Chocolate Almond Macaroon Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups chocolate wafer cookies, crumbled
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 3 3/4 cups sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 cup sliced almonds, toasted
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 13 x 9 baking pan.
• 3 combine cookie crumbs, melted butter and sugar; firmly press mixture on bottom of prepared pan.
• 4 stir together sweetened condensed milk, coconut and almonds; mix well.
• 5 carefully drop mixture by spoonfuls over crust; spread evenly.
• 6 bake 20-25 minutes or until coconut edges just begin to brown. cool.
• 7 place semi-sweet chocolate chips and whipping cream in a medium microwave-safe bowl.
• 8 microwave on high (100%) 1 minute; stir.
• 9 if necessary, microwave at high an additional 10 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred.
• 10 cool until slightly thickened; spread over cooled bars.
• 11 sprinkle top with chips.
• 12 cover; refrigerate several hours or until thoroughly chilled.
• 13 cut into bars.
• 14 refrigerate leftovers.