Magic Cookie Bars

It doesn't get much sweeter or easier than magic cookie bars!

These cookie bars are one of the sweetest and easiest bar cookie recipes we have ever experienced. Most people with a serious sweet tooth agree that they are simply delicious.

More candy than cookie, with only six ingredients - graham cracker crumbs, butter, coconut, semi-sweet chocolate chips, chopped nuts, and sweetened condensed milk - Magic Cookie Bars seem to turn up often, especially at holiday time.

We were first introduced to Magic Cookie Bars by one of my sister's friends back in the 1970s and they have become a holiday cookie plate staple ever since.

I sometime see recipes for these cookie bars called magic seven-layer bars or seven layer bars, that include butterscotch chips in addition to the semi-sweet chocolate chips. Some magic cookie bar recipes call for chopped walnuts while others call for chopped pecans.

I prefer those made with chopped walnuts and mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, and without the butterscotch chips -- probably because this is the version I sampled more than thirty years ago. But feel free to experiment and find the magic seven layer cookie bars version that you like best and call your own.

Tools for the Cookie Bar Baker:

A High Quality Stainless Steel Spatula for lifting cookies from your cookie sheets.

If counter space is tight, you'll love these Stackable Cooling Racks - perfect for cookies, bars, brownies and any other baking you might be doing.