I think that there are a number of names and versions of this treat. It has probably been more than 20 years since I made these. I forgot just how good there are.

I made them yesterday and they were a big hit with the neighbours Moe shared them with.

Home Cookin Chapter: Recipes From Thibeault's Table

Hello Dollys
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1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup of sugar
1 1/2 to 2 cup of chocolate chips
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1 cup of coconut
1 can of condensed milk

Heat over to 350°F

Melt Butter and add graham cracker crumbs and sugar. Mix together and then pat into a 8 or 9 inch square baking dish. (You can use an 9 X 13 dish but then the squares will be very thin. Thick is so much better.)

Sprinkle the walnuts over the crust, then the chocolate chips and finish with the coconut. Drizzle the condensed milk evenly over the top. Bake for about 25 minutes until the coconut is lightly brown. Cool and then cut into squares.

Tracey

Ann, I had relatives visiting over the weekend, and made these, which I hadn't made since Sam was little.
I call them Magic Bars, and was planning on blogging about them. I altered the original recipe, a little, over the years to cut back on the sweetness, but we love them too.

Sol

Maybe Hello Dollys was a Canadian name?

But here's a tip. Use half the butter, put it in the pan, and put the pan in the oven while it preheats, to melt. Then just lay WHOLE graham crackers in to cover the bottom of the pan. Much easier, and the bars are more stable, they don't crumble from the bottom as much.

Thanks Ann, for stirring up a memory.

Nancy

"stirring up" a memory - lol!

seagrass

My in-laws make these and they call them Hello Dolly's as well. My husband always talks about his mom making them for church events and he wasn't allowed to take any and it used to drive him crazy, seeing them on the table, but not being able to have one!!

Sol - can you post your lighter recipe? I do like them now and then, but they are a little too sweet for me. I can't figure out how to make them less sweet, however. More graham and less chocolate and milk maybe? I suppose for as often as I eat them, it's not a big deal! Some things are just supposed to be gooey sweet!

Lisa

This is what I found when I googled it...as well as MANY recipes!
From The Big Apple..

The Broadway musical Hello, Dolly! opened on January 16, 1964, and became one of the longest-running Broadway shows ever. The musical features a restaurant scene. The origin of foods named "Hello Dolly" requires some explanation.

Clementine Paddleford’s food column in "The Week " magazine on September 19, 1965 featured a "Hello Dolly Cake" recipe by 11-year-old Alecia Leigh Couch, of Dallas, that she borrowed from her grandmother. The recipe included graham crack crumbs, flaked coconut, chocolate chips, chopped nuts, and condensed milk. However, on July 22, 1965, the Ada (OK) Evening News had published a similar recipe for "Hello Dolly Cookies."

Pre-1966, the recipe was variously called "Graham Chip Squares," "Chocolate Graham Squares," "Washington Cookies," "Chewy Delights," "7-Layer Cookies," and other names. The popularity of "Hello Dolly squares" has lessened since the 1960s, but there are many recipes on the internet.

Here's another of my handy tips. For cutting all bar cookies (Hello Dollies, brownies, etc), I use a dough scraper--one of those rectangula blades (about 3" X 5") with a wooden handle along one edge. Just press it straight down into the cookie where you want to cut, pick it straight up and move to your next cut. I find that makes the neatest cuts, with less mess than using a knife and trying to saw through the product.

Ill tell you another one if you want.

Ann:
You never save me any .
LOU

I'm going to try your's and sub the Coco Dyna Bits and cut back on the Chocolate Chips a bit.
I'll let you know how they turn out, Dolly.
Louis

Lou

David

I remember them from childhood and we called them 7-Layer Bars, too. (Never heard the name "Hello Dolly Bars" until just today! LOL)

Doesn't matter what you call them, they are so easy and delicious. Hmm....maybe I'll make a pan this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration, Ann!

Linda

Stirred this mess a litle and put it in a 350 deg. Oven for 15 minutes.

I should have eaten 1/2 cup of the ice Cream, because it didn't get hard enough.

It is good but a little soft.

Now I'll gain another pound, testing it out.
I hope you are happy !!!!!
LOU

Ann

I saw the picture first, before I read. I was looking, asking myself, is this the Retro Dessert thread? I thought it was some kind of casserole. Well, I guess it is come to think of it. You have a new one Lou, Dessert Casserole. Another Original! Once it's all the way cold and has set a while maybe it will firm up a bit. Or you could always do what good cooks do with desserts that don't quite make it. Eat it ON the ice cream. You made me laugh Lou and that's always good.

I'm definitely making some for my next craft group meeting.

David, we didn't have these often either, because no one in my house liked coconut either. Now I love the stuff but the Monkey Princess doesn't. I'll bet they'd be good without coconut, but they'd lack a layer, LOL.

thanks, Ann, for the reminder.
Annie

Kept asking, what were all the little things it there.
I told them ," I can't tell you, it was a Secret Recipe ", because I didn't remember everything that I added.

I'll try to remember what and how much and put it in here
Think I listed most of it.?
LOU
Ann: You can take credit if you want .

Ann

Shaun:
All of the flowers didn't Bloom Yet.
Maybe tommorrow ?

Kathleen:
Sharon Cb:

The Bears destroyed all my feeders but none of my warning devices were moved ?

And all the seeds were still in the one Plastic Jar Feeder.
I think if a Bear knocked them down, he would have chewed the plastic apart.

Maybe it's the Racoons
Have to keep an eye on them. They look like Bandits.
I don't know if they can shinny up a 6 round inch pole ,
16 foot high???
Lou