Pecan Shortbread Toffee and Rolo Magic Cookie Bars, whether you call them Magic Cookie Bars, Hello Dolly Bars, or Seven Layer Bars this ooey, gooey dessert recipe is sure to please! They are always a crowd-pleaser and always hit the spot!

This recipe is super easy to make and can be customized with your favorite candies. It is also a great way to use up extra holiday candy.

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If you’re not familiar with Magic Cookie Bars, it’s the easiest recipe in the world. Also why it’s so popular! (People LOVE easy recipes!) You layer ingredients, pour sweetened condensed milk over the top, and bake them. While cooking, all the ingredients bind together for a dessert sensation in the form of a bar. Simple and delicious.

I used Rolos and chopped Heath bars, but you could use almost any chocolate candy. Try Snickers, M&Ms, Twix. I honestly can’t think of a candy that would not work.

As well, if you or your children aren’t fans of coconut (You really can’t tell it there in this recipe.), you can omit it and use 1/2 cup more of an ingredient you do like. More chocolate chips? That would be great!

Ingredients

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For the shortbread crust

For the topping

When sweetened condensed milk cooks, it turns into caramel. As it bakes, it melts and oozes into every part of these bars. The bars are firm yet soft, much like fudge with a crust. They are so completely decadent that I could not stop eating them!

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I updated this post from an earlier version dated October 30, 2018. I made new photos and simplified the recipe instructions.

Pecan Shortbread Toffee and Rolo Magic Cookie Bars

Pecan Shortbread Toffee and Rolo Magic Cookie Bars, whether you call them Magic Cookie Bars, Hello Dolly Bars, or Seven Layer Bars this ooey, gooey dessert recipe is sure to please! They are always a crowd-pleaser and always hit the spot!

Author: Paula

5 from 19 votes

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Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 47

Total Time: 57

Servings: 16 slices

Equipment

Ingredients

For the shortbread crust

½ cup butter at room temperature
⅓ cup granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup + 6 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons chopped pecans

For the topping

½ cup dark chocolate chips
½ cup butterscotch chips
1 cup Rolo candies
2 (1.4 ounce) Heath bars chopped
½ cup sweetened coconut flakes
1 (14 ounce can) sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Line a 9×9 inch baking pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
Cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add vanilla, flour, and pecans and stir until blended. Press dough into prepared pan as evenly as you can. The dough will be thin.
Bake 20 minutes until lightly brown around edges.
Remove from oven and sprinkle dark chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, Rolo candies, Heath bars, and coconut over the crust.
Evenly pour sweetened condensed milk over ingredients.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes until brown around the edges and set in the middle. (I baked mine for 27 minutes, turned the oven off, and allowed them to sit in the oven for 3 minutes before removing.
Cool completely before cutting. Store in an airtight container up to 5 days.

Nutrition

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.

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14 Comments

Can you use cookie dough as the base.?

Paula says:

11.22.21 at 4:03 pm

yes, that sounds wonderful!!! 😍

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Before I start on what looks like my dream dessert, can you confirm the amount of Heath bars? Two 14-ounce bars seems like an incredible amount. Not a bad amount, mind you. But I have no idea where to buy candy bars this large, or whether this amount will ruin the recipe. Is it possible that this should read two 1.4 (one-point-four) ounce bars?

Paula says:

11.06.20 at 2:27 pm

Heyyyy, yes, I’m so glad you left a comment. It should be 1.4 ounce candy bars(although I don’t think 14 ounces would necessarily be bad 😉)

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