Dark Chocolate Crumb Bars

These bars are perfect for chocolate fans! Make your own sweets for your loved ones with the best dark chocolate.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp cardamon
• ⅛ black pepper
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1 14 oz can condensed milk
• 2 cups Hacienda San Jose 70% dark chocolate, chopped

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease or cover a square baking pan with parchment paper, set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, ginger, cardamon and black pepper.
3. Add the butter and mix well until mixture has a sandy texture
4. Press half of the dough onto prepared pan. Safe the other half for later
5. Bake for 12 minutes. Set aside
6. In a small pot, combine condensed milk and chocolate until smooth. Add vanilla extract.
7. Pour chocolate mixture over pre-baked dough. Layer reserved dough on top of chocolate. This should be crumbly.
8. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool.
9. Cut into small squares and serve!