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Seven Layer Bars
Classic Seven Layer Bars showcase seven stunning layers of bar cookie goodness. Studded with walnuts and coconut, this easy chocolate dessert is ideal for bake sales, potluck desserts, and beyond.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 18 squares
Calories: 217 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 9 whole Graham crackers
- 8 tablespoons butter melted and cooled (1 stick)
- 1 cup walnuts finely chopped
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
- 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut toasted
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Adjust an oven rack to the lower-middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 by 13-inch cake pan with foil and coat with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a food processor or in a plastic bag with a rolling pin, finely crush graham crackers. Toss with butter, then press into prepared pan in an even layer.
- Layer the walnuts, chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and coconuts on top of the graham cracker crumbs in that order. Drizzle condensed milk evenly over the top.
- Bake until golden brown and fragrant, about 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pan completely on a wire rack, about 2 hours. Lift bars out of the pan using foil sling and cut into squares.
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Notes
- Graham crackers: Honey-flavored or cinnamon graham cracker crumbles both taste incredible as the crust for these Seven Layer Bars. If graham crackers aren’t available in your corner of the globe, swap in 1 ½ cups crushed digestive biscuits (9 sheets of graham crackers yields about 1 ½ cups of crumbs).
- Chips: The classic Seven Layer Bar includes semi-sweet, white chocolate, and butterscotch chips. Dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, or even chopped bar chocolate would also work wonderfully here. Feel free to mix-and-match as desired; and keep in mind no one will be mad if these end up being Eight or Nine Layer Bars!
- Flaked coconut: I prefer the sweetened kind here but unsweetened is perfectly acceptable too. For crunchier texture and nuttier flavor, toast the coconut.
- Yield: This Seven Layer Bars makes 18 generous bar cookies. This chocolate dessert is rich enough that a little goes a long way, so if you're sharing this as part of a potluck menu that includes other party desserts, you could definitely get 24 bars out of each 9- by 13-inch pan.
- Storage: Wrap the cooked and cooled bars tightly in plastic wrap and store at room temperature for 3 days.
- Freezer: The cooled bars can be wrapped in a double-layer of freezer-safe plastic and frozen for up to 2 months. Thaw at room temperature.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1bar
Calories
217kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
16g
(5%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
17g
(26%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
16mg
(5%)
Sodium
88mg
(4%)
Potassium
120mg
(3%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
177IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
25mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 18squares
Amount Per Serving
Calories 217
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1bar | |
| Calories | 217kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 16g | 5% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 16mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 88mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 120mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 177IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 25mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.