Mom’s Seven Layer Bars

Seven Layer Bars are an easy, old-fashioned dessert made with graham cracker crumbs, chocolate, butterscotch, coconut, pecans, and sweetened condensed milk. This is my mom’s handwritten recipe, with a few changes I’ve made over the years, and it’s one of those family favorites that never seems to go out of style.

I remember eating Seven Layer Bars when I was growing up, and then I made them for my own kids throughout their childhood. Now those kids are grown, and I’m still making the same dessert. There’s nothing particularly fancy or unusual about these bars, but I think that’s part of what makes them special.

There are probably thousands of Seven Layer Bar recipes floating around, and I’m certainly not claiming that ours has some magical secret ingredient. What makes this recipe special to me isn’t necessarily what’s in it, but where I keep it. My mom’s handwritten recipe is part of my kitchen backsplash, so when I want to make Seven Layer Bars, I don’t have to look through a recipe box or search the internet. I just look at the wall.

I’m all about classic.  Sometimes on the hunt for a recipe I get all excited for the newest best recipes out there and tend to overlook the old ones that have been tried and true for years.  This recipe is one of those classic recipes I remember from my childhood – and my kids now will too!

Seven ingredient, seven layers – super easy to assemble and no other dirty dishes.

Seven Layer Bars

I love these because while there are measurements for each ingredient it’s super easy to make them for what you are in the mood for.  For me thats the coconut – sometimes I don’t use the whole amount!  I may not be in the mood for coconut so I cut back on it, but the butterscotch chips I always add extra!

Also weird but true, I’m not huge chocolate fan. So I always use the mini-chocolate chips and seldom use the whole amount. But please don’t tell my family, they love chocolate chips.

But can we focus on how that Sweetened Condensed Milk turns all caramaly and amazing!!

Carmaly is a word, right?

If you’re looking for another easy snack to have on hand try my Oatmeal Ice Box Cookies.

Seven Layer Bars

Published by Jent

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Ingredients

  

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 1/3 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup chopped nuts pecans, walnuts, peanuts
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

 

• Melt butter in a 9×13 dish, add graham cracker crumbs mix with butter and press in the bottom of the pan
• Layer butter scotch chips, chocolate chips, coconut and nuts over graham cracker crust
• Pour entire can evenly over layers
• Bake in a 350 degree pre-heated oven for 25 minutes

Nutrition values are estimates, for exact values consult a nutritionist.

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Hey, I’m Jent!

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