12 Crazy-Good Dessert Bars That Start with a Can of Sweetened Condensed Milk
Craving something rich, gooey, and totally irresistible? These 12 crazy-good dessert bars all start with one magical ingredient: sweetened condensed milk. Whether you’re into chocolatey layers, coconut-packed bites, or buttery crusts, there’s something here to satisfy every sweet tooth. Grab a can and get ready to whip up bars so good, they’ll disappear before they’ve even cooled!
Oatmeal Fudge Bars

These simple but decadent Oatmeal Fudge Bars are a mash-up of two of our favorite desserts: soft, chewy oatmeal cookie on top and bottom with a thick layer of rich chocolate fudge in the middle.
Key Lime Pie Bars
Key lime pie bars are smooth and creamy with a delicious lime flavor that’s not too tart. The crunchy graham cracker crust goes so well with the creamy filling – making this the perfect key lime pie recipe.
Peanut Butter Fudge Cookie Bars Recipe
Peanut Butter Fudge Bars have a layer of chocolate sweetened condensed milk fudge nestled between two layers of irresistible peanut butter cookies! Check out my shortcut for making these cookies in just a few minutes with a handful of ingredients!
Oatmeal Lemon Creme Bars
These Oatmeal Lemon Creme Bars are bound to be your new favorite! With a tart, yet sweet lemon filling and a streusel oatmeal topping, these are hard to put down!
Peppermint Gooey Bars
Peppermint Gooey Bars are sweet, soft-baked dessert bars with the refreshing flavor of peppermint! You’ll love this easy Christmas dessert recipe, and it will be your new favorite this holiday season. They’ll pair perfectly with a cup of hot chocolate.
Twix Cookie Bars
Twix Cookie Bars are a homemade treat that combines buttery shortbread, smooth caramel, and rich chocolate all in one bite. These bars are guaranteed to transport you back to childhood memories of sneaking sweets from the pantry.
Double Chocolate Cranberry Magic Bars
Behold the gooey perfection of these Double Chocolate Cranberry Magic Bars! These bars feature a layer of sweet shortbread crust topped with white and semi-sweet chocolate, chewy cranberries, shredded coconut, and crunchy pecans that are then covered with sweetened condensed milk and baked to gooey perfection.
Seven Layer Magic Bars Recipe
Seven Layer Magic Bars – A buttery graham cracker crust is topped with layers of chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut, chopped nuts, and then finished off with a blanket of sweetened condensed milk. These will not last long!
Chocolate Revel Bars
These incredible and addictively delicious chocolate revel bars are my take on the Starbucks oat and fudge bars! These bars have a buttery oat crust, crumble topping, and are filled with a rich, sticky chocolate and walnut filling- they are the perfect sweet treat!
Chocolate Chip Maraschino Cherry Almond Bars
Chocolate Chip Maraschino Cherry Almond Bars are a sweet, chocolate, fudgy answer to your chocolate covered cherry cravings! I mean, I wait all year to see the stores filled up with this holiday treat so why not make a baked version too?!
Candy Apple M&M Magic Bars
These Candy Apple M&M Magic Bars with a Sweet Apple Glaze have a buttery graham cracker and rolled oats crust, chopped fresh apples, walnuts, coconut, Mott’s® Apple Sauce, sweetened condensed milk, Candy Apple M&Ms®, and White Chocolate Candy Corn M&Ms®, and topped with a sweet apple glaze made of Mott’s® 100% Apple Juice, powdered sugar, and a little milk. Heaven!
Chocolate Coconut Bars
If you know and love Mounds Bars then you’ll get excited about these homemade Chocolate Coconut Bars! Using a buttery Graham cracker crust, proceed to add the next layer of creamy sweet condensed milk and shredded coconut, finished off with melted chocolate.