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Ingredients
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1 package chocolate pudding mix
- 3/4 cup chopped maraschino cherries with 7 T. juice -- divided
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350. Line 13 x 9 baking pan with foil. Grease foil. Set aside.
Melt chocolate and butter. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Add granulated sugar; mix well. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour and pudding mix; mix well. Stir in 1/2 cup of the cherries and 1/3 cup of the reserved cherry juice; spread into a prepared pan.
Bake 30 to 35 until toothpick inserted comes out with fudgy crumbs. Do not overbake. Cool in pan on wire rack.
Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and remaining cherry juice until well blended. Drizzle over cooled dessert. Top with remaining cherries.