Crock Pot Cherry Cola Chocolate Dessert

Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup cola
• 1/2 cup dried cherries
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chocolate milk
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups cola
• 1/3 cup sugar, granulated
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1/4 cup dark rum
• vanilla ice cream
• maraschino cherry

Recipe

• 1 in a small saucepan, bring cola and dried cherries to a boil.
• 2 remove from heat; let stand for 30 minutes.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, chopped chocolate, baking powder, and salt.
• 4 melt butter in microwave, add the chocolate milk and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
• 5 fold in cherry mixture.
• 6 line a three quart slow cooker with liner or coat with cooking spray.
• 7 pour mixture into slow cooker.
• 8 for topping, in a small saucepan, combine the cola, sugar, and brown sugar.
• 9 cook and stir until sugar is dissolved.
• 10 remove from the heat; stir in chocolate and rum until smooth.
• 11 pour over cherry mixture; do not stir. this was very liquidy (sorry about the new word) but it works out.
• 12 put a sheet of paper toweling between the slow cooker and lid to absorb the condensation. i changed mine once during the 2 hours.
• 13 cover and cook on high for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until set. mine was set in 2 hours but i have an old crock pot.
• 14 turn off the heat; let stand for 30 minutes.
• 15 serve warm with ice cream and maraschino cherries.