When I saw this recipe I knew I needed to make it quickly. You see I have a special place in my heart for monster cookies and magic bars, but mostly monster cookies.
Growing up we would always have my dad's family reunion at our house (you know everybody wanted to come back to the family farm). It would get super chaotic, in a good way, especially since I have 80 first cousins.
I remember vividly going grocery shopping with my mom and buying the groceries for all the meals we were going to have. It was mind boggling to me to buy that much food (I remember it being 5 carts of food! Is that right mom?).
Anyway, my mom was always in charge of the monster cookies. It was something everyone counted on and she was famous for those beauties. We would make them several weeks ahead of time and freeze them but can you imagine the amount of cookies we had to make for over 100 of us?
The monster cookie batch is huge anyway and we would at least 4 times it. I remember with fondess mixing everything up in this huge silver bowl and stirring until I thought my arm was going to fall off and then baking them all....day....long!
Boy were those cookies delicious though. Then when I saw this version, way faster and easier, I thought what a perfect way to combine two of my favorites desserts.
Monster Magic Bars
(click here for printable version)
9 full graham crackers
4 tbsp butter
1 can sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup oats
3/4 cup M&Ms
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper and grease well. Set aside.
2. In a ziploc bag, crush the graham crackers using a rolling pin. Once crushed and in pretty uniform pieces, add the 4 tbsp. butter to the bag. Place in the microwave and heat up for about 30 seconds. Remove from microwave, let out the air, reseal the bag, and let cool for one minutes. After cooled "mush" the butter and graham crackers together until fully incorporated.
3. Press the graham cracker crumbs into an even layer in your 9x13 pan. Evenly pour the sweetened condensed milk over the graham cracker layer. Sprinkle the oats, M&Ms, chocolate chips, and peanut chips evenly over the sweetened condensed milk and gently press in a little.
4. Bake for 30 minutes or until browned and pulling away from the edges. Let cool and serve. Enjoy!
Source: slightly adapted from Something Swanky
14 comments:
These look so yummy. I too love monster cookies. Love you blog as well, I have uploaded quite a variety of recipes onto my cheftap and have used atleast one as an inspiration on my blog. Keep up the amazing recipes and thanks for sharing!
Well, don't those just look awesome! I'm finding a ton of great recipes in blogland this week! Thanks for sharing.
Love these! Anything that involves condensed milk is usually my friend C:
oh those look great!
I would love for you to come by and share this post on the Creative Corner Hop. The linky party starts on Monday and stays open all week.
Sandy
Cherished Handmade Treasures
I love the colours from using M&M's when baking, it makes me happy just by looking at them:-)
These look amazing! Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday :)
I can't wait to try these. I am going to pretend that since they have oats in them, they are healthy. :) Thanks so much for sharing on Tout It Tuesday.
Those look delicious!!! Wow! Thanks so much for sharing at Thursday's Temptation.
Jill
Thanks for sharing at Terrific Tuesdays.
These look so yummy!
Rachel
adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com
I love these bars! So, so good. :)
I've never had monster bars, but it looks like I need to make some! They look so good! I'm featuring this tomorrow!
These look great! I like how easy they are to make. I am pinning this! Thanks for sharing at Showcase Your Talent Thursday!
My son is having a Monster Truck birthday next month....I think Monster bars will be on the menu ;)
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