These Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars mix together graham crackers, chocolate, walnuts, coconut, and condensed milk for the perfect flavor.
Sometimes these seven layer bars are referred to as Hello Dolly Bars; The Hello Dolly name is a reference to the Broadway musical “Hello, Dolly!” which was a popular musical when these bars were created in the mid-1960s. The easy cookie bars are assembled in seven layers, and they are incredibly delicious.
Ingredient Notes
- Butter
- Graham Cracker Crumbs
- Walnuts
- Milk Chocolate Chips
- Butterscotch Chips
- White Chocolate Chips
- Shredded Coconut Flakes
- Sweetened Condensed Milk
How to make Seven Layer Magic Cookies Bars
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Pour melted butter into a 13×9-inch baking pan lined with parchment paper (I used a glass pan for this recipe).
- Spread graham cracker crumbs evenly across the bottom of the pan, trying to evenly coat the crumbs in the butter.
- Add a layer of chopped walnuts, then sprinkle chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and white chocolate chips. Pour condensed milk over all the layers, covering everything entirely.
- Top bars with coconut.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the top is a light golden brown. Cool to room temperature before cutting
Storing and Other Tips
These Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars can last up to 3 months in a freezer-safe container in the freezer. At room temperature expect this Magic Cookie Bars Recipe to last up to 4 days in a airtight container.
Mix up these cookie bars by adding peanut butter chips instead of butterscotch, they go perfect with the buttery graham cracker crust.
You can make your own graham cracker crumbs with a food processor or rolling pin.
Other Delicious Bars You’ll Want To Try:
- Copycat Tagalong Bars (just like the girl scout cookies!)
- Best Homemade Lemon Bars
- S’mores Magic Bars
- No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Bars
Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 ½ cups shredded coconut
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk, (14 ounces)
Equipment
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Pour melted butter into a 13×9-inch baking pan.
- Spread graham cracker crumbs evenly across the pan.
- Add your layer of chopped walnuts, then milk chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and white chocolate chips. Pour condensed milk over all the layers, covering everything entirely.
- Top with coconut.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the top is a light golden brown.
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This was the first “cookie” I let my young sons make for Christmas many years ago. They loved doing it and were so proud of themselves when they were done and tasted so good. Just in case someone wants to make them and only has chocolate chips, that’s the way we made them. They were very good that way. So, all the different chips are not “needed” to make them good. The cool thing is that both of my sons are grown and are fathers and they still remember making these. Plus, they are both wonderful cooks.
I was just wondering if you could substitute something in place of the coconut. I’m not really a fan and neither is my husband. So any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! 🙂
Just leaving the coconut out all together shouldn’t make that much of a difference.
so maybe we did them wrong, but they did not look like your picture. I have never used sweetened condensed milk. It did not just “pour” over the top. It was so thick and gooey. Are you sure we aren’t supposed to spread that on top and then add the coconut?
We just drizzle it over the top.
We fixed it. Thanks so much!
These are delicious! But mine fell apart. What did I do wrong? Not bake them long enough?
I had the same problem of them falling apart 🙁
Hello….I make these once a week in my home…..the first time I made them mine fell apart to…I decided to try adding more butter to Graham…my base then stayed together therefore everything else stayed too….hope this helps….
They are really tasty with cornflake crumbs as the base versus graham cracker. The box of Kellogg crumbs usually has the recipe on the box. Always a hit!
I love the idea of just melting the butter then spreading the graham cracker crumbs, this is where my recipe always failed! Much more conformity to the layers this way! Thanks! Will also try adding more butter, per one of the comments above. More butter can’t hurt, am I right?!
Maybe you are supposed to hear up the condensed milk a little first so it will pour?
Do u think you could add grade jelly to the chips?
Never heard of adding grape jelly, but you could surely give it a try! 🙂
I accidentally put the coconut on before pouring the condensed milk ok top. Hoping the turn out ok!
My sister-in-law made a version of these a few years ago at Christmas, I fell in love! Her version uses vanilla wafers instead of the graham cracker crust. Sooo yummy! I am not a fan of graham cracker crusts, so I was hooked. I use the same amount of crumbs and if needed a little more butter.
YUM! We love any recipe with Vanilla Wafers. Sounds delicious. Thanks so much for sharing.
to those whom had them fall apart. try melting your butter then adding the crumbs to the; butter mix well then place into pan. you may have not evenly distributed the butter into the crumbs. and any cookie crumb will work .also be sure that with whatever flavor you use in chips.. it totals 3 cups in all.
The first time I ever ate these, it was courtesy of my first boyfriend, my sr year in high school. They were a hit with my family as well. I can’t eat them without thinking of him. I’ll be celebrating our 50th anniversary of our class in a couple of years, and it’s still just as tasty today! Thanks for the sweet reminder.
These are a family favorite dessert! For those who are nervous about a dry graham cracker crust, make sure you’ve got enough butter and they’ll turn out perfect!