BEST Magic Cookie Bars (7 Layer Bars)
Magic Cookie Bars are layered with a buttery graham cracker crust, chocolate chips, butterscotch or peanut butter chips, coconut, nuts, and drizzled with sweetened condensed milk to achieve the ultimate gooey consistency. Finish with coarse salt for the most heavenly 7 layer bars!
Servings: 15 medium bars
Equipment
- 9x13" pan
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups graham cracker crumbs
- 10 tablespoons salted butter melted (1 stick + 2 tablespoons)
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips or semisweet or milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips or peanut butter chips
- 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
- ¾ cup chopped pecans or chopped walnuts
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- Coarse salt to finish (optional)
Instructions
- Grease a 9×13" pan. Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Combine melted butter and graham cracker crumbs in a bowl.
- Use your hands or the back of a spoon to press mixture into the bottom of the pan, creating an even, packed crumb layer.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips in the pan on top of the crumb layer in an even layer. Then add butterscotch chips, then coconut flakes, and then nuts in even layers.
- Drizzle condensed milk in rows on top of bars as evenly as possible.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, until bars are set and the edges are golden brown.
- Sprinkle with coarse salt if desired. Cool completely before cutting.
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Notes
- See the above post under “Variations” for different layer ideas!
- If you can’t find graham cracker crumbs in the grocery store, buy regular graham crackers and crush them up into a fine crumb in a plastic bag with the bottom of a water glass.
- Don’t have salted butter? Use unsalted plus a pinch of salt.
- Leave out the coconut if you aren’t a coconut fan!
- Serve warm or room temp!
Nutrition
Serving: 1bar | Calories: 361kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 219mg | Potassium: 195mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 318IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 99mg | Iron: 1mg