Magic Bar Fudge is two classic desserts in one place! Creamy chocolate fudge, with butterscotch chips, and toasted coconut will be a sure favorite!
Wanted to pop in over the weekend and share a little something with you.
I know you are all scrambling to get your houses, menus and turkeys ready for Thanksgiving…but let’s just take a pause, just for a minute, to anticipate the upcoming Christmas season…
I know, I know, one holiday at a time…but I can’t help it! I’m not a Thanksgiving girl. You would think I would be, I mean it’s a holiday completely geared towards stuffing your face, putting on happy pants and then napping. I mean, that’s basically my dream world. But for some reason, it’s just not my favorite. I look at it like this: pie…no thanks, turkey…meh, stuffing…well, alright stuffing I could make a meal out of…but overall, not my thang. Maybe if I could convince my husband that there needs to be presents on Thanksgiving I could learn to love it. Presents make everything better. Fact.
So while you all are thinking pumpkin pie and gravy, I am all about the Christmas cookie…I start planning my holiday baking pretty much in January. I bookmark, I pin, I gather scrap recipes in a folder. Yep, it’s all about the Christmas cookie.
With that said, you want to take a gander at what I came up with?
It’s Magic Bar Fudge.
Here’s what I did:
I coarsely chopped up some graham crackers.
I toasted some coconut over low heat until it got to be this pretty golden color…
I chopped up some walnuts…
Then I mixed some chocolate and butterscotch chips, a pinch of salt in a medium saucepan…
and poured a can of sweetened condensed milk in and melted it all together.
When the chocolate mixture melted, I folded in the graham crackers and nuts and spread into my foil-lined pan.
I sprinkled my toasted coconut on top and let it chill in the fridge.
Now you should really let it set up in the fridge for a good 2 hours, but I may or may not have sampled it before then…SO, if you aren’t above eating melty fudge with a spoon over the pan, now would be the time.
Magic Bar Fudge
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 25 pieces 1x
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate
- 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
- 1 (14 ounce) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped graham crackers
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup toasted coconut
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Line 9×9 pan with foil. Set aside.
- In a medium skillet, place your coconut over medium-low heat until it’s a light golden color. Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a medium saucepan add both kinds of chips, salt, vanilla and sweetened condensed milk. Melt together on low heat until smooth. Remove immediately from heat and fold in nuts and graham crackers.
- Spread in prepared pan and sprinkle toasted coconut on top, gently pressing into chocolate.
- Place in refrigerator to chill and set.
- Cut into squares.
Even when the redipe doesn’t call for it, I always put in a little vanilla extract. It MAKES any recipe.
My favorite holiday recipe is Chocolate Mousse Praline Pecan pie. Thanks for the great giveaway!
My favorite holiday recipe may very well be Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake! Yum!!
These look great. We have Magic Cookie Bars every Christmas! My favorite tradition is that we have stuffed shells and lasagna as our main dish. Everyone is still turkeyed out from Thanksgiving, and it’s a nice change. And, like you, I plan out out Christmas cookies months in advance, slowing going through recipes until I narrow it down to a manageable number. 🙂
I love making gingerbread cookies around the holidays 🙂
I could use another silpat to help me with this!
That looks delicious! My parents always have a Christmas Eve party with all the local extended family. My dad usually cooks most of the food, but I always loved making homemade wontons w/my mom and grandma. Now, my husband, sons and I make the wontons for the party!
My favorite baking for the holidays is pies. My life will not be complete until I perfect my grandma’s technique of rolling the crust in the saran wrap so she can just fold it up & lay it in the pan-perfect every time!
My favorite holiday recipe is caramel nut tart. It has butter pastry and it is delicious. I only make it during the holidays.
My favorite memory is baking christmas cookies and a tea ring with my mom.
I don’t think I could choose just one recipe. My kids love it when I make molasses cookies, and I love the homemade toffee and caramels.