Chocolate Raspberry Bars

Chocolate raspberry bars are a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that everyone will love!

These bars are perfect for any occasion, whether you're entertaining guests, bringing a dessert to a potluck, or simply satisfying your sweet tooth. They are a great combination of rich dark and semi-sweet chocolate and tart raspberry jam, making them a unique and flavorful treat.

Why I Love This Recipe

Any recipe that is easy to make and requires only a few ingredients will always make my list of favorites.

The combination of the chocolate and raspberry flavors is heavenly, and the crumbly texture of the bars adds a nice crunch. These bars are perfect for any season, and they can be served as a dessert or a snack.

Ingredients

The ingredient list is simple:

• Butter
• Flour
• Light brown sugar
• Semi-sweet chocolate chips
• Bittersweet (dark) chocolate chips
• Sweetened condensed milk
• Walnuts (or your choice of nuts)
• Raspberry jam (seedless)

How to make these Chocolate Raspberry Bars

To prep, preheat the oven to 350F and line a 13x9-inch pan with parchment paper.

Start by making the simple shortbread-like crust. Beat the room temperature butter with a hand mixer until it is creamy. Then add flour and brown sugar. Beat together until well mixed.

Place half of the crust mixture (about 1¾ cups) in the prepared pan. With floured fingers, press the crust to evenly cover the bottom of the pan. Reserve the remaining crust mixture.

Bake the crust in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are golden brown. Remove from the oven and set aside.

Pour the sweetened condensed milk into a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for a minute to warm up. Then add ½ each of the semi-sweet and dark chocolate chips. Stir the mixture. The chocolate chips will begin to melt.

Microwave again, as needed, in 30 second increments, stirring in between, until the chips have completely melted into the sweetened condensed milk.

When the chocolate mixture is completely smooth, pour it over the hot crust and spread to evenly distribute.

Stir the chopped nuts into the reserved crumb mixture, then spoon this evenly over the chocolate filling.

Stir the raspberry jam and then drop it by teaspoons over the crumb layer.

Sprinkle the top with the remaining semi-sweet and dark chocolate chips.

Return the pan to the oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the center is set. Remove from the oven and let the bars cool in the pan.

Once cool, you can lift all the bars out of the pan using the parchment paper, set on a cutting board and cut into squares.

Serving suggestions

These bars are delicious on their own, but they can also be served with a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream. They are perfect for a dessert or a sweet snack.

Substitutions and Variations

• Instead of raspberry jam, you can use another flavor, such as blueberry, strawberry, or blackberry jam.
• If you'd like the chocolate to be sweeter, eliminate the dark chocolate chips and use all semisweet, or mix with milk chocolate chips.
• To make these bars gluten-free, you can use a gluten-free flour blend in place of the all-purpose flour.

Storage

These bars can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. They can also be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

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Chocolate Raspberry Bars

A rich mixture of dark and semi-sweet chocolate marries so well with the sweet and tart of raspberry jam. A shortbread-like layer is the perfect crumb crust.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Cook Time40 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 24

Calories: 272kcal

Author: Sula

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter room temperature
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• ½ cup firmly-packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips divided
• 1 cup dark bittersweet chocolate chips, divided
• 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
• ½ cup walnuts chopped
• ⅓ cup seedless raspberry jam

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter or grease a 13- by 9-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Beat in flour and brown sugar until well mixed. With floured fingers, press 1 ¾ cups crumb mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan; reserve remaining mixture. Bake approximately 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown; remove from oven and set aside.
  1 cup butter, 2 cups flour, ½ cup firmly-packed light brown sugar
• In a small saucepan over low heat, combine ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips, ½ cup bittersweet chocolate chips, and sweetened condensed milk. Melt over low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and spread over prepared hot crust.
  1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, 1 cup dark, 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
• Stir chopped nuts into reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over chocolate filling. Drop, by teaspoons, raspberry jam over the crumb mixture. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup semisweet and bittersweet chocolate chips.
  1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, ½ cup walnuts chopped, ⅓ cup seedless raspberry jam, 1 cup dark
• Return to oven and continue baking for 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set. Remove from oven and let cool in the pan on a wire cooling rack. Once cool, cut into bars.

Notes

You can use any nuts in place of the walnuts. Pecans or almonds would be nice.

Similarly, feel free to try this with other flavors of jam, like strawberry or blueberry. If it's a fruit or berry that pairs well with chocolate, it will probably taste great in these bars.

Nutrition

Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 86mg | Potassium: 138mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 285IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data.