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Hello Dolly Bars

April 27, 2013

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Hello Dolly Bars: just 6 ingredients for the perfect, rich, chocolate and coconut treat. Tastes just like Samoa Cookies!!!!

My sophomore year of college, I moved into my first ever apartment.

I was finally — finally — a real live adult.  Of course, looking back, I realize just how FAR from adulthood I was.  Sheesh!  A 19 year old kid is still such a baby.  But, you couldn’t have told me that.  I was a woman.  A grown up.  Proof positive?  I had an apartment just like “my girls” in Friends.

(yeah, I’m dating myself, aren’t I?)

The summer before I took possession of my first apartment keys, I started collecting household goods: battered pots and pans from sweet talcum powder and lavender scented ladies at my church … a mixed mash of plates and coffee cups from my grandmother … and my first cookbook.

I’ve talked about it before when I shared my Blueberries and Cream Bread, and I’m sure I’ll talk about it again; that little spiral-bound  Adair UMC Cookbook was and is my favorite cookbook.  It’s packed with the dishes of my childhood and memories of church pot-lucks, sneaking into the dessert table, and getting chased by boys around the Fellowship Hall.

These Hello Dolly Bars are from that cookbook, courtesy of a sweet, bottle-black haired woman by the name of DeDe.  Golden brown coconut, caramelized condensed milk, and ooey-gooey chocolate … all baked atop a graham cracker crumb crust.

Not sold yet?  Ever moaned when the Girl Scouts’ cookie season ended, crying over the fact you would have to wait another year before a purple box of Samoa’s would be in your cabinet?  Then, this is the dessert for you.  ‘Cause it’s like making your own Samoa cookies .. but richer and better.

Truth.

 

Hello Dolly Bars
 
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Like Samoas? Then this is the desert for you: coconut, chocolate, and the rich taste of caramelized condensed milk and toffee. Awesomeness.
Author: Rachel Lacy
Ingredients
  • 1.5 Cups Crushed Graham Cracker Crumbs
  • 1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • 1 Stick Unsalted Butter, melted
  • 1.5 Cups Milk Chocolate Chips
  • .5 Cups Toffee Chips
  • 1 Cup Coconut Flakes
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a 9x9 baking dish, pour in the melted butter and then add the crushed graham crackers. Mix well with a fork and then spread it in the bottom of the pan.
  3. Top with the chocolate chips and toffee chips.
  4. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over everything and then top with the coconut flakes.
  5. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until the coconut is browned.
  6. Remove and allow to cool before slicing and serving.
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Rachel Lacy is the author of Following In My Shoes, where she blogs about Mommyhood, Family-Friendly Recipes and Bento Lunches, and Life in Texas. She is a lover of all things Coffee and Nutella.
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