Best Hello Dolly Bar Recipe

Hello Dolly Bars are an all-around favorite for everyone. Layers of tasty ingredients that magically turn into fabulous cookie bars! Also known as 7-layer bars, miracle bars, magic cookie bars, coconut dream bars, or magic bars. Whatever you may call them they are fantastic, and incredibly easy, with no special equipment needed!

Even though these scrumptious dessert bars are known by many names, they all mean the same thing - flavor heaven! They may be loaded with decadent layers, but I promise they’re worth every calorie!

Your taste buds will love the decadent combination of butterscotch and chocolate any time of year.Coconut and pecans add the perfect amount of chewy, crunchy goodness.They’re a real crowd-pleaser, no matter the age of your crowd!

Seven Layer Cookies (aka Hello Dolly Bars, Aka Magic Cookies)

These irresistible cookie bars may be known by many names, but no matter what you call them, Hello Dolly Bars never disappoint!

One bite, and you’ll know just how addictive this recipe can be.On the bright side, they store and transport exceptionally well so these cookie bars also make great gifts to share!

Dress them up a bit on a decorative plate then gift them to your family, friends, neighbors, or co-workers! This recipe is never forgotten during our holiday Christmas cookie baking either!!

Easy 7 Layer Bars Recipe (with Rolos!)

It’s kid-friendly!  This is a perfect recipe to make with your mini-me chefs at home.  It’s fun and interactive, and they can sample any of the ingredients during the process.

So many delicious things in one recipe! Butterscotch chips make this especially memorable, and the coconut adds that chewy texture we all know and love.

These mouth-watering desserts are easy to transport and make great treats for kids' lunches, parties, or picnics. They’re parent-friendly as well - I dare you to try and eat just one! 🙂

The Best Hello Dolly Bars Recipe

This is a very sticky dessert, so you’ll want to follow storage instructions carefully to prevent your hard work from ending up in one giant, gooey glob.

While these bars don’t have to be kept in the fridge, they will keep longer if refrigerated.Hello Dolly Bars will last for three to four days in an airtight container at room temperature and about a week in the refrigerator, assuming they aren’t all eaten by then.

Hello Dolly Bars, if wrapped tightly in foil, will last two to three months in the freezer. To keep them from sticking together, layer parchment or wax paper between each bar. You can enjoy these straight from the freezer if you’d like!

Seven Layers Bars (hello Dolly Bars) The Bossy Kitchen

Bars should be eaten cool or at room temperature, so you can just pull them out of the refrigerator and enjoy them. If serving your 7 Layer Bars after being frozen, thaw them in the fridge overnight or set them out on the counter until bite-ready.

You can substitute semi-sweet baking chocolate in a 1:1 ratio. Using one ounce of unsweetened baking chocolate for one ounce of semi-sweet chocolate chips will also work, but you should add one tablespoon of sugar for each ounce used to make up for the lost sugar.

Substituting dark or milk chocolate chips or bittersweet chocolate, for example, can change the sweetness level in the recipe. If you feel like experimenting, or that’s all you have in the house, you can definitely try either, but it will slightly change the outcome.

Hello Dolly Bars Have Nothing To Do With Broadway Hits; They Still Deserve A Standing Ovation

Absolutely! This is a fast and easy way to evenly crush the graham crackers. I sometimes use the bag method to avoid dirtying more dishes, but they are equally effective.

No. You can leave these on your counter for three to four days, but to keep them fresh longer, store them in the fridge. They’ll keep them for approximately one week.

The original recipe was sent in by 11-year-old Alecia Leigh Couch of Dallas, Texas. The recipe was reportedly one of her grandmother's recipes that went on to be featured in

Magic Cookie Bars

Since then it has become very familiar to many as a regular printed recipe on the Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk. I've also been told that Land O Lakes butter had the recipe printed on packaging at one point in time as well.

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Hello Dolly Bars (7 Layer Bars Or Magic Bars)

Calories: 220 kcal (11%) | Carbohydrates: 25 g (8%) | Protein: 3 g (6%) | Fat: 13 g (20%) | Saturated Fat: 8 g (50%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g | Trans Fat: 1 g | Cholesterol: 17 mg (6%) | Sodium: 86 mg (4%) | Potassium: 144 mg (4%) | Fiber: 2 g (8%) | Sugar: 19 g (21%) | Vitamin A: 174 IU (3%) | Vitamin C: 1 mg (1%) | Calcium: 60 mg (6%) | Iron: 1 mg (6%)

Angela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma's kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love!I think it's pretty cool how much linguistic variation exists across this large country of ours. Of course, I assume that the way I say things is the right way, while others are using cute regional dialects. Doesn't it just make sense to wait in line, drink soda, eat submarine sandwiches, sit on the couch, wear a bathing suit, put on sunscreen, and pick pennies off the sidewalk?

It doesn't even take someone from Seattle talking to someone from Savannah to spot the differences. Case in point: these bars. I made them as a treat on the day that two friends came to visit. When they arrived, I pulled them out of the fridge and offered them each a Hello Dolly bar. My friend from Long Island looked at them quizzically and finally said, Oh, you mean magic cookies.

Hello Dollies Bars

I wasn't surprised—I knew that these bar cookies are also commonly called seven-layer bars, especially in the South. I knew them as Hello Dolly bars because that's what they were called at Magnolia Bakery 15 plus years ago when I would occasionally get them as an after-school snack. Whatever their proper name, they're easy as pie to make and incredibly delicious.

The base is a graham cracker crust. That's topped with a layer of chocolate chips and pecans, followed by lots of sweetened shredded coconut (don't think of going with unsweetened here, that's not the style of these bars.) The whole thing is drizzled with condensed milk.

A few tips: First, you can basically mix and match any kind of nut and chip that you like. Butterscotch chips? White chocolate chips? Add them right in. Like walnuts better than pecans? Go right ahead. I do find that slightly softer, fattier nuts (think pecans, walnuts, cashews) work better than harder ones like almonds or peanuts. Second,  refrigerate the bars. One of the best parts of these bars is how, when you bite in, the condensed milk kind of oozes out of little pockets. But if you add that to melting chocolate, it becomes a gooey mess that's just as hard to eat as it is to cut. These don't lose anything by being cold, and in fact I think they taste better after a day or two in the fridge. And last, the positioning of the coconut is a strategic one. I like to add it on top so that the bars get a visually appealing toasted coconut topping. If you put the coconut in the middle it won't toast and the bars will have a more rustic look, but the filling will be slightly more cohesive. It's your call.

Seven Layer Bars (hello Dolly Bars) Recipe

All in all, given that these take about five minutes to throw together and 30 minutes to bake, I think we can all agree to call them our next afternoon snack.

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2, 000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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Hello Dolly Bars (original Recipe)

The bars, also known as magic cookie bars, Hello Dollies recipe, Hello Dolly cookies, or 7 layer bars, are such a quick and