Hello Dolly Bars are a wonderful blend of graham cracker crumbs, butter, chocolate and butterscotch chips, coconut, nuts, and sweetened condensed milk.
It’s the sweetened condensed milk that makes me swoon over these bars. It’s pretty much the nectar of the gods. There was a half a can leftover from this recipe and I was tempted to drink it y’all.
Hello Dolly Bars date back to the 1960s when Hello Dolly was on Broadway. This is a bar with a multitude of names and they’re also referred to as 7-Layer Bars and Magic Bars. No matter what you call them, they are undeniably delicious.
They’re dense, gooey, sweet, and super indulgent. They are breeze to make, but they do need to be made a day ahead to allow them to set up before you cut them. You’ll have to practice a lot of self-restraint to not dig in right away.
This is a recipe I’ve adapted from More From Magnolia
and it’s a little different from most Hello Dolly Bars. Instead of having a separate graham cracker layer on the bottom, the graham crackers crumbs are mixed in with the other ingredients. I think I like this method better.
When you initially take them out of the oven, they’ll look like a gooey, oily, liquidy mess. But they start to set up almost immediately.
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Hello Dolly Bars
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
- 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter,, melted
- 1 1/2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and lightly grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
- In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients except sweetened condensed milk.
- Transfer mixture to prepared pan and pat down evenly.
- Slowly pour sweetened condensed milk over the top.
- Bake 30-35 minutes, or until light golden brown.
- Cool completely and then cover in plastic wrap. Let sit at room temperature overnight before cutting.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally published June 13, 2014.
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Sweetened condensed milk is the closest thing bakers and cooks have to a magical elixir. It seriously makes everything taste amazing, and these bars have me swooning! 😀
Oh dear – these sound incredible – condensed milk is da bomb! When i lived in Abu Dhabi, there was a little restaurant that made the best tea with condensed milk – so creamy and delicious!
I would eat this and lick the fork when I’m done…
ela h.
These bars seem like the perfect combination of ingredients! Love the addition of butterscotch and graham crackers in here, too!
Wow what an amazing bar! Never heard of these before but by the looks of them, I think I must have been missing out! Will have to try!
My family always called them Magic Bars, but never had butterscotch in them. My mom always makes them at Christmas.
Same here no butterscotch in those I fixed either.
Yum!
Oh yum!!! These look insanely delicious!! So sweet and tasty! 🙂
Thanks Cailee!
These look heavenly. You can’t go wrong with so many good things packed into one bar!
I can imagine how delicious these bars are.. sweeeet 😀
Thank you Medeja! Hope you are having a relaxing weekend!