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Hello Dolly Bars

Buttery graham cracker crust topped with Mexican chocolate, pecans, pepitas, shredded sweetened coconut, butterscotch chips and sweetened condensed milk, baked until golden and cut into bars.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 9 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 1 sleeve 9 whole crackersgraham crackers, broken into pieces
  • 1 disk 3.15 ouncesMexican chocolate, chopped
  • 6 tablespoons 3/4 stickunsalted butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoonground ancho chile powder
  • 1 cuppecans
  • 1/2 cuppepitas pumpkin seeds, hulled
  • 1 cupshredded sweetened coconut
  • 1 cupbutterscotch chips
  • One14 ounce cansweetened condensed milk

Equipment

  • 9-inch square baking pan
  • Parchment Paper
  • large food processor
  • Large Bowl
  • Wire Rack

Method
 

Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 9-inch square baking pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two opposite sides to lift the bars out later.
  2. In the bowl of a large food processor, combine the graham cracker pieces, chopped Mexican chocolate, melted butter, and the 1 teaspoon ground ancho chile powder. Process until the mixture resembles wet sand.
  3. Press the processed mixture firmly and evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan to form the crust.
  4. Coarsely chop the pecans, pepitas, and shredded sweetened coconut and place them in a large bowl. Add the butterscotch chips and the 14-ounce can of sweetened condensed milk; stir until all pieces are evenly coated.
  5. Spread the nut/coconut/chip mixture in an even layer over the crust, pressing lightly to level the top.
  6. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the top is deep golden brown and the edges are crisp.
  7. Remove from the oven and set the pan on a wire rack. Cool at least 30 minutes before using the parchment overhang to lift the slab from the pan and cut into bars.

Notes

If you are unable to find pepitas, just increase pecans to 1½cups.
And yes, you can always leave out the Ancho Chile Powder if you don't want that.