Pink Ladies

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons maraschino cherry juice
• 1 (1 ounce) square semisweet chocolate, chopped

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 55 mins


• preheat the oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease an 8 inch square baking pan. in a medium bowl, stir together flour, white sugar, and cocoa powder. cut in butter until the texture is mealy. pat into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven. in a saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips. cook, stirring frequently until chips are melted and the mixture is smooth. pour over the baked crust.
• return to the oven, and bake for 15 minutes. remove, and cool in the pan over a wire rack.
• in a medium bowl, mix together the confectioners' sugar, butter, and cherry juice. spread over the cooled filling in the pan. melt semisweet chocolate in a small glass dish in the microwave, or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth. place in a plastic bag or piping bag, cut the tip to 1/8 inch, and drizzle the chocolate over the bars in a back and forth motion to make stripes. cool completely before cutting into squares.