Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars

These bars/bites are a modification of our family chocolate pecan pie recipe. The small bites can be used in Christmas cookie gift boxes and are typically the first item gone at Christmas parties.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 194 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ cups chopped pecans
• 3 tablespoons margarine
• ⅓ teaspoon salt
• ⅔ cup margarine
• 1 (11 ounce) package chocolate chips
• 1 ½ cups light corn syrup (such as Karo®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 10x15-inch jelly roll pan.

Step 3

Stir flour, white sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Cut in 2/3 cup margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.

Step 4

While the crust is baking, prepare the filling by mixing corn syrup, brown sugar, eggs, margarine, vanilla extract, and salt together in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in pecans.

Step 5

Remove the crust from the oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Spread filling evenly over the chocolate chip covered crust.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until set, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into squares.