (do not beat, some tiny clumps will remain thats okay!).
11. Spread filling evenly over baked crust; sprinkle evenly with pecans.
12. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until the filling appears set when pan is gently shaken.
13. Cool completely on wire rack.
14. Cut into bars.

chocolate cake mix, butter, egg, eggs, brown sugar, dark corn syrup, vanilla, pecans

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easy-chocolate-pecan-pie-bars-78784 (may not work)