Chocolate Candy Bar Muffins

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Cook Time:

Serves: 36

Ingredients

 * 2 cups (4 sticks) butter
 * 1 (8-ounce) bar plain chocolate candy
 * 3 ½ cups sugar
 * 2 cups all-purpose flour
 * 1/8 teaspoon salt
 * 8 eggs
 * 2 teaspoons vanilla
 * 4 cups coarsely chopped pecans

Directions

 * 1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
 * 2) Line muffin pans (2 ½ x 1 ¼ - inch) with paper muffin cups.
 * 3) Place butter and candy bar in top of double boiler; melt over simmering water.
 * 4) In large bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, and salt. Stir in chocolate mixture. Add eggs and vanilla; mix just until ingredients are evenly moistened. Fold in pecans.
 * 5) Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in muffin pans 10 minutes.

Source

 * Dessert Recipes by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, public domain government resource—original source of recipe