7 Layer Cookies (Magic Cookie Bar Recipe)
Best Magic Cookie Bar Recipe ever! These are a classic, with coconut, melty chocolate chips and a thick graham cracker crust. Also known as Seven Layer Bars.
Magic Cookie Bars
Today is your lucky day because I am sharing one of my all-time favorite treat recipes! These magic cookie bars are AMAZING! My Aunt has brought these to our family parties and gatherings my whole life, and they are so good I always want to eat the whole pan.
They are called seven layer bars because they have seven ingredients, but you can adapt as you see fit. Growing up we would leave out the nuts because my little sister was allergic.
Magic Bars Ingredients
- Butter
- Graham cracker crumbs
- Milk chocolate chips
- Butterscotch chips
- Baker's coconut
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Chopped walnuts
How to Make 7 Layer Bars
Top Left - Crush graham crackers into crumbs or blend in blender and add to a 9x13 baking dish. Melt your butter and pour over graham crackers. Mix together with fork and then push down with clean fingers to form a crust in the bottom of the pan.
Top Right - Sprinkle your butterscotch chips over the crust.
Bottom Left - Then add your milk chocolate chips.
Bottom Right - Chop your walnuts and add those, too.
Top Left - Sprinkle coconut evenly over the top.
Top Right - Drizzle sweetened condensed milk as evenly as you can over the entire pan.
Bottom Left - If needed, use a spatula to smooth out condensed milk.
Bottom Right - Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
Pro Tip: This recipe is very adaptable. If you don't want nuts, don't use them. If you would rather use white chocolate chips then butterscotch, knock yourself out!
Magic Bars Storage
Can magic squares be frozen?
You can freeze Magic Cookie Bars. Let bars cool completely.
Wrap them individually in plastic wrap and then place them in an airtight container or a freezer bag.
Cookie bars can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months. To thaw, leave them at room temperature for a few hours.
Magic Cookie Bar Recipe FAQs
If your magic cookie bars are not done in the middle, you can keep baking them. You can cover the edges with aluminum foil to prevent them from getting too brown and continue baking until the center is set.
They will firm up a bit as they cool, so it's okay if they're slightly soft in the center when you remove them from the oven.
Magic Cookie Bars don't have any ingredients in them that have to be baked, so they are safe to eat even if they are gooey in the middle.
The number of calories in a magic cookie bar depends on portion size.On average, a standard magic cookie bar can have around 150 to 200 calories per bar. We have full nutrition information available in our recipe card at the bottom of the page and in the printable instructions.
If your cookie bars turn out dry, it could be one of these reasons.
Overbaking is a common reason baked goods come out dry, so make sure not to leave them in the oven for too long.
Using too little butter or not pressing the crust mixture firmly enough into the pan can also result in dry cookie bars.
To cut cookie bars evenly, it's helpful to follow these steps:
Allow the bars to cool completely in the baking dish.
Use a sharp knife or a stainless steel brownie spatula.
Run your knife under hot water or dip it into hot water before making each cut, this helps prevent the knife from sticking and will make cleaner cuts.
A Magic Cookie Bar is also called a 7-layer bar because it typically consists of seven layers of ingredients.
Most often have a graham cracker crust, butter, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut flakes, and chopped nuts (usually walnuts or pecans.)
Each layer adds its own flavor and texture to the bar. The layers are both delicious and visually appealing!
If you make this recipe and enjoy it we would love for you to leave us a positive comment or review, they mean so much to us!
7 Layer Cookies (Magic Cookie Bars)
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Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter melted
- 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs about 1 ½ packs
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1 ½ cups bakers coconut
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup chopped walnuts optional
Instructions
- Mix together butter, graham cracker crumbs and pack it into the bottom of a 9x13 baking sheet.
- Layer butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, nuts, and coconut over the crust layer.
- Drizzle sweetened condensed milk evenly over the coconut.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until peaks are starting to brown.
Notes
Nutrition
I hope your friends and family will enjoy these magic cookie bars as much as mine do!
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Excellent bars!! I made them for a Christmas gathering so used holiday M& M’s, white chocolate and chocolate grahams to make the crust . They were a hit!
My husband doesn't like coconut. Can I just leave it out or can I replace it with something else?
Thanks,
These are moist, chocolatey, and that coconut just completes me!