Fudgy Black Forest Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup salted butter
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 0.5 cups unsweetened triple chocolate baking cocoa
• 1 large dark chocolate bar , about 1 cup chunks
• 1 can cherry pie filling , 21 ounce
• 1 tablespoon confectioners sugar

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch pan.

2. 2

   Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in vanilla. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating in each egg completely before adding the next.

3. 3

   Stir in flour and cocoa powder until fully combined. Stir in chocolate chunks.

4. 4

   Spread mixture into prepared pan, then pour pie filling over the top, smoothing it out.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, then check for doneness. A toothpick inserted near the center should come out with just a few moist crumbs. Bake up to 10 minutes more, if needed.

6. 6

   Cool completely; sprinkle with confectioner's sugar. Cut into bars.