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We’ve just finished our first full can of sweetened-condensed milk, here in Vietnam. As is the norm here, I have it in my coffee every morning! Yeah, I feel like I’m totally indulging EVERY morning. It’s pretty great! At home (in the US), I usually had a can of sweetened-condensed milk in the pantry, but almost never actually used it. As we were cleaning out the cupboards, I found a can realized I had NO idea what to do with it.
Then I remembered: SEVEN LAYER BARS.
I hadn’t had seven layer bards since I was a kid. I think they used to sell little kits at Costco where they had all the layers packaged separately, and it was ridiculously easy to put together. I don’t think we got them often, but I do have a distinct memory of making bars from that pack once {between experimenting with cake recipes in my easy bake oven!}. Up until a few years ago, I was of the opinion that sweeter = better. That meant recipes like this, SUPER sweet thanks to the milk, were forcefully consumed in milliseconds. These days, I LOVE a few bites… and then need to take a nap and run a marathon and take another nap between guzzling gallons of water. I know, I’m becoming a wuss! Sugar-up!
Even if I only had a few bites at a time, it was really fun to have these in the house! I CANNOT get over the great combination of flavors in these! Coconut, graham, chocolate, butterscotch, white chocolate, pecans — it’s a fo realsies party going on! If your pantry looks anything like mine, chances are you have most of these things lying around — go ahead and do a little summer cleaning and get these babies in the oven!!
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- ¾ cup butterscotch-flavored chips
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- 1⅓ cups shredded coconut
- 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
- Preheat your oven to 350 F. Line a 9x12" pan with buttered foil.
- Whisk together the graham cracker crumbs and butter until the butter is fully distributed. Press gently and evenly into the pan.
- Top the graham layer with the rest of the ingredients in the following order: pecans, all three kinds of chips (order here doesn't matter), shredded coconut, and then drizzle the sweetened condensed milk evenly over the top of everything.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the coconut is beginning to brown. Remove from the oven and let cool before removing from the pan and slicing into individual servings.
I LOVE magic cookie bars! And I get to eat all of them because Lynn thinks he does not like coconut!
These bars look divine- love the seven layers! Super delicious and those butterscotch chips sound amazing! 🙂
I have actually never had seven layer bars – I’d rather have my sweetened condensed milk in my coffee, Vietnamese style! But since I’m not in Vietnam, maybe I’ll have to settle for these 😉 Pinned!
Ha! I think I probably agree with you, but these sure did bring me back to my childhood! They’re ridiculous, but totally worth trying 🙂