Description
No bake chocolate coconut bars (homemade Bounty bars) made with just 5 ingredients. Sweet coconut filling covered in smooth chocolate!
Ingredients
For the Coconut Centers:
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- 3 cups (240g) sweetened shredded coconut
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- ½ cup (160g) sweetened condensed milk
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- 1 cup (120g) powdered sugar
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- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Chocolate Coating:
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- 2 cups (340g) dark chocolate chips or chopped dark chocolate
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- 1 tablespoon coconut oil (optional, for smooth coating)
Instructions
Mix shredded coconut, condensed milk, powdered sugar, and vanilla in a bowl until well combined. The mixture should hold together when pressed but not be too wet or sticky.
Press coconut mixture firmly into parchment-lined 8×8 pan. Refrigerate 2 hours until very firm. Cut into 16 bars or rectangles of desired size.
Melt dark chocolate and coconut oil together using double boiler or microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring until smooth and completely melted.
Using fork, dip each coconut bar into melted chocolate, coating completely. Tap fork gently to remove excess chocolate. Place on parchment-lined baking sheet.
Refrigerate dipped bars for 30 minutes until chocolate is completely set and firm. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.
Notes
Firm Centers: Freeze coconut centers for 30 minutes before dipping for easiest coating.
Smooth Chocolate: Add 1 tablespoon coconut oil to chocolate for thin, smooth coating.
Clean Dipping: Use two forks – one to dip, one to slide bar onto parchment.
Even Coating: Tap fork on bowl edge several times to remove excess chocolate.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 185
- Sugar: 32g
- Sodium: 110mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 17g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 5mg