Magic Cookie Bars Recipe (Hi there Dolly Bars)

These magical layered cookie bars with a graham cracker crust have so many names! I grew up calling them Hi there Dolly Bars, however have additionally heard them known as Magic Cookie Bars, and even 7 Layer Bars. Irrespective of their identify, you want know that they include layers of nuts, coconut, and chocolate on a graham cracker crust with sweetened condensed milk poured on prime. That is textural heaven!

I nearly wish to name these no bake bars, as a result of they’re such little effort, however you do should bake them. It simply feels such as you spend far more time baking them than throwing them collectively, as a result of they’re so easy.

These Hi there Dolly Bars are textural heaven: on prime of a graham cracker crust (not not like my buttery crusts in my pumpkin cheesecake bars), we scatter all of our favourite issues. A sprinkle of chocolate chips, coconut and pecans, after all! Earlier than baking, we drizzle sweetened condensed milk on prime. Sure, the most effective factor to drizzle into your espresso is the binding agent for these crunchy, gooey cookie bars!

Why are they known as hey dollies?

This can be a tremendous quaint recipe from the Nineteen Sixties, and at the moment, a musical entitled Hi there Dolly was extremely popular. They’re additionally known as dream bars, magic bars, coconut bars, or 7 layer bars.

Magic Bar Recipe Components

• Graham Crackers. We’d like ½ cup of graham cracker crumbs, which is roughly 4 complete graham cracker sheets, crushed.
• Butter. A small quantity of butter to soften and bind the graham cracker crumbs collectively for the crust.
• Granulated Sugar. To lighten sweeten the crust, stir in granulated sugar. That is the one sugar we’re including to this dessert.
• Pecans. One-third cup of chopped pecans, or your favourite nut. I prefer to make these with sliced almonds, too!
• Chocolate Chips. Any kind of chocolate chips work nice here–dark chocolate, semisweet, white chocolate, even butterscotch chips!
• Coconut. I bake with sweetened coconut flakes quite than the dried unsweetened stuff.
• Sweetened Condensed Milk. You need to use the sweetened condensed milk from the can or the squeeze bottle. Use any leftovers in your morning espresso.

Easy methods to make this Magic Cookie Bar Recipe

Preheat the oven to 350° and flippantly grease or line with a chunk of parchment paper an 8-inch sq. pan.

Magic Bars Recipe Variations

• Nuts – You need to use your favourite kind of nuts on this recipe. I’ve made them with sliced almonds and even macadamia nuts! Something that brings crunch and nuttiness is nice right here!
• Chocolate – Your favourite candy chips are all that we want right here. You need to use common semisweet chocolate chips, darkish chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and even butterscotch chips! Something that melts within the oven works!
• Gluten-Free – You need to use gluten free graham crackers on this recipe to make these magic bars totally gluten free.

Easy methods to Retailer this Hi there Dollies Recipe

These gooey magic cookie bars hold finest at room temperature in an hermetic container. You may retailer them within the fridge for a couple of additional days, however they’re finest eaten at room temperature, or else they’re too onerous to chew by way of! Chances are you’ll freeze these (tightly wrapped) for as much as 3 months. Defrost at room temperature about 6-8 hours earlier than serving.