Magic Bars or Hello Dolly Bars or 7 Layer Bars

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Bar cookies are a favorite of mine because you basically put everything in the pan, bake it and you are finished. This particular bar is known by several names, 7 layer bars, Hello Dolly Bars or even Magic bars. They also happen to be the most Pinned recipe on Pinterest from this blog even after all these years!

I make these Magic Bars or to some Hello Dolly Bars or even 7 Layer bars,all the time! They are my sisters favorite so every time I see her I make a huge batch for her. They are the perfect treat warm with ice cream or completely cooled and served at a Christmas party or in cookie trays. Frankly you could give and entire try of these and I think your recipients would love it!

The recipe I use is adapted from Eagle Brand Milk I am sure there are many others but this is the one I always use. 

Magic Bars

1/2 cup melted butter

11/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs

1 can Borden Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk 

2 cups Ghirardelli Chocolate Baking Chips, Bittersweet Chocolate

1 cup of butter scotch chips

11/2 cups of coconut

Heat oven to 350. Melt butter and pour into a 9x13 pan. Mix in graham cracker crumbs. Pour condensed milk over the crumbs and then layer the remaining ingredients evenly. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool and cut!

Variations: You can add walnuts, or a combination of peanut butter chips and chocolate chips, or perhaps a medley of chocolate chips, including white, milk and dark, or perhaps dried cherries or cranberries and white or dark chocolate.

I personally like them the way I made them but I am certainly open to trying new things.

I hope you enjoy your day! If you make these bars and have a great variation, please leave it in the comment section, I would love to try it.

Happy Holidays!

Pretzel Peanut Butter Cup Magic Bars

Salty and sweet, chocolaty and buttery, crunchy and creamy, these Pretzel Peanut Butter Cup Magic Bars have it all. And by all, I mean all the flavors and textures that one loves in a cookie bar. Magic Bars are one of my favorite treats to make and eat.  In fact they are the number one pinned recipe of this blog on Pinterest and have been repined, 167,510 times! 

The recipe is so easy and honestly you could add any combination of chocolate chips, candy bars and toppings to these bars to make them exactly the way you like them.

Pretzel Peanut Butter Cup Magic Bars

1/2 cup melted butter
11/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs
1 can of Eagle brand condensed milk
2 cups chopped peanut butter cups
1 cup of chopped pretzels


Heat oven to 350. Melt butter and pour into a 9x13 pan. Mix in graham cracker crumbs. Pour condensed milk over the crumbs and then layer the remaining ingredients evenly. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool the cut and enjoy.

If you are interested in recipes from this blog you can find them on my Once Upon a Chocolate Blog Board on Pinterest and if you would like the recipe for the Original Magic Bars click here.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chunk Magic Bars

Magic Bars are one of my favorite desserts to make, they are perfect right out of the oven, or paired with vanilla ice cream and fudge topping. 

They are also one of the most versatile bars that you can make because you can basically add any kinds of chips, candy bars, nuts, fruits, or toppings and have the perfect dessert.

After the holidays I ended up with a few bags of mini candy bars, Kit-Kat's, and Peanut Butter cups among them; and as chocolate and peanut butter are one of my favorite combinations I thought they would make the  the perfect Magic Bar. I was correct, they are perfect. These bars are chocolaty, with a hint of peanut butter, a little crunchy and buttery sweet from the graham crackers and condensed milk. 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chunk Magic Bars

1/2 cup melted butter

11/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs

1 can of Eagle brand condensed milk

3 cups if chopped candy bars, Kit-Kats, Peanut Butter Cups

Heat oven to 350. Melt butter and pour into a 9 x 13 pan. Mix in graham cracker crumbs. Pour condensed milk over the crumbs and then layer the remaining ingredients evenly. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool.

Tell me, do you have a Magic Bar combination that you enjoy? Are you a traditionalist or do you experiment with different combinations of chocolate, coconut and nuts? Please share your favorite and if you try this one come back and let me know what you thought of it. 

Linking to:
Stone Gable

Magic Bars, 7 Layer Bars, Hello Dolly Bars

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Hello! I hope you are having a great weekend! Did you watch the London Olympics Opening Ceremony? I did and I loved it! 

I made these Magic Bars or to some Hello Dolly Bars or even 7 Layer bars,  to eat while watching the ceremony. They are the perfect treat warm with ice cream or completely cooled and served at a picnic.

The recipe I use is adapted from Eagle Brand Milk I am sure there are many others but this is the one I always use. 

Magic Bars

1/2 cup melted butter

11/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs

1 can of Borden Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk 

2 cups Ghirardelli Chocolate Baking Chips

1 cup of Nestle Toll House Butterscotch Morsels

11/2 cups of coconut

Heat oven to 350. Melt butter and pour into a 9 x 13" pan. Mix in graham cracker crumbs. Pour condensed milk over the crumbs and then layer the remaining ingredients evenly. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool.

Variations: You can add walnuts, or a combination of peanut butter chips and chocolate chips, or perhaps a medley of chocolate chips, including white, milk and dark, or perhaps dried cherries or cranberries and white or dark chocolate.

I personally like them the way I made them but I am certainly open to trying new things.

I hope you enjoy your day! If you make these bars and have a great variation, please leave it in the comment section, I would love to try it.


Linking to:
Katherine Martinelli