Coconut chocolate bars with Milka chocolate

Homemade coconut chocolate bars

I love coconut and I love chocolate. In other words I love Bounty bars, they’ve been my companion for ages now. A few years back you could find a Bounty bar in my bag at any time, I just liked to know I have one hand for when the cravings kicked in.

It never crossed my mind to try and make my own Bounty bars though, until now. I obviously miss the skills to make my homemade coconut chocolate bars look exactly like Bounty bars but I was more after the delicious taste. I must admit I had a hard time shaping these babies up but the process as a whole was easy peasy, with just a few ingredients.

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What I liked is that it’s quite quick to make, without much mess in the kitchen and the coconut filling stays moist and fresh for a few days, just like the original Bounty chocolate.

I also liked that I had the freedom to use any kind of chocolate I like as a “shell”, since I am not a fan of dark chocolate and so I picked Milka chocolate with nuts which has less cocoa and it has a softer taste. The chocolate, nuts, coconut combination was a delicious surprise. Now if I could only make these beauties look like store bought chocolate bars I will obviously make a fortune selling them!

When making this recipe please be aware of a few details and hazards as we almost lost a finger in the process:

• Make sure you know how to cut coconut and use proper tools for that
• In close relation, make sure you know how to remove the flesh without piercing your fingers
• The coconut oil has to be measured as fluid not when hard (as you might be aware, coconut oil actually comes in a solid form and has to be warmed up to become a fluid)
• Use two forks when covering the coconut bars in chocolate
• You might find the recommended chocolate quantity is not enough to fit your taste. Get some more just in case
• Melt chocolate on a bain-marie. 

Homemade coconut chocolate bars recipe

Homemade coconut chocolate bars

2015-03-22 13:27:07

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Prep Time

1 hr

Total Time

1 hr

Prep Time

1 hr

Total Time

1 hr

Ingredients

1. 300 g fresh coconut
2. 120 g cashew nuts
3. 120 ml water
4. 100 g coconut flakes
5. pinch of salt
6. 120 g honey
7. 100 g coconut oil
8. 120 g chocolate (milk cooking chocolate or your choice. I used Milka with nuts)

Instructions

1. Cut the coconut, take the flesh out, chop and mince in a food processor
2. Mix cashew and water in a food processor until you get a fine paste
3. Mix coconut and the cashew paste with all ingredients
4. Give the mixture to a freezer for 15 minutes
5. Remove from freezer and form bars with your hands
6. Place the bars on a foil and keep in the freezer for 10 more minutes
7. Melt the chocolate on a bain-marie
8. Roll the bars through melted chocolate using 2 forks
9. Arrange your bars on a baking sheet
10. Cool in the freezer for 10 more minutes before serving

By Petro Neagu

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