Sweetened Condensed Milk Chocolate Chip Bars

Sweetened condensed milk Chocolate Chip Bars are the perfect recipe when you’re looking for a rich dessert for birthdays and holidays or any time of year.

The Perfect Sweet Dessert Bar

 

The chocolate chip bars recipe is easy to whip up and makes a large pan for a crowd. With all of the sweet flavors, it might become your new favorite.

Sweetened condensed milk is one of my absolute favorite ingredients. I could honestly just lick the can and be happy, but adding it to a recipe always makes dessert better. 

This recipe reminds me a lot of Hello Dolly Bars, but with more of a cookie, shortbread taste. The sweetened condensed milk chocolate chip bars are rich and filling like a Hello Dolly Bar.

How To Make the Crust

Cream the butter

If you forget to set out the butter on the counter to soften, you can microwave the butter for about 15 seconds.

Or, take a large glass and run it under some hot water. Once it’s hot, set it on top of the stick of butter, and in a few minutes, you’ll have some soft butter!

I have a setting on my convection/microwave oven that will soften butter, and I end up using that all the time because I forget to set the butter out.

Add the flour, sugar, and salt to the butter. Mix it until it becomes crumbly.

Press the crumbly mixture into the greased casserole dish.

TIP: Put some flour on your hands while pressing down on the mixture; otherwise, you’ll be covered in dough. 

Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.

Y’all will be baking the crust again, with the toppings, so it’s ok if the center is not completely cooked. 

Chocolate Layer

Heat the can of sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips in a saucepan on low heat until melted.

You can also microwave the chips and sweetened condensed milk in a large bowl in increments of 30 seconds if you don’t want to use a saucepan.

Pour the chocolate mixture over the crust. Spread it to the edges. 

Crumbled Topping

In another bowl, add the softened butter, flour, sugar, and a dash of salt. 

Stir until you create another crumbled mixture for the top of the sweetened condensed milk dessert.

Add the pecans (or walnuts) and chocolate chips to the crumbled mixture and stir together. You can also dice the pecans smaller to make it even more crumbly. 

Crumble the mixture over the top of the chocolate and sweetened condensed milk mixture. Bake for 30-35 minutes.

Cool for about 30 minutes and serve! 

Optional Ingredients

This is your dessert, so feel free to add more or different ingredients. There are lots of options for making it a little bit different.

The majority of these items can be found on the baking aisle in most grocery stores.

• Graham cracker crumbs for a buttery graham cracker crust instead of shortbread. (Just crush up the graham crackers and add melted butter to create the crust).
• Butterscotch chips (this will make it a little more like a magic cookie bars recipe aka 7-layer bars).
• Peanut butter chips (same as above).
• M&Ms
• Drizzle some dulce de leche or caramel sauce over the top.
• Add some cookie dough crumbles on the top (the topping is already similar to cookies).
• Toasted sweetened flaked coconut.
• Dark chocolate chips.
• Top the dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream as soon as it comes out of the oven.