Chocolate Coconut Bars

I found this recipe in a Lion House cookbook that my Mom gave me awhile ago.  I love coconut SO much!!  These bars are simple and delicious!! 

 

Chocolate Coconut Bars

Ingredients:

2 cups crushed graham crackers

1/2 cup margarine, melted...I used butter

4 Tablespoons sugar

2 cups flaked coconut.....I used sweetened, but I'm sure they would still be great with unsweetened

1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips

 

Directions:  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.

 

Mix graham crackers, margarine or butter, and sugar together and press into prepared baking pan.  Bake for 7 minutes.  Sprinkle the coconut on top of the crust and then pour the condensed milk over the coconut.  Bake for 15 minutes.  Remove from the oven and sprinkle chocolate chips on top.  When the chips are soft, spread evenly over the coconut.  Allow the chocolate to set up and cut into pieces.  It can be refrigerated to help the chocolate set up.

O'Henry Bars

Quick post...just wanted to share this recipe today.  We loved these at my house!!  Chocolate, peanut butter, oats...what's not to love?  You like that big 'glob' of chocolate/peanut butter on the bar below?  I had a little left on the spoon after I 'smeared' the topping around...I scraped it off and that's where it landed.  Best bite of the batch :)

O'Henry Bars

Ingredients:

 2/3 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup corn syrup

3 t. vanilla

4 cups quick oats

Topping:

1 cup chocolate chips(I used semi-sweet)

2/3 cup peanut butter

Directions:  Cream together butter and brown sugar.  Add corn syrup and vanilla.  Add oats and mix well.  Press mixture into a greased 9x13" pan.  I also lined the bottom of the pan with wax paper to make it easier to get the bars out when they were finished.  Bake at 350 for 12-14 minutes.  Remove from oven and allow to cool.  Melt together chocolate chips and peanut butter.  Spread on cooled bars.  Refrigerate to allow the peanut butter, chocolate chip mixture to harden.  Cut into bars.