Sweet and delicious, these graham cracker crumb bars include coconut and milk chocolate on top. This recipe is simple, quick, and delicious—you must try it!
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 12 mins |
| Total Time: | 17 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 1 8×8-inch pan |
Ingredients
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 2 cups flaked coconut
- ¼ cup margarine, melted
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 4 (1.55 ounce) bars milk chocolate candy
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8×8-inch baking dish.
- In a medium bowl, stir together graham cracker crumbs and coconut. Pour in condensed milk and melted margarine, and mix until well blended. Press mixture evenly into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove and let cool. Melt chocolate bars in a microwave or over a double boiler, stirring occasionally until smooth. Spread over cooled bars, chill and cut into squares.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 265 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 34 g |
| Cholesterol | 11 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 167 mg |
| Sugars | 27 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made this to a T following the recipe except added a spoonful of peanut butter to the chocolate topping!!! These are delicious and so easy to make!!! Thanks for the great recipe!
10-12 minutes in the oven(mine was 220C) was not enough to made it solid. Not even putting on fridge for 3 hours. It was liquid all the time and the crackers became soggy and tasteless.
Very yummy. I used only one cup of unsweetened coconut shreds and added one cup chopped walnuts. I also sprinkled milk chocolate chips on top once out of the oven and spread on top with a spatula.
These are good with regular Aero bars but very sweet. I made again but used Aero dark bars to balance out the sweetness and they were perfect.
Added four bars of chocolate bark because I had only three 1.55oz bars of Hershey bars. Also sprinkled 1/4C crushed walnuts across the top. The oven was well prewarmed but the center was very soft so I put it back in the oven for another five minutes for a total of 17 minutes. It turned out delicious! The bark counterbalanced the sweetness of the condensed milk and coconut. Yum!
OMG, these were awesome!!!!
These are fantastic. I use semisweet chocolate chips instead of the candy bars for convenience. It would be super easy to add in anything you like, but I love the strong coconut flavor as is.
Very delicious overall. I ended up having to bake mine for about 40 minutes because the middle took a long time to cook through. I’m going to use a little less of the milk next time around for this reason. I also added an extra 1/4 cup of graham crackers… I will likely add even more next time as well.
Very good, made this as written. Ground nuts might be good to add to the base to make it taste like a different version of “magic bars”.
It turned out really well, though I did make one change and actually toasted the coconut. My husband loved it!!!
I’ve made many dozen different varieties of bars in my lifetime and I don’t remember any being this easy. These ingredients I often have on hand, so that, also, was quite convenient. Milk chocolate doesn’t agree with me, so the only thing I changed was using semisweet chocolate chips. Oh, and took the tip of another reviewer and sprinkled toasted coconut over the top before the chips completely set. I gently patted them down to prevent them all falling off. I took these as a treat for my class and some for fam. They were a hit! Yes, I’ll be making them again!
just perfect loved it will make it again and again, No changes at all
I followed the recipe exactly. I wasn’t pleased with how thick the bars came out, putting these in an 8×8 baking dish made these just too thick. If I make these again I will put them in a larger dish to make them thinner. The taste was great, just too thick.
Very yummy my family loved it
This just did not appeal to my family. Threw most of it away after it sat around for several days.
So good! I’ve made this at least 4 times in the past 2 months due to popular demand. I recommend baking it for a longer time though, because 15 minutes isn’t enough for me.
Everyone enjoyed this!
These were OK. A little to chewy. They had a classic flavor. Use a bigger pan for a more thinner bar. Maybe it would help yeild a more crisp bar? Will try something different next time.
I make these bars all the time for showers or parties, they are so very easy, quick and delicious. BevP
Delicious! I tweaked though. As a substitute for sweetened condensed milk I added 1.5 cups 1% milk, 2 tbsp. butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract & a packet of grahm crackers in a pot over medium until it thickened. Then poured the (somewhat thick) mixture into a bowl, added 3 tbsp butter, then slowly added 2 cups coconut flakes & mixed with a spatula till blended. You then spread the mix in a buttered pan & bake at 400 for about 10-15 min. (It will still feel a bit soft but harder on the top). I let it cool for a minute then spread a mix of Hershey’s Dark Chocolate frosting, 1 tbsp all natural crunchy peanut butter & 1/4 cups Jiff Omega 3 creamy PB to the mix & voila! I’m somewhat health conscious but I swear it is so good you’ll want to eat the whole thing! My 8 year old will love them. She is a peanut butter fanatic!
YUM