Easter Magic bars are a delicious Easter dessert with gooey layers of chocolate, coconut, and pastel Easter M&M candies.
Easter M&M Magic Bars
Are you looking for an easy easter dessert? Look no further than the perennial favorite, 7 layer magic bars. These M&M Easter magic bars have all the ingredients that you love from a traditional magic cookie bar recipe with a sprinkling of colorful Easter M&M candy. It’s the perfect addition to your celebration.
If you have a sweet tooth and love an easy dessert this is the one for you!
What are Magic Cookie Bars?
Magic bars, Seven layer cookie bars, Hello Dolly Bars, and Hello Dollies and all the same cookie by a different name. The best part is that no matter what you call them they are all layered cookie bars that are made using the seven ingredients, butter, graham cracker crumbs, coconut, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, sweetened condensed milk and walnuts.
I think they are magic because they disappear so quickly.
Try these Ghirardelli Seven Layer Brownie Bars or Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Cup Magic Cookie Bars for more Magic Bar variations.
Why you will love this recipe
- Easter magic bars are easy to make with items you already have in your pantry.
- Your kids and grandkids can help make them and the whole family will love them.
- You can make these dessert bars for Easter or after to use up leftover Easter candy.
- They freeze well and can be made ahead for all of your Easter celebrations.
What You Need to Make Easter Magic Cookie Bars
- 1 stick unsalted butter melted
- 11/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 15 oz. can sweetened condensed milk not evaporated milk
- 1 1/2 cups coconut flakes
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 11/2 chocolate chips, or white chocolate chips
- 11/2 cup pastel M&M candy pieces
How to Make Easter magic bar cookies
In just a few simple steps you will have the perfect Easter dessert.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13″ baking pan with parchment paper or foil. Spray the baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a small bowl combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter, mix well.
- Then pour the graham cracker mixture into the prepared pan. Press the crumbs down firmly with the back of a measuring cup or use your clean hands to press the crumbs into an even layer in the bottom of your pan.
- Next, pour the can of condensed milk evenly over the top of the graham cracker layer and then sprinkle with the coconut, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and M&M candy. Press the toppings gently into the condensed milk layer.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle the top with a few extra M&M’s if you like.
- Once cooled, use the parchment of foil over hang to remove the bars from the pan to cut and to serve.
Variations & Serving Suggestions
These layer bars are delicious as is but you can always customize them to your taste and add different flavors.
- Change up the crust. Use a food processor, a blender or the back of a rolling pin to make fine crumbs from your favorite graham crackers, cookies, biscuits or chocolate graham crackers to make extra special.
- Add dark chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips or milk chocolate chips to this recipe.
- Use a mixture of peanut M&M candy and plain M&M candy.
- Make these cookies for every holiday with colorful seasonal candy.
- Add nuts, walnuts which are traditionally used in this recipes, pecans, pistachios.
- Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Or use them in the bottom of a sundae instead of holiday brownies.
How to Store Easter M&M Magic Cookie Bars
Let the easter cookies come to room temperature, then store leftover M&M easter cookie bars in an airtight container or wrapped in plastic wrap for 3-4 days. For longer storage place in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months.
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I hope that you enjoyed this recipe for Easter Magic Cookie Bars they are the perfect treat for this holiday season.
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Easter M&M Magic Bars
Easter Magic bars are a delicious Easter dessert with gooey layers of chocolate, coconut, and pastel Easter M&M candies.
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 12-18 bars 1x
Ingredients
1 stick unsalted butter melted
11/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 15 oz. can sweetened condensed milk not evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups coconut flakes
1 cup butterscotch chips
11/2 chocolate chips, or white chocolate chips
11/2 cup pastel M&M candy pieces
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13″ baking pan with parchment paper or foil. Spray the baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
In a small bowl combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter, mix well.
Then pour the graham cracker mixture into the prepared pan. Press the crumbs down firmly with the back of a measuring cup or use your clean hands to press the crumbs into an even layer in the bottom of your pan.
Next, pour the can of condensed milk evenly over the top of the graham cracker layer and then sprinkle with the coconut, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and M&M candy. Press the toppings gently into the condensed milk layer.
Bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle the top with a few extra M&M’s if you like.
Do not over bake the bars, you want the center to be a little wiggly and the edges light brown.
Once cooled, use the parchment of foil over hang to remove the bars from the pan to cut and to serve.
Notes
Customize these 7 Layer Magic Bars with your favorite chocolate chips or Easter candy.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 25
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
On My Radar
My family and friends love 7 layer bars with the traditional layers. Instead of nuts, I’ll give this a try with the M & M replacement. Easy tweak, but looks really festive for spring and Easter. Thank you!
They are so colorful and look beautiful for Easter. I hope you enjoy them.
Have a wonderful day.
Yummy! My grands would love these! I’ll have to make a batch. Have a great weekend, friend!
I think that your grands would love them. You could also arrange the M&M’s to look like bunnies as I did on the ice cream. A little extra work but worth the cuteness factor.