7 Layer Dessert Bars
7 Layer Dessert Bars are not only rich and gooey, but they are SO simple to make. Layers and layers of chocolate chips, pecans, butterscotch chips and coconut come together over a buttery graham cracker crust to create a dessert that you will want to make again and again!
Need a dessert for the school bake sale? Going to a friend’s house and don’t know what to take? Or maybe you need something fun to put in your child’s lunchbox? 7 Layer Bars are easy to make and so decadent. It takes only 10 minutes to assemble these dessert bars and 30 minutes to bake in the oven. Using just 7 ingredients makes them affordable, too.
These bars are also called Magic Bars, due in large part to the use of creamy sweetened condensed milk. Pour it over the layers of nuts, coconut, butterscotch chips and chocolate before baking, then place the bars in the oven and watch the magic happen. It makes these 7 Layer Dessert Bars gooey and irresistibly delicious!
7 Layer Dessert Bars Recipe
What’s needed?
- 2 cups of graham cracker crumbs
- 1 stick butter, melted (1/2 cup)
- 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips (peanut butter chips also work well)
- 1 cup chopped pecans (or nuts of your choice)
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 14-ounces sweetened condensed milk
How to make 7 Layer Dessert Bars?
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the graham crackers in the food processor and pulse until fine. Pour into a 13×9 baking dish and add the melted butter. Mix and press evenly in the bottom of the pan to form the crust.
- Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the crust.
- Sprinkle the chocolate chips and butterscotch chips evenly over the milk.
- Add the chopped pecans as the next layer, sprinkling them over the chips.
- Sprinkle the shredded coconut on top. Bake the dessert bars in the oven for 25-30 minutes, until the coconut is slightly browned. This recipe makes 24 bars.
Allow the dessert bars to cool slightly, then slice and serve them with vanilla ice cream or a tall glass of cold milk. My son raves about these delicious dessert bars! He obviously has great taste!
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7 Layer Dessert Bars
Ingredients
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 stick butter, melted (1/2 cup)
- 14- ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips, or peanut butter chips
- 1 cup chopped pecans, or walnuts
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the graham crackers in the food processor and pulse until fine. Pour into a 13×9-inch baking dish and add the melted butter. Mix and press evenly in the bottom of the pan to form the crust.
- Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the crust.
- Sprinkle the chocolate chips and butterscotch chips evenly over the sweetened condensed milk.
- Add the chopped pecans as the next layer, sprinkling them over the chips.
- Sprinkle the shredded coconut on top. Bake the dessert bars in the oven for 25-30 minutes, until the coconut is slightly browned. This recipe makes 24 bars.
Equipment
- 13×9-inch baking pan