Melting chocolate, chewy coconut, and crunchy nuts are layered over a buttery graham cracker crust to make these Hello Dolly Bars.
My kids and husband devoured these bars lightning fast. Luckily, they’re very easy to make as I suspect they’re going to be popular in our home for a lot of years to come.
Like the Chocolate Revel Bars, Monster Cookie Bars, and Gingerbread Bars, the Hello Dolly Bars freeze beautifully and are great choices for make-ahead holiday baking.
Coconut lovers can’t resist Fudgy brownies filled with sweet chewy coconut and melting chocolate chips is a combination that I can never resist. Crustless Coconut Pie is a simple custard pie filled to the brim with sweet bites of coconut.
Salty sweet graham cracker toffee is perfect for snacking on its own or crumbling over ice cream.
Hello Dolly Bars
Have you heard of Hello Dolly Bars? When I spied that name, I simply had to try the recipe. This dessert is another recipe success from my beloved stack of Amish cookbooks.
I don’t know just why it brings me so much joy to bake from vintage cookbooks, but it really is fun!
These bars are also known as Magic Cookie Bars. While often confused with 7 layer bars (count the layers, there are six layers here, not seven) those bars usually include a handful or two of chocolate M&M candies as well.
Hello Dolly Bar Ingredients
- butter or margarine
- graham cracker crumbs
- sweetened flaked coconut
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
- chopped pecans or walnuts
- sweetened condensed milk
Hello Dolly Bars Recipe
- Melt the butter in a 9-inch square pan.
- Layer in graham cracker crumbs, coconut, chocolate chips, and nuts. Pour condensed milk over the top.
- Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into squares.
If you’re a fan of vintage desserts, you’ll want to try the Gooey Butter Cake – and the Gooey Chocolate Butter Cake too.
My family’s Old Fashioned Rhubarb Pie is a classic recipe that we make at least once every summer.
The Overnight Coffee Cake is another Amish recipe favorite along with these Amish Sugar Cookies.
And for an unexpected treat, these Snickers Stuffed Amish Peanut Butter Cookies (yes, the Amish eat candy bars) are a huge success any time they’re made.
Hello Dolly Bars
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs, finely crushed about 7 full graham crackers
- 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a 9-inch square pan. Layer in graham cracker crumbs, coconut, chocolate chips, and nuts. Pour milk over the top.
- Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into squares.
Nutrition
Belinda Carpenter says
Its Butterscotch chips,not M&M’s to make 7 layer bars.
My grandmother made a pan of these,my very own,to take home every Christmas. The Joy’s if being the first grandchild!!!
😉😉😉😉😉
Mar says
The Original 7-layer Magic Bars have Butterscotch chips as well as Chocolate chips. Ergo, 7-layers
Mary Wahl says
These sound good.
If I’m gluten free what can i make the crust with?
P, s .haven’t found a good gf Graham cracker as yet!
Maybe an almond flour crust?
Mary says
Mary – I have not tried it with an almond flour crust. I think you need something with more substance than just a one-to-one substitution of Almond flour. Have you tried the GF crackers by Honeymaid? Annie’s also has a GF “Bunny grahams” they have vanilla or cocoa, those would work well.
H Ratigan says
How about Rice Krispies
Mary says
Are you wanting to just add Rice Krispies? I am sure you could try it.
Lesli says
Kellogg’s makes gluten free corn flakes? I think corn flake crumbs would work.