Coconut Squares

  4.2 – 4 reviews  • Coconut

Red Slush Punch is a necessity for every celebration! I prepare it for virtually every occasion since it is so good!

Servings: 24
Yield: 24 bars

Ingredients

  1. ⅓ cup shortening
  2. 1 cup dried bread crumbs
  3. 1 cup butterscotch chips
  4. 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  5. 1 cup chopped walnuts
  6. 1 cup shredded coconut
  7. 1 ⅔ cups sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Melt shortening over low heat. Pour into 9 inch baking pan. Layer bread crumbs evenly in bottom of pan.
  3. Layer coconut, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and nuts over bread crumbs. Drizzle condensed milk over top.
  4. Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool before cutting into bars.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 231 kcal
Carbohydrate 26 g
Cholesterol 7 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 3 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Sodium 77 mg
Sugars 22 g
Fat 13 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Chelsea Rosario
9.17.21 First, some reviewers had concerns about using dried bread crumbs and the shortening. I used butter-flavor Crisco® and the bread crumbs, and both worked great. This is exceptionally sweet and rich, so you really do want to cut into small pieces. I assembled this up to the point where you drizzled the sweetened condensed milk over the top. I had two cans on hand, opened the first, and it had solidified. Opened the second, and it also had solidified. Both were well beyond the “best by” date (I don’t bake a lot), so both went into the trash. I had some coconut cream in the fridge which is the same consistency as the sweetened condensed milk, so I used that. We like pecans better than walnuts, so I did make that substitution. This needed to sit for a while to firm up, and although very good, just too sweet for our personal taste.
April Brown
Decadent beyond belief. Yum. I am stingy with my 5 star ratings, and this almost got one. I have to confess, I made a lot of changes, though. Used crumbled up lemon cookies instead of bread, butter instead of shortening, pecans instead of walnuts and omitted the butterscotch chips.
John Martin
I cannot imagine using bread crumbs so I went the graham cracker route. This isn’t anything different from magic bars but they are still good. They get better the longer they sit. Easier to cut too.
Madison Harper
This is awesome, I substitute the “bread crumbs” for crushed graham crackers – MUCHHHHH better =) And I use butter, instead of shortening. Enjoy! PS. Store in the fridge – in a tightly covered container.

 

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