Best chocolate coconut bars.  Ever.  I'm serious.

I made these for the first time this holiday, I am a terrible baker-- but found this not only unable to fail if you follow the directions-- but the best dessert thing you will ever want to eat ever again.

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
• 1 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 15-by-10-inch baking pan, or 2 smaller pans are fine too.
2. In a large bowl, stir together cookie crumbs, sugar, and butter until combined. Evenly press onto bottom and up sides of prepared baking sheet. Bake, rotating halfway through, until firm, about 10 minutes. Cool, about 20 minutes.
3. Sprinkle cooled crust evenly with pecans, or chopped walnuts, or anything else you think would taste good-- and chocolate chips. Pour condensed milk over the top, spreading to cover completely. Sprinkle with coconut.
4. Bake until coconut is toasted, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool completely. Trim edges, if desired, and cut into equal-size bars.
   
   -Mimi