Kentucky Derby Bars have a graham cracker crust and a gooey, sweet pecan, walnut, and chocolate chip filling. Wonderfully sweet and perfect for a Kentucky Derby party.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Southern
Keyword chocolate, pecans, walnuts
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Ingredients
3cupsgraham cracker crumbs,regular or chocolate
1/2cupsalted butter,melted
1/2cupgranulated sugar
1largeegg white, lightly beaten
Filling
1cuppacked light brown sugar
1/2cuplight corn syrup
1/2cupdark corn syrup
1/4cupsalted buttter,melted
3large eggs
1 1/2teaspoonsvanilla extract
1/4teaspoonsalt
1cupchopped walnuts
1cupchopped pecans
1(12-ounce) bagsemi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9x13-inch pan with aluminum foil. Spray it well with cooking spray with flour.
In a medium bowl, stir together the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, sugar and egg white.Press into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool.
In a large bowl, whisk together brown sugar, light corn syrup, and dark corn syrup.
Whisk in melted butter, eggs, vanilla and salt.
Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.Pour over crust.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool completely before slicing.