Dessert for 24
Chocolate Cherry Bars
$2.49for 430 minServes 24
Chocolate cake mix and cherry filling bake into soft bars topped with a quick chocolate glaze.
What it costs
Pick your city to see which ingredients are on sale
| Ingredient | Amount | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cake, pancake and baking mixes$0.18/oz typical | 18 oz | $3.28Typical price |
 | Cherries$4.99/lb typical | 1.3 lb | $6.55Typical price |
 | Eggs$0.30 each typical | 3 | $0.90Typical price |
 | Milk$0.04/oz typical | 2.75 oz | $0.11Typical price |
| Butter$0.40/oz typical | 2.5 oz | $1.00Typical price |
 | Chocolate chips and baking chocolate$0.45/oz typical | 6 oz | $2.70Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $14.94 | ||
Pantry staples you likely have
Cornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaSugar and brown sugar
Not included in the cost.
Swaps
- Swap Milk for Almond, soy or oat milkabout $0.01/oz more at typical prices
- Swap Butter for Margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
- 30 minstart to table
- Easydifficulty
- 24servings as written
- $typical cost tier
AmericanVegetarianBudgetDesserts
Typical price
$0.62 per serving$2.49 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Ingredients
- 1 package (18 1/4 oz) devil's food cake mix
- 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup milk
- 5 tbsp butter
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F.
- Stir the cake mix, cherry pie filling, three eggs, and 1 teaspoon almond extract in a large bowl.
- Spread the batter in a 9-by-13-inch baking pan and bake for 22 to 25 minutes, until the center is set.
- Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Stir in the sugar and milk, then bring the mixture to a gentle simmer for 1 minute.
- Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the chocolate chips and remaining almond extract, and spread the glaze over the warm bars.
Main ingredient on sale this week? See what to make with eggs on sale.
Find this week's cheapest dinners
Pick your store and we build five dinners from this week's ad, with cost per serving and a shopping list by aisle.
Find this week's cheapest dinners
