It is way beyond me that something this easy is so good! And for the life of me I should not keep any of these ingredients on hand. I honestly could eat the entire pan by myself and almost did last night but GI Joe saved the day and he ate the other half!
Yesterday was one of those days that you just want to stay curled up in a blanket by the fire. It was quite cold and rainy. I just wanted to stay home, but I had shopping to do. My niece, that is in pharmacy school, is getting married in June and next Saturday she is having her first wedding shower in Savannah. We picked up her gift and wouldn’t you know it they had Lenox Butler’s Pantry on sale. I have wanted it since the first day I set my eyes on it. Yes, I bought a eight place settings and three serving pieces. Now if you know someone who wants Vintage Vine in beige, please let me know. I really need to unload it! GI Joe said,”Well, Happy Anniversary, Valentine’s Day and Birthday!” It is so worth it though.
Since having a light dinner last night, I really wanted to go to downtown Villa Rica to Gabe’s. Their Bread Pudding is the best. Not wanting to venture out in the rain and cold, I stood in front of the pantry with the door open and all I saw was sweetened condensed milk and semisweet chocolate pieces. I told myself not to make those bad Chocolate Magic Bars, but myself did not listen.
At 9:30 they were in the oven. While they were baking GI Joe and I played PW’s Smarty Pants Word Game. What nerds!! Out of the oven in 25 minutes and the fight for the pan began.
This recipe is great for beginner cooks It is easy, quick and good to the last crumb. Open the pantry now I’ll bet you have all of the ingredients. In fifteen minutes you can have these in the oven. Eat them while their hot right out of the pan. The chocolate will be hot and gooey, the toasted pecans crunchy. the coconut sweet and the cracker crust buttery!
Check out the photos on a previous post Fruitcake Bars. It is the same recipe. Just replace the fruit with chocolate. Easy as magic.
Chocolate Magic Bars
- 1 stick of butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate morsels
- 1 1/3 cups (3 1/2 oz) flaked coconut
- 1 15 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
Pour melted butter or margarine onto the bottom of a 13 x 9 inch pan. Sprinkle crumbs evenly over melted butter or margarine. Sprinkle chopped nuts evenly over crumbs. Scatter chocolate morsels over nuts. Sprinkle coconut evenly over chocolate morsels. Pour sweetened condensed melt evenly over coconut. Bake in a moderate oven 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until lightly browned on top. If you are using a dark or a glass pan lower the temperature by 25 degrees. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Cut into bars.
Enjoy,
The Teacher Cooks
13 Comments
January 31, 2010 at 8:30 pm
YUMMMMMMMMMM
January 31, 2010 at 11:12 pm
my mother in law makes these – theyre incredible. she calls them hello dollies.
February 1, 2010 at 9:52 am
GI Joe sounds like my husband. When we bought my professional Kitchen Aid Mixer, he said Happy Anniversary, Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas! Too funny! I have always wanted to make the magic bars from the recipe on the back of the can but never have. I know I would love it but my butt would not! Maybe I should make them for the kids, I can try to stay away from the pan but it probably will not happen.
February 1, 2010 at 10:42 am
Always one of my favorites, reminds of the holidays too.
February 1, 2010 at 10:56 am
I’ve made these for years and they are so good!!!! My son’s favorite.
February 1, 2010 at 4:08 pm
my class made these, except we called them 7 layer bars and added butterscotch chips to the rest of the ingredients.
Even students who swore they didn’t like coconut or butterscotch had 2nds and 3rds!
February 1, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Great old school recipe, yum!
February 2, 2010 at 12:39 pm
These look great! I used to make something similar with peanut butter chips rather than coconut – I love how something this easy can be so delicious!
February 2, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Oh yeah! Hello Dollies. Can anything be more delicious? (wish I had those ingredients in MY house right now!)
Fruit would be good too, but not as good as chocolate.
February 3, 2010 at 5:02 am
yes, i also (intimately) know these beauties as hello dollies, and they are AMAZING. i certainly can’t be left alone in a room with an entire pan of them, for it’ll vanish in no time.
February 3, 2010 at 10:50 am
So I usually don’t like nuts or coconut but…..wow these bars are good!
February 5, 2010 at 9:36 am
that looks good!!!!!
February 23, 2010 at 11:21 am
I’m not a fan of chocolate at all, but these Chocolate Magic Bars look delicious they catch your eye off first glance. I’d love to sample one of the bars myself. Outstanding job to the cook