Vegan Magic Cookie Bars

These easy Vegan Magic Cookie Bars are twice as enchanted, made without sweetened condensed but still all the similar delicious sweet layers!

Ingredients Oat Crust Option 1 1/2 cups rolled oats 1/3 cup maple syrup Almond Crust Option (grain-free) 1 1/2 cups almond flour 2-3 tbsp maple syrup Top Layer 3 ripe bananas 3/4 cup chocolate chips 3/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut 3/4 cup chopped nuts ((I used pecans, but any will work)) Instructions Preheat the oven to 350F. For the oat crust, blend the oats on low pace to wreck into small pieces. Slowly pour in the maple syrup with the blender on until it clumps to sort a sticky chunky texture.  For the almond crust, combine the almond flour and maple syrup in a bowl. Mix to create a sticky and clumpy dough that holds jointly whilst pressed. Add 1 tbsp water if it seems too dry. Press the crust proper suitable into a baking dish lined with parchment paper (mine was 8×4″). Bake for 15 minutes at 350F. Remove from the oven and cool for on the least 15 minutes. While the crust is cooling, blend the bananas until smooth. Pour the banana puree on best of the crust. Sprinkle on the chocolate chips, nuts, and coconut. Gently press down until the banana puree rises up masking everything. Bake for 40 minutes at 350F.  Cool then sit once more overnight.  The next day, slice and enjoy! Keep leftovers in the fridge.

There are many recipes I trust magical…

Cake with merely TWO food and no baking? Magic.

Breakfast food turned dreamy ice cream base? Magic.

Crave-worthy cupcakes without flour/sugar/oil/nuts/gluten? Magic.

Color changing pancakes? Magic.

And there was undeniably magic involved here.

But this time I’m now not merely making it up, the word magic is in truth edge of the official establish of these bars. Although my brand may as nicely be recognized as Magical Magic Cookie Bars merely because of the truth they have a fruity thriller detail that makes them easier and extra fit and sweetened condensed milk free.


If you are now not standard with Magic Cookie Bars, enable me to play google for a moment and get you as so a lot as speed.

It starts with a buttery crust (usually graham cracker). The crust is topped with chocolate chips + chopped nuts + shredded coconut. Then all of that goodness is drowned with sweetened condensed milk and baked so everything mixes and melts and then sets in an almost cream-cheese-brownie-like best layer. Oh and let’s now not forget about the browning/caramelization that happens on best solution to the sweetened edge of condensed milk.

They are meant to be actually wealthy and gooey-the magic edge maybe referring to how easy but decadent they are? I’m now not in truth sure. They move by way of manner of other names too, like 7 Layer Bars (beats me, I merely count 5) or Hello Dolly Bars.


So taking that delicious concept I positioned a extra fit vegan spin on it with a couple of minor detail swaps and one large fruity twist!


Tracking down a box of gluten-free and vegan graham crackers is quite the treasure hunt, so I skipped them totally and got proper the following up with five hundred selfmade crust recommendations 1) oat based normally and 2) grain-free made with almond flour. Both are actually easy and oil-free, using maple syrup merely because of the truth the binder.

The almond flour brand is my personal favorite merely because of the truth it browns and tastes so buttery-rich like a shortbread crust. Plus it’s grain-free. But the oat brand has excessive high caliber texture and taste too, and makes for a good low-fat nut-free option.


Nothing quite somewhat to change here, I merely swapped in my favorite brands/varieties. For the chocolate chips I used Enjoy Life minis (or full-size works too). For the coconut I used Let’s Do Organic unsweetened coconut shreds, although looking once more the toasted selection may were even yummier. And for the nuts I opted for pecans, but actually experience free to use any selection you like.


The finest  change surprise of the complete recipe, and it worked even upper than I expected even. Same texture, similar color, and the sugars even caramelize merely because of the truth the bars bake making that best layer extra sweet merely because of the truth it ought to be.

There are many vegan recipes for sale for Magic Cookie Bars that establish for boiling coconut milk and coconut sugar for 15+ minutes to create selfmade dairy-free sweetened condensed milk. But that sounds like quite a little bit of work for what is meant to be an easy dessert. Blending up 3 ripe bananas is quite somewhat faster and naturally sweetened too.

The pan may seem like a banana soup mess of mix-ins for these who slide it into the oven, but after 40 minutes of baking and chilling overnight, the banana sets perfectly making for a tough slice-able bar.


Important tip! Be sure to pour your banana puree on best of the crust and then add the chips and nuts and coconut, now not the other technique around. Been there, executed that, large mess. Because getting the mix-ins to sink into the banana is a messy mission, while getting the banana puree to rise to the best of the mix-ins by way of manner of gently pressing is quite somewhat easier.

Happy Magic Magic Cookie Bar making!