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.
It isn’t strictly a “holiday” recipe, but my favorite recipe to take to holiday potlucks is Chocoflan (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/marcela-valladolid/chocoflan-recipe/index.html). Of course I use Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk in it. 😉 Thank you!
my favorite holiday recipe is a chocolate trifle.
my aunt brought it to a family gathering many years ago & since then I’ve made it at least 30 times with many variations.
I could eat the whole thing by myself!
Mmmmmm cheese fondue every Christmas Eve.
my favorite holiday recipe is my great grandmothers stuffing ! my mom continues the tradition and makes it every special holiday!
I love making a cherry sauce to go on my holiday ham. It’s so delicious!
One of my favorite holiday desserts is pretzel bark. Its super easy to make and so delishously perfect.
Pretzel bark
1cup chopped pretzels
1/3 cup chopped toated pecans,
1 1/2oz (8 sqares) semi sweet baking chocolate, chopped
Melt chocolate over double broiler, add pretzels and pecans and mix. Spread evenly over cookie sheet lined with wax paper or silicone matt. Cool in fridge for 10mintes, then very coarsley break into pieces and enjoy!
Oop! I meant to say 1 1/2 pckges (or 12 squares) of semi sweet baking chocolate squares! Sorry
My favorite holiday baking recipe is Thelma’s Bars. Secret family recipe. 😉
my most usefull holiday secret is have a plan in place to keep the kids from getting board. i have work sheets and crafts ready for my 3 and 5 year old. i also use a treasure box so when they complete their work or do something elspecially nice they can pick something out of the box.
My German Grandma’s sugar twist cookies. Agonizing to make, layers and layers, but so delicious. Every time I make them I swear it’s the last time. Til next year…
Magic Cookie Bars are my soul.
My favorite Christmas recipe is my mom’s date nut bread – she bakes it in a can and I always looked forward to that first slice on Christmas morning (schmeared with plenty of cream cheese)!