Dark Chocolate Magic Cookie Bars

Dark Chocolate Magic Cookie Bars are chewy, gooey delicious and make the perfect little dessert when you need one in a hurry. These bars are made with some of our favorite chocolate candies, making them very easy to whip up and serve.

 

The Ideal Magic Bars If You Love Chocolate

Growing up, we always remembered making these delicious treats called “magic bars.” So we decided to make a few subtle changes to them. And, they’re perfect to make all year long and special occasions.

Plus, making them with dark chocolate, is even better. Any dark chocolate treat happens to be our favorite “go-to” when we need to satisfy our sweet tooth. And boy do we LOVE these magic bars!

Great to whip up in a hurry. You can refrigerate and even freeze them! Dark Chocolate Magic Cookie Bars have a chewy filling, loaded with flavors along with a subtle peppermint undertone in every bite.  So good! 

Tell Us About Dark Chocolate Magic Cookie Bars:

• There’s no mixing, just layering the ingredients and bake.
• These little bars have a soft-cookie bottom and a chewy, nutty crunchy texture, along with a mild peppermint undertone.
• Loaded with dark chocolate, shredded coconut, walnuts, raisins, bits of toffee, and bits of Andres Crème de Menthe chocolate make these bars irresistible!
• Individual bars make easy servings and a perfect size dessert. No need to serve with a fork, spoon, or plate – just a napkin will do!
• A great make-in-advance treat and they stay fresh for days.

Ingredients You Will Need for Dark Chocolate Magic Cookie Bars:

Here are the ingredients you will need, along with affiliate links from Amazon for your shopping needs. Plus, our full recipe card is located at the bottom.

• graham cracker crumbs –  or you may use gluten-free cracker crumbs.
• sweet butter
• sweetened condensed milk
• Andes Crème de Menthe baking chips
• Hersey’s dark chocolate bar, or any dark chocolate of your choice
• Toffee chocolate bar 
• raisins
• shredded unsweetened organic coconut
• walnuts – (if you are allergic to nuts, omit them)
• bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips
  

How To Make Dark Chocolate Magic Cookie Bars

Want to learn how to make these magic cookie bars? It very simple! It is all about layering each ingredient. 

1.  First, melted butter is poured on the bottom of the 9 x 12-inch baking pan.  Second, a layer of crumbs over the butter.

2.  Next, spread a layer of condensed milk, and then top with a layer of walnuts, raisins, and Andes Crème de Menthe chips. Then scatter a layer of chopped pieces of toffee, chopped Hershey’s dark chocolate, and shredded coconut on top.  All these layers and textures give these bars their irresistible taste and crunch.

3.  Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.  Remove from oven. 

4.  The Last Step, we scattered an additional layer of bittersweet chocolate or chocolate chips on top, and quickly transferred the pan back into the oven for 1 minute, to slightly melt the chocolate.  Remove from oven, then use the back of a spoon, spread the melted chocolate over the entire surface, and scattered chopped walnuts on top.

5. Chill for an hour or more.

Recipe Tips

Layer the ingredients makes these bars this super easy. We guess it’s what makes them called magic bars in the first place.

Add the Final Layer: Be sure to add the final layer of chocolate chips and then transfer the pan back into the oven for about 1 to 2 minutes, until the chips turn shiny. Spread them into one single layer to cover the surface, and scatter with chopped walnuts before it cools.

Allow cooling before you cut into bars. You will need to allow the pan to cool completely before cutting into bars, or they will crumble and fall apart.

Freeze the pan is quicker to cool the mixture before cutting into bars.

Store in at room temperature, or we prefer to keep them chilled in the refrigerator. They will stay fresh longer. Also, they will freeze well too.

A Delicious Chocolate Treat

These dark chocolate magic bars are fun, and easy to make. They are always a huge hit every time we serve them. A delicious treat!  Everyone will RAVE after one bite.

Try them, you’ll love them as much as we do.

ENJOY!

More Dark Chocolate Treats

• S’mores Dark Chocolate Bark
• Chocolate-Dipped Apricots
• Quick & Easy Toffee Bars (gluten-free & nut-free)
• Dairy-Free Chocolate Pudding
• Mini Brownie Cups Filled with Nutella
• Death by Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Tried our Dark Chocolate Magic Cookie Bars?  If you do, please let us know and leave a comment with a star rating.  We’d greatly appreciate it. Have fun and snap a photo and share it on Pinterest, and be sure to tag or hashtag us.  We’d love to share them with the world.

This recipe is original and posted back in 2011, only content and photos have been updated.

Happy Baking!   🙂 

Thanks for stopping by!  

 xo Anna and Liz