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.

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.

Coconut chocolate bars recipe

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Homemade coconut chocolate bars

Prep Time1 hr

Total Time1 hr

Author: Petro

Ingredients

• 300 g fresh coconut
• 120 g cashew nuts
• 120 ml water
• 100 g coconut flakes
• pinch of salt
• 120 g honey
• 100 g coconut oil
• 120 g chocolate milk cooking chocolate or your choice. I used Milka with nuts

Instructions

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

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Hi, I'm Petro, author and founder of Easy Peasy Creative Ideas. Sewist, crafter, avid DIY-er, foodie, photographer, homemaker and mommy to one. I'm an expert at coming up with quick, clever sewing tips, recycling crafts and simple, easy recipes! You can find my ideas featured in reputable publications such as Country Living, Good House Keeping, Yahoo News, WikiHow, Shutterfly, Parade, Brit & Co and more. Thanks for stopping by and hope you'll stay for a while, get to know me better and come back another time. Stick around for real fun projects!

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