Magic Cookie Bars
This magic cookie bars recipe is popular around the holidays but crave-worthy the rest of the year too! They're a decadent layered bar made with a soft and buttery graham cracker crust topped with sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, nuts, and shredded coconut for the ultimate easiest dessert!
Servings 24 bars
Calories 249kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
- ½ cup butter salted melted (1 stick)
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk 1 can
- 2 cups dark chocolate chips divided
- 1 ½ cups pecans chopped
- 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F and line a 9x13” pan with parchment paper or foil. (If using foil, spray it lightly with non-stick cooking spray).
- In a medium bowl, add the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter and mix until all the cracker crumbs are moistened.1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs, ½ cup butter
- Then add the crumb mixture to the pan and press it firmly into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Bake the crust for 8 minutes.
- Remove the crust from the oven and pour the sweetened condensed milk evenly over top the crust.14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- Sprinkle 1 ½ cups of the chocolate chips over the condensed milk layer.2 cups dark chocolate chips
- Then sprinkle over the chopped pecans and coconut evenly over top of the condensed milk.1 ½ cups pecans, 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
- Lastly, sprinkle the remaining ½ cup chocolate chips evenly over top of .
- Place the pan back in the oven and bake for an additional 30 to 35 minutes until the edges are golden brown and the middle has set.
- Remove from the oven and allow the bars to cool completely. Lift the entire batch out by the foil (or parchment paper) and slice them into any desired size
Notes
Store any leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days.
Use any favorite chopped nuts like sliced almonds, chopped walnuts, cashews or peanuts.
Use milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips or even white chocolate chips or peanut butter chips.
This recipe will not work with evaporated milk.
Make them classic seven layer bars by adding butterscotch chips.
Nutrition
Serving: 1bar | Calories: 249kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 112mg | Potassium: 205mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 167IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 102mg | Iron: 1mg
