Erika's Eats: Chocolate-Coconut Bars

My life has been crazy lately so I must apologize for the lack of new updates/recipes! Since my time is short theses days I wanted a dessert that was quick and good! While "pinning" on Pintrest, I came across this recipe and knew I had to make it. Everyone was saying that it tastes like a Girl Scout Samoa cookie but homemade!! WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO MAKE THIS?!?!

This took me all of 15 mins to prep and about an hour total. SUPER EASY and SUPER GOOD!! Enjoy.

Ingredients:

3 cups finely ground cookies (12 ounces), such as graham crackers or chocolate wafers, or a combination
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
1 cup pecan pieces
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips or chunks
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk (I used evaporated milk and it tasted just the same. If you do this though, sprinkle sugar on top of coconut before cooking.)
1 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut

STEP ONE:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and either spray pan with PAM or line with parchment paper. Smash graham crackers into fine pieces. (You can use either a food processor or a bowl and a glass cup. See below.) You will need 3 cups or about 2 packages of crackers.

STEP TWO:

Combine graham cracker, sugar and melted butter until well mixed! Spread onto your greased pan and press evenly across and up the sides.

STEP THREE:
Place crust into oven for a total of 8-10 mins. Rotate the pan half way through. Take out and let the pan cool for 10 mins on a metal cooling rack.

STEP FOUR:

Sprinkle pecans and chocolate chips on top of crust. Next spread/ pour your condensed milk evenly across the top. Top with coconut and bake until coconut is golden. (About 10-15 mins) If you used evaporated milk, make sure to sprinkle sugar on top of the coconut before baking!