SEVEN-LAYER BITES


MAKES 12 bars

TOTAL TIME: 45 minutes

You can substitute ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips for the semisweet chocolate.

12

Keebler Sandies cookies, broken into ½-inch pieces

1

cup sweetened condensed milk

3

ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped fine

½

cup Rice Krispies cereal

½

cup pecans, toasted and chopped coarse

½

cup (1½ ounces) sweetened shredded coconut, toasted

2

teaspoons vanilla extract

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 12-cup muffin tin. Toss all ingredients together in bowl to combine, and portion mixture evenly into prepared muffin tin.

2. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking. Let bites cool in pan for 15 minutes. Run knife around edge of each bite to help loosen from pan. Serve warm or at room temperature.