These cherry bing bars are the perfect fruity flavors and chocolate combination.
I had never really tried making these myself, until I read the recipe and decided these Cherry Bing Bars actually looked pretty easy.
Sure enough, they were so easy, and so delicious. They have just the right amount of cherry and chocolate. This has now become a family tradition at our house.
It’s just not Christmas without these Cherry Bing Bars!
The story behind these Cherry Bing Bars
In honor of our cookbook, 12 Days of Christmas with Six Sisters’ Stuff, we hosted a recipe contest to find YOUR favorite holiday recipes.
After a lot of baking, cooking and sampling we have chosen 12 of our reader’s favorite recipes. Thanks to everyone who participated.
Today we are featuring Cherry Bing Bars submitted by Robin Plante.
This is one of Robin’s favorite Christmas goodies. She found it crazy that you could never find cherry chips other than the holidays.
Robin and her sister would get so excited when they would see them in the cupboard. That meant mom was going to be making Cherry Bing Bars soon.
They didn’t last long at her house. This is a delicious dessert, all the way from South Dakota. These are so easy to make and our family loved them too.
What could I use in place of the peanut butter and peanuts?
I am a huge peanut butter fan. I am the person that goes at it with a spoon.
However, I have recently found a love for almond butter. It is so delicious, and has the best texture – thick and creamy, with an amazing almond flavor.
If you don’t like peanuts, you could also switch out the peanuts for almonds as well.
I’ve also tried making this with cashew butter and almond butter and it was also very yummy. You could also replace the peanuts with cashews, and it will still be a holiday hit. Everyone will love it.
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How to make Cherry Bing Bars:
Just a few simple ingredients come together to make these amazing Cherry Bing Bars.
If you have a hard time finding the Cherry Chips, you can always find them on HERE.
- Start by combining the sugar, evaporated milk, marshmallows, and margarine in a pan. Cook over medium heat and bring to a boil stirring constantly. Leave it at a full rolling boil for 5 minutes and stir the entire time.
- Remove from heat and add cherry chips and vanilla.
- Pour into a 9 x 13 inch pan that has been lightly sprayed with non stick cooking spray. Let cool and set up. You can stick it in the fridge to speed up the process.
- Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Add in the peanut butter and chopped peanuts. Stir together well.
- Spread the chocolate layer over the set up cherry layer very carefully. Chill in the fridge until set.
- When they are set up, slice and serve.
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Cherry Bing Bars Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- ⅔ cup evaporated milk
- 12 large marshmallows
- ½ cup margarine
- 10 ounces cherry chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 11.5 ounces milk chocolate chips
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup salted peanuts chopped
Instructions
- Combine sugar, milk, marshmallows and margarine in a saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat and bring to a boil stirring constantly.
- Boil for 5 minutes at a rolling boil and stir the entire time.
- Remove from heat and add cherry chips and vanilla.
- Pour into a 9 x 13 inch lightly greased pan and let cool and set up. (Speed up the process by placing in the fridge.)
- Melt chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and add peanut butter and chopped peanuts.
- Mix together well and spread over the cherry mixture and chill in fridge until set.
Notes
Nutrition
Equipment
- sauce pan
- 9×13" Baking Pan
- Mixing Bowl
Recipe Details
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OH MY!!! These look absolutely heavenly!!!! What inspired you to make these? Post it in your Besty List http://www.thebesty.com/sixsistersstuff
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These sound really yummy, kinda reminds me of a Cherry Mash candy!! Can't wait to try!!!
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These look good! I guess you could use butter instead of margarine? I am off to find cherry chips. Any idea where to look? Thanks for the recipe. Pinned :)
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Same question here where can I get cherry chips? Also how many pieces does this make?
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They usually have either an 'end cap' by the other baking chips or they will be right in with the normal baking chips. At least that is where they have always been for me when I make them every year! :-)
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Thanks - -- I can't wait to get a copy of your cookbook!!!
