My birthday is coming up on December 13th (we won’t discuss my age…) and all I want are these absolutely incredible coconut magic bars.
My mom has agreed to make them for me and I am so excited. This is my all-time favorite dessert recipe. No, seriously!
Coconut Magic Bars Recipe
These coconut magic bars (sometimes called magic cookie bars or even just magic bars) are so easy to make that it’s almost funny.
It doesn’t seem like something so TASTY could result from layering a few ingredients in a baking dish. Y’all, these coconut magic bars are like HEAVEN.
For a different twist, try these decadent mint chocolate magic bars.
I don’t typically go for dessert recipes that are quite this decadent, but I am just such a huge fan of the flavor combination. I am in love with coconut, chocolate, and pecans.
I could literally eat a whole pan of these bars!
Even though these aren’t exactly a festive holiday dessert, I also love making them for our Christmas celebrations. My whole family looks forward to these scrumptious coconut magic cookie bars. If you’re looking for more easy desserts, don’t miss my yummy and simple cherry dump cake recipe.
Seven Layer Bars
So, quite a few of you have left comments on Facebook telling me that you are familiar with this recipe, but you call them seven layer bars.
Leave me a comment below and tell me what your family calls this tasty treat!
Do you have a favorite dessert that you love having on your birthday? These coconut magic bars are out of this world and they may just become your new favorite dessert! :) Check out our fun tutorial video below to see just how easy these chewy bars are to make!
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Coconut Magic Bars
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup light brown sugar packed
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs approximately 15 to 16 full sheets
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- ¾ cup pecans coarsely chopped
- 1 ⅔ cups sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Crush graham the crackers. Stir the brown sugar into the graham crackers; set aside.
- Put the ½ cup butter into an 8 x 8 baking pan; heat in the oven until butter is completely melted.
- Remove from the oven and evenly spread the graham cracker and brown sugar mixture over the melted butter.
- In layers, alternate the chocolate chips, coconut and the pecans. Evenly pour the sweetened condensed milk over the top. Bake for 30 minutes or until the coconut is lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting.
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Looking forward to making this for Christmas- can the bars be frozen? I’m trying to get much of my Christmas baking done ahead of time
I looked all over for my recipe yesterday to take to our Thanksgivving meal. Today looking for something completely different (quit ideas) I stumble on it. Guess I’ll be taking it to our Christmas meal! Thanks so much!
Could I make these tonight and leave them covered on my counter until tomorrow?
Yes! I did. Then brought them to a party the following evening.
This is a very old recipe called “Hello Dollies”. I have no idea where the name originated but I’ve made this recipe for the holidays for about 30 years, I think. Love your emails!! Peggy
Hi Peggy, thanks so much for commenting! I hope to be making this recipe for 30 years someday also! :)
My daughter and I have been making cookie baskets for 36 years. We call these yummy ones, Junk Bars, because we use up all the leftover coconut, chocolate, butterscotch, white chips and of course nuts!!!
JUNK BARS! I love your name for them!! Thanks for commenting Randee! :)
I’m making it now, it’s in the oven as I speak ??
Not a comment. A question. If I double this could I do this in a 9 by 13 pan.
Blessings
Kathy Thomas
I don’t double them and I make them in a 13×9. The bar is definitely thinner but my family likes them better this way!
The toughest part of this recipe is waiting 30 minutes after taking them out of the oven to cut them and have the first one! Absolutely delicious!
Girl, I know! This is my all time favorite dessert!
These look amazing!! I love coconut and these look so decadent. We will definitely be making these soon. Thanks for sharing your delicious recipe with us at Merry Monday this week!
These look irresistibly good! Thanks for sharing!