Coconut Magic Seven Layer Bars
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This scrumptious dessert goes by many names like magic seven layer bars, chocolate magic bars, Hello Dolly bars and 7-layer bars. The one things they all have in common: any easy way to make a dessert that everyone will love.
Two things happen during the holidays: I spend a ton more time in the kitchen and I also make multiple batches of these magic seven layer bars. Of all the desserts I make during the holidays, these Hello Dolly bars are the number one requested dessert.
Why You’ll Love This 7-Layer Bar Recipe:
- It is so easy to make! They call these magic bars because of how simple they are to make.
- Tons of flavor! All the different layers of these bars work together to create a decadent dessert that is full of flavor.
- An easy make ahead recipe! You can easily make these 1-2 days ahead of time. Just keep them covered until you are ready to eat them.
- Pantry magic! Almost every ingredient in this recipe is a pantry item that you can keep on hand to make these any dessert bars any time you are craving them.
Magic Seven Layer Bar Ingredients
- Chocolate Sandwich Cookies: These cookies will be used to form the crust of the dessert. You’ll need about 30 cookies in total.
- Salted Butter: This is the second part of the crust. It melds with the cookies to form a chocolatey crust that is so delicious. The salt gives the perfect hint of complexity to the crust and helps balance the sweetness.
- Sweetened Condensed Milk: This is one of the best parts of these 7-layer dessert bars. Here is a great recipe to make your own but I typically just buy a can from the store.
- Butterscotch chips
- Toffee chips: A perfect way to add a little salty sweetness to the magic bars.
- Shredded Coconut: You can choose unsweetened if you’d like a little sweetness but the sweetened version works best in the recipe.
- Chocolate Chips: I usually prefer dark chocolate chips but my family likes this with semi-sweet chips so choose your favorite.
- Chopped Walnuts: These add the perfect crunch to the dessert bars.
Essential Items for This Recipe
- 9×9 Baking pan
- Food processor
- Parchment paper
How to Make the Best Magic Bars Recipe
This recipe is all about building layers. You’ll start by crushing the cookies and mixing the crumbs with melted butter to form the crust. Once that is pressed into your baking pan and refrigerated briefly, you’ll add in the other layers before baking.
7-Layer Bar Variations
You can make lots of different variations of these 7-layer bars by making small changes to the base recipe such as:
- Replace the chocolate cookies with graham cracker crumbs to form the base.
- Add vanilla extract into the condensed milk for an extra complexity.
- Sprinkle the coconut layer with smoked flaky sea salt.
- Replace the chopped walnuts with chopped pecans or hazelnuts.
These Coconut Chocolate Magic Bars are perfect for any holiday baking you do this year! From treats to give as gifts or just to keep around the house to feed your sweet tooth, these magic cookie bars are fantastic and so easy to make.
More Dessert Bar Recipes:
If you loved these Coconut Chocolate Magic Seven Layer Bars, you’ll love these other great dessert bar recipes:
Coconut Chocolate Magic Seven Layer Bars
Ingredients
- 30 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- 1/2 cup Salted Butter melted
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
- 1/2 cup toffee chips
- 1 cup Sweetened Shredded Coconut
- 1 cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Line a 9×9 baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Divide cookies in half and place in food processor. Pulse until fine crumbs form. Repeat with second half. (You should have approximately 3 cups of cookie crumbs.)30 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- Combine cookie crumbs with melted butter. Stir to combine. Press into bottom of prepared baking pan and refrigerate for 15 minutes.1/2 cup Salted Butter
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Remove crust from refrigerator. Spread sweetened condensed milk over top of prepared crust. Top with butterscotch chips and toffee chips. Sprinkle coconut flakes over top. Top chocolate chips and walnuts.14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk, 1/2 cup butterscotch chips, 1/2 cup toffee chips, 1 cup Sweetened Shredded Coconut, 1 cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes or until sides are lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting. Store in refrigerator.
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