Chocolate-Cherry Fudge Bars
- 4 squares BAKER'S Unsweetened Chocolate
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
- 3/4 cup chopped maraschino cherries with 7 Tbsp. of the juice reserved, divided
- 2 ounces (1/4 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- oven to 350u0b0 F. Line 13- x 9-inch baking pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan. Grease foil. Set aside.
- chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Add granulated sugar; mix well. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour and dry pudding mix; mix well. Stir in 1/2 cup of the cherries and 1/3 cup of the reserved cherry juice; spread into prepared pan.
- 30 to 35 min. or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out with fudgy crumbs. (Do not overbake.) Cool in pan on wire rack.
- cream cheese, powdered sugar and remaining cherry juice until well blended. Drizzle over cooled dessert; top with remaining 1/4 cup cherries. Use foil handles to remove dessert from pan before cutting into bars. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.
- Calories: 140
- Total fat: 6 g
- Saturated fat: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
- Sodium: 85 mg
- Carbohydrate: 21 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g
- Sugars: 16 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Vitamin A: 4% DV
- Vitamin C: 0% DV
- Calcium: 0% DV
- Iron: 4% DV
s, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, maraschino cherries, philadelphia cream cheese, powdered sugar
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-cherry-fudge-bars (may not work)