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Can you use other chips (like not cherry) for this recipe too? I don't like cherry flavors but I'm curious if some other sort of berry chip (I'm not sure what kind because I don't know what kinds are available, never even knew there were cherry chips before today!) would work! What do you think? :)
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I couldn't find the cherry chips anywhere local so I'm trying vanilla chips using cherry candy and baking flavoring I found @ Michaels along with red food coloring. Fingers crossed!
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im getting ready to make these, but was wondering what size marshmallows you mean. The small ones or the ones you would roast over a fire?
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These Cherry Bing Bars looks really yummy, but unfortunately we have a peanut allergy in our household. Has anyone tried these without the peanuts & peanut butter? If so, did you substitute something else instead or just leave them out? Thanks!
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If you love these bars, you need to make a trip to Sioux City, Iowa, to Palmer Candy Company! These bars taste almost as good as Bing candy bars made only by Palmer Candy Co.
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I've been making these at Christmas time for over 30 years. I send them to my 5 brothers every year, but finding the cherry chips is a challenge for me. At times my sisters have found them where they live and mailed them to me. Once, when even they couldn't locate any, and my youngest brother heard he would be without his favorite Christmas treat, he ordered a case online and split them between his 3 sisters!
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To save time, I have found that substituting crunchy peanut butter for the creamy works wonderfully! (Then I omit the chopped peanuts)
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Six sisters, can the tuff that has to boil form5 min. Be done in the microwave? Thanks
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It actually is cherry mash, I make them alot.
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Wal-Mart is where I found..
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I used butter. Perfect.
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Had never heard of cherry chips before, this was linked at the bottom of a recent post so in taking a look was pleased to discover these, how interesting, thank you for sharing this!
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I would like to use the marchino cherry juice in the recipe called Bing Bars. Would you be able to tell me IF and how much juice would replace the cherry chips?
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Our cherry portion didn't set up. What did we do wrong? Anyone else have this problem?
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I would guess it is because you didn't boil it long enough, have to get to candy temp to set. Like when you make fudge.
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I have made these for the holidays for many years. The last few years, it has been difficult to impossible to remove both layers from the pan at the same time. The layers separate. Any suggestions on what I need to do? Thanks!
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Our chocolate layer turned out much too thin, not near enough mixture to cover the cherry layer ?
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I couldn’t find cherry chips at Walmart this year. On Amazon they want $15/bag, which is insane. If you live in the Midwest, I finally found some at HyVee on an end cap. Didn’t look at Fareway, but that was the next place on my list.
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Frustrated. I followed the recipe exactly, boiled the mixture the precise amount of time, coated my aluminum foil plenty and it was a disaster. The bottom never set up, it separated from the chocolate, and it all stuck to the foil. When I scooped it off the foil, though, it tasted delicious as I was throwing it away. Open to any suggestions!
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Could you use marshmellow creme in place of marshmellows?
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What makes my Cherry layer and chocolate layer separate? I let the cherry layer cool before I poured the chocolate on and they both set up beautifully, but as soon as I cut them, they fell apart? This has happened the last couple of years. I didn't have this trouble other years and I followed your recipe completely.
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I haven't tried to make these yet, but I remember my ex's step mom used to make them and she said if the humidity is high do not make them or they won't set up just like divinity.....hope this helps!
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Good idea
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Have a question..when I go to cut into my bars after they've been in the fridge the chocolate and cherry layer separate why is this?
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Fareway has cherry chips
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Have you ever tried putting chopped maraschino cherries in the bottom layer?
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Can you freeze these so you can make them ahead of time.
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I am so excited to find this recipe! My mother in law made these for years, but since her passing none of her family have been able to successfully make cherry mash...until now! Thank you!
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What can be substituted for peanut butter? I love your recipes and you tube channel
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I actually have a recipe for using cherries instead of the chips. I'm trying to find it back at the moment
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Any reason you couldn't use semi-sweet instead of milk chocolate chips?
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Yes, you are right. The second time I made these, the 2 layers separated. Any idea why? The mash was yummy, but wonder if it’s sort of sticky consistency is the problem?? Even though it seems fine. I just don’t know if I did something wrong and cooking the mash maybe that’s why the layers are separating.?? Sounds like you have a lot of experience with this.
