Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Dream Bars/Dolly Bars/Seven Layer Bars

I love dream bars....or whatever you call them.....you all know what they are...the bars that are loaded with shredded coconut, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, doused in condensed milk on top of a graham cracker crust.  I had thought they were called dream bars but when I was looking for the recipe I found that there were several versions and names for these...

I tried to use the most "healthy" recipe I could find.   I used the recipe below and the bars tasted great!    Also if I had known how easy these things are to make...I would have made these a lot sooner in life!  oh well never too late right?


Ingredients:

1 package graham crackers (nine full crackers)
1/2 can low fat condensed milk
2 TBSP melted butter
1 TBSP water
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup butterscotch chips
2/3 cup flaked sweetened coconut

Preheat over to 350 degrees
I put the graham crackers in a freezer zip lock bag and used my rolling pin to roll over the bag.  Worked like a charm!


See!  Nothing but crumbs!


Add melted butter and water and combine.

Loosely press crumbs into greased 9x13 pan

Add choc chips, butterscotch chips, coconut, and drizzle half the can of condensed milk over the entire pan.  Make sure the condensed milk is drizzled throughout the pan because this is what will help to hold everything together.   The recipe called for a whole can but I found that half a can worked just as well and made me feel less guilty!   Bake for 25 minutes.

As you can see, I couldn't even wait to eat one before taking a pic!