No-Bake Chocolate Coconut Bars
- 30 minutes prep, 6-8 hours fridge/freezer
- 12 bars
- Intermediate
Ingredients
Base:
- ¼ cup Koko Black Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup hazelnuts
- 4 tbsp coconut flour
- 2.5 tbsp coconut oil
- ¼ cup maple syrup
Coconut:
- 1 tin coconut cream
- 1/5 cups shredded coconut
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 4 tbsp coconut butter
- ¼ cup maple syrup
Chocolate layer:
- 150g Koko Black Dark Chocolate Dotties
- 1/2 can coconut milk
Method
- In a square baking dish, line with plastic wrap or greaseproof paper, depending on what you have available.
- In a food processor, blitz 1 cup of hazelnuts, before adding in ¼ cup Koko Black Cocoa Powder and 4 tbsp coconut flour. Process together.
- Pour in ¼ cup maple syrup, followed by 2 ½ tbsp coconut oil. Process again, before pressing the mixture into your baking dish and freezing for 10 mins – half an hour.
- In the meantime in the pot on the stove, add 1 tin coconut cream, 3 tbsp coconut oil, 4 tbsp coconut butter, ¼ cup maple syrup and combine on low-medium heat until well combined. Remove from heat and fold in 1.5 cups of shredded coconut. Add more coconut if needed until the mix is a thick paste.
- Press the coconut mix into the pan, and freeze for approx 2 hours or until cold, and solid.
- To make your chocolate layer, in a saucepan on the stove melt together ½ can full-fat coconut milk and melt in 150g Koko Black Dark Chocolate Dotties until a chocolate sauce forms.