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Mini Magic Cookie Bars Recipe for Your Cozy Gatherings

I have always loved magic cookie bars and was thrilled to find a mini batch recipe! The original recipe is from Hummingbird High but I changed it up a bit. I didn’t have any biscotti cookies so I just used graham crackers for the base. I love the fact that I didn’t have to make a huge batch just the perfect amount of mini magic cookie bars for two!

Who doesn’t love a sweet treat for a cozy gathering?

Ingredients

  • cup pecans, roughly chopped into ¼- to ½-inch pieces
  • cup crushed graham crackers (11 to 12 full sized graham crackers)
  • 3 Tablespoons butter, melted
  • cup sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • cup sweetened flaked coconut
  • kosher salt
  • Parchment paper
  • Cooking Spray

Begin making mini magic cookie bars

Prep your oven and pan. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on the pan’s two long sides. Spray the parchment, too.

Toasting the pecans. Spread the pecans in a single layer in a frying pan. Toast over medium heat stirring frequently until fragrant and toasted brown.

Make the graham cracker crust. Place 11 full sized graham crackers in a ziplock bag and use a wooden spoon to crush the crackers. Combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter.

Mix until it looks like wet sand. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and use your hands to press it evenly over the bottom of the pan, all the way to the edges. Apply some pressure here so the crust holds its shape.

Assemble the bars. Pour sweetened condensed milk over graham cracker crust. Spread with a spatular evenly.

Sprinkle with chocolate chips, nuts and coconut over the milk graham crackers. Use your hands to gently press on top of the ingredients to bind them to the sweetened condensed milk.

Baking your mini magic cookie bars

Bake the bars. Bake at 350 degrees for 22 to 24 minutes, or until the sides of the bar are set and bubbling but the center still wobbles slightly. Place the bars on a wire rack and garnish with just a bit of kosher salt.

Cool for 15 minutes, then lift the parchment paper with mini magic cookie bars out of the pan. Continue cooling the bars completely.

If you can wait that long haha.

Serving your delicious treats

Serve- . Once the bars are cool, place the mini magic cookies bars onto a cutting board. Use a knife to cut into sizes you prefer.

Serve with a cold glass of milk!

The magic cookie bars can be stored in an airtight container on the counter for up to 3 days.

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Mini Magic Cookie bars

Just enough magic cookie bars that are perfect for your cozy gathering. Graham cracker crust with sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, pecans and coconut.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword 7-layerbars, Magic bars
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 23 minutes
Servings 8 bars

Ingredients

  • cup pecans roughly chopped into ¼- to ½-inch pieces
  • cup crushed graham crackers 11 to 12 full sized graham crackers
  • 3 Tablespoons butter melted
  • cup sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • cup sweetened flaked coconut
  • kosher salt
  • Parchment paper
  • Cooking Spray

Instructions

  • Directions
  • Prep your oven and pan. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on the pan's two long sides. Spray the parchment, too.
  • Toasting the pecans. Spread the pecans in a single layer in a frying pan. Toast over medium heat stirring frequently until fragrant and toasted brown
  • Make the graham cracker crust. Place 11 full sized graham crackers in a ziplock bag and use a wooden spoon to crush the crackers. Combine 11 full sized graham crackers and melted butter.
    Mix until it looks like wet sand. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and use your hands to press it evenly over the bottom of the pan, all the way to the edges. Apply some pressure here so the crust holds its shape.
  • Assemble the bars. Pour sweetened condensed milk over graham cracker crust. Spread with a spatular evenly. Sprinkle with chocolate chips, nuts and coconut over the milk graham crackers. Use your hands to gently press on top of the ingredients to bind them to the sweetened condensed milk.
  • Bake the bars. Bake at 350 degrees for 22 to 24 minutes, or until the sides of the bar are set and bubbling but the center still wobbles slightly. Place the bars on a wire rack and garnish with just a bit of kosher salt.
    Let cool and slice into 8 bars or whatever size you like.
Karins Kottage

Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!

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  • I don't think these cookies will last 3 days on my countertop as I will grab one every time I pass there.
    I visited you via County Road 407: FARMHOUSE FRIDAY 329
    I linked up this week with = 45+46+47
    SSPS will open this coming Monday and we hope to see you share your posts with us as well.

    • Ha ha they didn't last long at mine either. They are sooo good! Thank you for linking up! I will pop over to your party on Monday! So fun to party with everyone!

      Hugs,
      Karin

    • Good question. I have never tried freezing the milk but I looked it up and you can. It might not freeze solid because of the sugar content. Try freezing it in ice cube trays. I ended up making the bars again to give away so I used it up pretty quick. Thanks for your comment :)

      Karin

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