Chippy Chewy Bars
Makes 48 bars
Prep Time: 10 min.
Baking Time: 20 min.
Ingredients
- 1/2 - cup (1 stick) butter or
margarine
- 1-1/2 - cups graham cracker
crumbs
- 1-2/3 - cups (10-ounces package)
Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips, divided
- 1-1/2 - cups Sweetened Coconut
Flakes
- 1 - can (14 oz.) sweetened
condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
- 1 - cup Hershey’s Semi-Sweet
Chocolate Chips or Hershey’s Mini Chips Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Chips
- 1-1/2 - teaspoons shortening (do
not use butter, margarine, spread or oil)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place butter in 13x9x2-inch
baking pan. Heat in oven until melted and remove pan from oven.
- Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs
evenly over butter and press down with fork.
- Sprinkle 1 cup peanut butter
chips over crumbs and sprinkle coconut over chips.
- Layer remaining 2/3 cup peanut
butter chips over coconut and drizzle sweetened condensed milk
evenly over top.
- Press down firmly.
- Bake 20 minutes or until lightly
browned.
- Combine chocolate chips and
shortening in small microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave at HIGH (100%)
1 minute; stir.
- If necessary, microwave at HIGH
an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating,
just until chips are melted and mixture is smooth.
- Drizzle evenly over top of baked
mixture.
- Cool completely and cut into
bars.
Alan’s Kitchen Tip:
For a lighter drizzle, use 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 3/4 teaspoon
shortening. Microwave at HIGH 30 seconds to 1 minute or until chips are
melted when stirred.
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