Chocolate Candy Bar Muffins

==Info==
Cook Time: 
Serves: 36
==Ingredients==
* 2 cups (4 sticks) butter
* 1 (8-ounce) bar plain chocolate candy
* 3 ½ cups sugar
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 8 eggs
* 2 teaspoons vanilla
* 4 cups coarsely chopped pecans
==Directions==
# Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 
# Line muffin pans (2 ½ x 1 ¼ - inch) with paper muffin cups. 
# Place butter and candy bar in top of double boiler; melt over simmering water. 
# In large bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, and salt. Stir in chocolate mixture. Add eggs and vanilla; mix just until ingredients are evenly moistened. Fold in pecans. 
# Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in muffin pans 10 minutes. 
==Source==
*Dessert Recipes by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, public domain government resource—original source of recipe
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