This post is a part of the Fantabulous Valentine’s Day Favorites blog chain put together by a great group of bloggers. The theme this week is Favorite Valentine’s Day Recipes. Be sure to check out all the great recipes shared at the end of this post! You can also link up any family friendly Valentine’s Day post you have on the linky at the bottom of this post!Some of my favorite Valentine’s Day’ desserts are desserts that I have already posted, but I just change the M & M’s to Valentine colored M & M’s in recipes such as the Fudge Filled Bars and the Cookie Sticks.
Another dessert that my mom makes quite often is what we call Magic Rainbow Bars, or I have seen it called Seven Layer Bars. (Just because they use two kinds of baking chips–so there are 7 total ingredients.)
These are very easy to make, and I usually top them again with seasonal M & M’s. This time I had forgotten to pick up the wonderful M & M’s, but I had some Christmas colored chocolate chips left over from the holidays. We went through and picked out the red chips, put in some vanilla chips, and a few chocolate chips, and we were good to go! (So since I left out the nuts, but put in three kinds of chips, I still had seven ingredients! 🙂 )
Here’s how you make Seven Layer Bars:
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (9 big crackers/18 half crackers--1 package)
- 1 can sweetened milk (14 ounces)
- 1 1/2 cups coconut (flaked, sweetened is what I use)
- 1 cup chopped nuts (if desired - I don't use.)
- 1 cup M & M's (or chocolate baking chips)
Instructions
- In a 13 x 9" baking pan, melt margarine (in oven).
- Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs over margarine.
- Pour sweetened condensed milk over crumbs.
- Top with coconut, chopped nuts,and finally M & M's/chocolate.
- Press down firmly.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350° or until lightly browned.
- Cool. Cut into bars. You can freeze these bars.
Interested in more fantabulous Valentine’s Day Recipes? Check out any of these posts by clicking on the links below! You can also look at some great Valentine’s Day diy crafts that were posted last week here.
Called To Be A Mom –
Valentine’s Homemade Pizza
Creative K Kids –
Valentine Seven Layer Bars
My Life Abundant –
Blueberry Strawberry Muffins
Still want more? Head to our Pintabulous Mom’s Valentines Day Board!
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This was one of my favorite treats years ago (I forgot about it) …but haven’t done it with the M&Ms…I think my boys would LOVE this for Valentine’s Day. Thanks for posting this.
No problem! I hope your boys like them!
These look yummy. I’ve never made bars like these before but see tons of recipes for them. I bet kids really like them.
They do–and my brother-in-law loves them!
Those look very yummy! I was so torn on what to make for my recipe. I shyed away from treats this time. But those look amazing!
Pizza is good all the time! We are big dessert makers at special holidays. I freeze them and give many away or have them at play dates.
These look yummy and so simple! I love how they can work with whatever you have on hand.
That’s for sure==there are so many variations out there. I googled if you could substitute oatmeal for the coconut for another question, and saw that some use crushed cornflakes or pretzels instead of the graham crackers and the different kinds of nuts people use–the possibilities are endless!
These would be perfect without the coconut…maybe I will try these and just substitute something else for them (I wonder if oatmeal would work…?)
hmm–I don’t know what you would substitute for it. I googled it and I did see a couple of suggestions for rolled oats or oatmeal. I love oats in desserts, so I would like to know how it tastes!
It can brighten your valentine day like a real rainbow, I hope. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome! I am glad you enjoyed it.
Droooooooooooooollllllll! These look amazing! Pinning for sure!
I have pinned your post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Board, but you probably already knew that:)
Looking forward to trying some of these recipes!!
This looks SO good! Thanks for linking up with “Try a New Recipe Tuesday.” I look forward to seeing what you will share this week. http://our4kiddos.blogspot.com/2014/02/try-new-recipe-tuesday-february-4.html