Delicious chocolate chop and coconut cookie bars with a crushed cookie crust are a delicious take on magic cookie bars.
If you’re all about counting calories, then you’re not going to like me very much. But if you’re into chocolate and deliciousness and saving money, then I have a recipe for you — a dessert made with ingredients from the dollar store.
These Amaretto Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are an ooey-gooey, easy-to-make dessert that will only set you back a few bucks per batch.
You thought the dollar store was only a go-to source for crafting, party and home decor supplies? That was pretty much my impression, too, until a friend threw down the gauntlet. She challenged some bloggers to whip up a dessert as part of her monthly Great Dollar Store Challenge series.
The catch: at least half of the ingredients had to be purchased from the dollar store.
My Amaretto Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, are a new take on magic cookie bars or 7-layer bars. With the exception of the butter, all the ingredients were purchased at my local Dollar Tree.
Looking for more delicious cookie recipes? Try one of these 30 different Christmas cookie recipes. Or whip up a batch of these chocolately Hot Cocoa Cookies with Marshmallows.
To make these, you’ll need butter, a package of chocolate chip cookie mix, sweetened condensed milk, coconut, chocolate chips and Amaretti Macaroons Italian Biscuits.
Those Italian biscuits are what makes this dessert — as far as I could tell from the little nibble I tasted. My mom said she loved the almond flavor they gave the chocolate chip cookie bars. If you can’t find these particular cookies at your dollar store, Graham crackers or any cookie or shortbread will do. In fact, I think it would be fun to experiment with different cookie crusts for this recipe.
So, are you ready for the recipe? These are very easy to make, and they’re something different to take the next time you’re asked to bring a dessert to a potluck.
Serve them right out of the baking pan. Or fancy things up by cutting them into squares and serving in cupcake wrappers. Be sure to add a side of milk or coffee.
Can you say yum?
Who knew the dollar store was such a culinary treasure trove!
Amaretto Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup Amaretti Macaroons Italian biscuit crumbs
- 8 Tablespoons butter
- 8.5 ounce package Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
- ½ can sweetened condensed milk
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 TBS water
Instructions
- Preheat over to 350 degrees.
- Line a 9-inch square baking dish with parchment paper or coat thoroughly with cooking spray.
- Pulse Amaretti cookies in a food processer until coursely ground.
- Melt ½ stick of butter and add to cookie crumbs, mixing until coated.
- Press cookie crumbs into the bottom of your greased or parchment-lined baking pan.
- Top with chocolate chips and coconut.
- Pour sweeteneed condensed milk over chocolate chips and coconut.
- Prepare cookie dough, according to package directions, using ½ stick of softened butter and 1 Tablespoon of water. Mix well until a soft dough forms.
- Spread cookie dough over the chips, coconut and sweetened condensed milk.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until cookie dough is set.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool before cutting.
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And don’t forget to pin mine for your next potluck.
Suzy @ Worthing Court
Yum is right! These sound delicious! I smacked myself on the head too – why didn’t I ever think to buy desert ingredients at the dollar store??? BTW – I’ll fix you some of my Weeknight Chicken Potpie for supper if you’ll bring these for desert!
Cynthia
YUM these have this girl written allover them!!! Can’t wait to try these in the new house. Thanks for the recipe PINNING!!!
Cynthia
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Amy — I’m having a blast visiting my co-hosts’ sites! These look really good and I like the use of the cookies as the base. You gals may get me cooking yet!
Sondra @ Sondra Lyn at Home
Amy, I admire your willpower! These sound delicious. I’d have a hard time letting anything with sweetened condensed milk and chocolate go out the door!
It’s been such fun co-hosting with you this round of The Great Dollar Store Challenge!