Magic Cookie Bar Recipe

Fun, easy and delectable these Magic Cookie Bars will be a hit at your next party, potluck or family reunion. Filled with chocolate and peanut butter chips, coconut and walnuts these bars are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword hello dolly bars, how to make magic cookie bars, magic bars, magic cookies

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 293kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

½ cup unsalted butter melted
1 ½ cup graham cracker crumbs
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter flavored chips
1 ½ cups sweetened flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 can 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray or line the entire dish with parchment paper with an overhang for easy removal.
In a medium bowl combine melted butter and graham cracker crumbs. Press into bottom of prepared pan. Top with chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, coconut and walnuts in an even layer. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the top covering as much as you can.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool the bars completely before cutting.

Notes

Grease the casserole dish well. These bars are delicious but they are sticky.
Change it up and substitute butterscotch chips for the peanut butter chips. Or milk chocolate chips for the semi-sweet chocolate chips. Or go hog wild and use a mixture of all the chips and add some toffee bits.
If desired substitute pecans for the walnuts.
The bars need to fully cooled before slicing so they don't fall apart.
Save yourself a little money and crush your own graham crackers into fine crumbs in a food processor or with a bag and a rolling pin. One sleeve plus two full sheets make about 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs.
If you have a large crowd you might want to make two batches because they really do go fast. Consider yourself warned.
Store magic cookie bars in an airtight container at room temperature for about a week.
Freeze by placing the bars on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper in a single layer without touching. Place it on a level spot in the freezer until fully frozen. This process is known as flash freezing. Then transfer the frozen bars to a sturdy freezer container with parchment paper or wax paper between the layers. Freeze for up to 3 months.

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