Kentucky Derby Bars have a graham cracker crust and a gooey, sweet pecan, walnut, and chocolate chip filling. Wonderfully sweet and perfect for a Kentucky Derby party.

Graham Cracker Crust

A graham cracker crust tastes great with practically any type of filling. You can use either regular graham crackers or chocolate for extra chocolate flavor. Regular graham cracker crumbs can be purchased in a box or you can make them by processing graham crackers in a food processor until finely ground. If you don’t have a food processor, place them in a ziptop bag and crush them with a rolling pin or heavy pan.

Gooey Sweet Filling

The gooey filling is full of walnuts, pecans, and chocolate chips. Brown sugar, plus light and dark corn syrup make it wonderfully sweet. Three eggs help the filling set up.
Wait for the bars to cool completely before slicing. These bars taste great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of fresh whipped cream.

Substitutions

Instead of using 1 cup walnuts and 1 cup pecans, you can use all walnuts or all pecans.

I like the flavor of a combination of light corn syrup and dark corn syrup, but you can use all one or the other.

Dark brown sugar can be used instead of light brown sugar.

Storage

Bars can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for 5 days.

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