Chocolate Coconut Cookie Bars

A recipe that calls for chocolate, sweetened condensed milk and a whole package of coconut? Yes, I would like some! Oh wow, I would really like to eat a whole pan of these! The recipe comes from tasteofhome.com.

Chocolate Cookie Layer:
1¼ cups flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup cold butter
2 eggs, beaten

Preheat oven to 350°. In large bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, sugar, brown sugar, and salt. Cut cold butter into dry ingredients until crumbly. Mix in eggs. Press mixture into sprayed 13″x9″ baking pan. Bake 8 minutes.

Coconut Layer:
1 (7 oz) package flaked coconut
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk

Sprinkle coconut over baked chocolate cookie layer. Drizzle sweetened condensed milk over coconut and gently spread. Return to oven and bake 20-25 minutes longer or until lightly browned. Remove from oven to wire cooling rack.

Chocolate Frosting Layer:
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter together in microwave, stir until smooth. Spread evenly over coconut layer. Cool on wire rack. When chocolate frosting layer is set, cut into bars.

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