Best German Chocolate Bars Betty Crocker Recipes

GERMAN CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with heavy-duty foil, extending foil 2 to 3 inches over 2 opposite sides of pan. Spray foil with cooking spray.
• In food processor, place flour, powdered sugar, 3/4 cup butter and the cocoa. Cover; process with quick on-and-off pulses until consistency of coarse meal. Press in bottom and 3/4 inch up sides of pan.
• Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven; sprinkle chocolate chips over crust. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 30 minutes.
• In medium bowl, mix brown sugar, corn syrup, melted butter and the eggs with whisk until smooth. Stir in coconut and pecans. Spoon over crust. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden and set. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour. Refrigerate 1 hour. Use foil to lift out of pan onto cutting board. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Mix the 1st cake mix with 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter and 1/3 cup of evaporated milk.
• Press this into a 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 mins or until top is flaky. (It depends on your oven, my oven is weird so I always have to take a fork to the top and kind of pull a little back to see if it's still gooey in the middle).
• Melt entire bag of caramels with 1/3 cup evaporated milk until smooth.
• Pour over the first layer after it is finished baking.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of the Carmel. (you can use as many as you want to).
• Mix 2nd cake mix with other 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter and 1/3 cup evaporated milk.
• Because of the melted Carmel you won't be able to spread this over the top for the second layer so you have to make it into patties and lay them on top.
• Once the second layer is on top, Bake for another 18 mins or until the top is flaky.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350°F. Spray the bottoms and sides of three 8-inch or two 9-inch round cake pans with the cooking spray. Cut three 8-inch or two 9-inch rounds of cooking parchment paper. Line bottoms of pans with the paper.
• Coarsely chop the chocolate. In a 1-quart saucepan, heat the chocolate and water over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is completely melted; remove from heat and cool.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir the flour, baking soda and salt until mixed; set aside. In another medium bowl, beat 2 cups sugar and 1 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy; set aside.
• On medium speed, beat 1 egg yolk at a time into the sugar mixture until mixed. On low speed, beat in the melted chocolate and 1 teaspoon vanilla. On low speed, beat in 1/2 of the flour mixture just until smooth, then beat in 1/2 of the buttermilk just until smooth. Repeat beating in flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk just until smooth.
• Wash and dry mixer beaters. In a small bowl, beat the eggs whites on high speed until beaten eggs whites form stiff peaks when beaters are lifted. Add egg whites to the batter; to fold in, use a rubber spatula to cut down vertically through the batter, then slide the spatula across the bottom of the bowl and up the side, turning batter over. Rotate the bowl 1/4 turn, and repeat this down-across-up motion. Continue folding until batter and egg whites are blended.
• Pour batter into pans; use a rubber spatula to scrape batter from bowl, spread batter evenly in pans and smooth top of batter. (If batter is not divided evenly, spoon batter from one pan to another.) Refrigerate batter in third pan if not all pans will fit in oven at one time; bake third pan separately.
• Bake 8-inch pans 35 to 40 minutes, 9-inch pans 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes. To remove cake from pan, invert onto cooling rack, then invert right side up on second cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In a 2-quart saucepan, stir the 3 egg yolks, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, the evaporated milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla until well mixed. Cook over medium heat about 12 minutes, stirring frequently, until thick and bubbly. Stir in the coconut and pecans. Cool about 30 minutes, beating occasionally with a spoon, until mixture is spreadable.
• Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on a cake plate; using a metal spatula, spread 1/3 of the filling over the layer. Add second layer, rounded side down; spread with 1/3 of the filling. Add third layer, rounded side up; spread with remaining filling, leaving side of cake unfrosted. Store cake covered in the refrigerator.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 13 x 9 inch pan.
• Melt caramels with 1/3 cup condensed milk.
• In a separate bowl, combine cake mix with melted butter and 1/2 cup of condensed milk. Stir well.
• Spread 1/2 of the cake mix mixture in pan and bake for 6 to 8 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cover with caramel, chips and nuts. Put remaining cake mix on top. Bake for another 10 minutes.

RICH GERMAN CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In 3-quart saucepan, melt 2 cups chocolate chips and the butter over low heat, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in flour, sugar, vanilla, baking powder, salt and eggs. Spread batter in ungreased 13x9-inch pan.
• Bake 27 to 34 minutes or until center is set. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, mix frosting, 1 cup chocolate chips and the walnuts. Spread frosting mixture over brownies. For brownies, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir together butter and egg. Stir in cookie mix, cocoa and water until soft dough forms.
• Onto ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Generously frost cookies with coconut pecan frosting.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Place pie crust in 9-inch glass pie plate as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie. In 1-quart saucepan, heat chocolate and butter over medium-low heat until melted and mixture can be stirred smooth. Remove from heat; gradually stir in milk.
• In medium bowl, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. In small bowl, mix egg yolks, vanilla and almond extract. Gradually add chocolate mixture to egg mixture, stirring with wire whisk. Add chocolate-egg yolk mixture to cornstarch mixture, stirring with whisk. Pour filling into crust-lined plate.
• In small bowl, mix coconut and pecans; sprinkle over filling.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until puffed and almost set. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 4 hours.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE BARS (BETTY CROCKER) RECIPE - (3.8/5)

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Lightly grease or spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan. 2. In medium bowl, cut butter into cake mix, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture looks like fine crumbs. Press half of the mixture (2 1/2 cups) in bottom of pan. 3. Bake 10 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over baked layer. Drop frosting by tablespoonfuls over chocolate chips. Stir milk into remaining cake mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto frosting layer. 4. Bake 24 to 28 minutes or until cake portion is slightly dry to touch; cool completely. Refrigerate until firm. For 48 bars, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows. Store loosely covered. High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake 28 to 32 minutes.