CHOCOLATE PRETZEL COCONUT LAYER BARS

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• 1 German chocolate cake mix
  
• 1/2 cup crushed pretzels
  
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
  
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
  
• 1 cup (6 ounce) Nestle's Toll House Semi Sweet Chocolate Morsels
  
• 1 cup (6 ounce) Nestle's Toll House Butterscotch Flavored Morsels
  
• 1 cup flaked coconut
  
• 1 cup chopped pecans
  
• 1 14-ounce can of Carnation sweetened condensed milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.

Combine cake mix, pretzels, butter and egg in large bowl. Stir until well mixed.

Press pretzel mixture into bottom of prepared pan.

Bake for 15 minutes or until crust puffs and appears dry.

Cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes.

Layer semi-sweet morsels, butterscotch morsels, coconut and pecans. Pour sweetened condensed milk over nuts.

Bake for 30 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.

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Correction/Clarification: (Published June 14, 2006) This recipe for Chocolate Pretzel Coconut Layer Bars that appeared in Kitchen Mailbox on May 25 uses a 14-ounce can of Carnation sweetened condensed milk. The recipe included an incorrect amount as originally published.