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Easter Magic Cookie Bars

Easter Magic Cookie Bars
Easter Magic Cookie Bars are a buttery graham cracker crust layered with white chocolate chips, coconut flakes, walnuts and butterscotch chips then topped off with a sprinkling of pastel colored Easter M&Ms. This perfectly ooey gooey Easter Magic Bar is the ultimate easy holiday dessert!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 stick butter melted
  • 1-1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 15 ounce can of condensed milk
  • 1-1/2 cup coconut flakes, divided
  • 1-1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup butterscotch chips
  • 1-1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 1/2 cup pastel Easter M&Ms, divided

Instructions

  • Start lining a 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper and preheating your oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a small bowl, combine the melted butter and graham cracker crumbs until well mixed and then press into the bottom of your pan.
  • Pour the condensed milk on top of the crust and lightly smooth to create an even layer. Next, sprinkle most of your coconut flakes in an even layer over the condensed milk. Add a layer of white chocolate chips. Then a layer of walnuts and a layer of butterscotch chips and finally add most of your pastel M&Ms.
  • Using the back of a fork or a spoon or your hand, lightly press the ingredients down into the condensed milk and top of with a light sprinkling of reserved coconut flakes.Bake in the oven for 25 minutes..
  • Remove from the oven lightly press in your reserved Easter M&Ms for an extra pop of color. Let cool completely before pulling up on the parchment paper and removing the Magic Bars from the pan.
    Cut into squares and store in an airtight container.

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Notes

  • Be sure to gently press your ingredients into the condensed milk.. it’s the glue that holds everything together. 
  • Get creative with these Easter cookie bars… add toffee, more nuts, Easter colored sprinkles.
  • Don’t over bake these bars.. your M&Ms will lose their color and you will be sad.
  • To serve, I usually cut the edges off before cutting the cookies into socially acceptable size pieces.  It keeps them pretty.
  • You can also do a little sprinkle of coconut flakes after you remove them from the oven while you add the extra Easter M&Ms to make them extra pretty.