Cherry Bing Bars

During the holiday season someone left me a treat in my church mailbox. I have no idea who it was, my only clue is that I left a comment on Emily's post about Bing Bars. Someone maybe saw it and decided to give me a treat. Whoever you are, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I decided to save the cherry chips for Valentine's LoVe week. Because and here is a very sad fact, cherry chips are hard to find in the Pacific Northwest. Good luck! You can buy them on Amazon but it's bulk. If you bought them bulk and made the bars over and over to use them up you would be fat. No joke. But the Bing Bars may very well be worth it.

These bars are a midwest treat. Yes, I was in college in 1982. Yes, I am old.

The original recipe from Iowa. I used butter instead of margarine because this is dairy country and I want to do my part.

The ingredients include many yummy treats so you know they are going to be good.

I used mini marshmallows and found the measurement conversion on google. Twelve large mallows equals 1 and 1/2 cups of minis. You must stir constantly while it boils for five minutes. It will burn easily and quickly. After you remove from the heat, add the cherry chips, stir and stir some more.

Since the recipe didn't specify semi sweet or milk for the chocolate chips I used half of each. Pretty much perfect combination.

You could buy the peanuts chopped but I have my old and trusty chopper from Grandma Dykstra.

While you make the chocolate peanut topping the cherry yumminess cools just enough so that it doesn't pull up as you add the chocolate layer. Nice.

Cherry Bing Bars are a Midwest treat but they taste like a Pacific Northwest treat, the Mountain Bar made by Brown and Haley in Tacoma. YUM!

I have been busy baking. Sometimes Valentines come in the form of care packages. Danny and Sam, check your mailboxes this week!

Luv- mum