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Originally Posted by Starofsorrow
My family doesn't really bake too often nowadays, but back when I was growing up, my father's family loved to make those things called 'Hello Dollies". I'm not sure if it's a family reciepe or not, but it was basically like a layered bar with graham crust, chocolate chips, coconut shavings, and some kinda caramel or something to layer each other up and bond. It was delicious, and if you ate too many, you'd get stick. =)
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OMG, I love those or something similar to those. My family referred them as "Chippy Dippy Bars," though I think everyone else calls them "Hello Dollies" We always put butterscotch chips in them too, in addition to the chocolate chips. We used sweetened condensed milk instead of caramel to adhere everything together. Eagle Foods actually has a 'kit' nowadays that has all the ingredients in a box in case you don't want to buy it all seperately. And now I'm craving some of those.
As far as baking, I'm planning on making some fudge this week and maybe some peanut butter balls (aka buckeyes). I also volunteered to make a huge decorated cookie for work in a jelly roll pan to give to another department, similar to what you'd get at your local cookie store. I'm attempting to recall my skills from a college job where I worked in a cookie shop and used to make those regularly.