Chocolate Coconut Bars

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Servings: 8
Preparation Time: 30 minutes

1/4 cup coconut oil
2 cups shredded unsweetened
coconut
1/4 cup honey
1/4 teaspoon kosher
salt
1/2 cup
chocolate chips (I used dairy-free ones, but whatever you want will work)

Warm coconut oil until it is liquid. Place everything except the chocolate chips in a blender and blend on high until smooth. (This will take about 5 minutes or so).

Spread into a 9×5 plastic container. Freeze for about 15 minutes. While coconut mixture is freezing, melt chocolate chips. Spread melted chocolate over frozen coconut and stick in the freezer again until chocolate is hardened. Pop out of container and chop into pieces. Consume. 🙂

Store leftovers in the fridge.

Recipe submitted by Raia, Ladson, SC

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Published on February 24, 2014

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15 Comments

Anto September 25, 2015 at 5:00 pm - Reply

How may calories?

Admin - Orissa September 29, 2015 at 1:40 pm - Reply

Hi Anto, Thank you for your question. Since our recipes are almost entirely user submitted and free, it would be very time consuming and expensive to add accurate nutritional information to every single recipe. There are many online tools you can use to get a quick approximate draw-up.

Tina September 6, 2014 at 2:17 pm - Reply

I had a craving and was looking on the Internet for a recipe like this. I just finished making it with a few changes. Didn’t have chocolate, but I wasn’t craving chocolate anyway, so I just sprinkled a little shredded coconut on top to give it extra texture. I was just a little shy of 1/4 cup of honey so I sprinkled coconut crystals to fill the measuring cup. I also added 1/2 tsp of organic lemon extract to the mixture. My son and I really liked it!
Just a comment about using my Vitamix for this… I had to use it on low speed and slowly turn it up a little, then turn it off, push it down and mix it around a little with a butter knife. Repeated process a few times. It wouldn’t mix on high speed.

Louise R April 5, 2014 at 11:20 pm - Reply

This is my second time making these deliscious bars, very simple and healthy.
I have given this recipe to a bunch of friends, can’t go wrong when having a dinner party.
Will definitely print this out for keep sake:)

Amanda March 16, 2014 at 11:39 am - Reply

I made these yesterday and they turned out great!! I saw someone say they don’t like honey, and I will tell you that you don’t taste the honey at all. I’m actually not a huge fan of the taste of honey either, you really just taste the coconut! Delicious! Will definitely make again!

john March 14, 2014 at 9:35 am - Reply

Ever have a Mounds bar? When you process raw ingredients you can’t expect your recipes to be totally smooth. A fair tradeoff for the health benefits IMO.

Terrie March 11, 2014 at 11:29 am - Reply

I did not have a 9×5 container.  My container was larger, about 9 1/8″ x 5 7/8″, and I had no problem spreading it into the larger container.  My mixture didn’t get perfectly smooth, but the candy turned out delicious, even though I scorched the chocolate chips a little while melting in the microwave.  (Forgot you must stir every 30 seconds or so if melting in microwave!) 

I use the My Plate feature on Livestrong.com all the time to enter recipes and figure nutritional info.  When I entered this recipe, it says 253 calories, 20.1 g fat, 21.8 g carbs (2.3 g fiber, 18 g sugars) , and 2 g protein.

I actually cut my candy into 24 pieces, 12 servings at 171 calories per serving.

Zanne March 4, 2014 at 2:05 pm - Reply

forgot which site I got this (government site I believe), but i just plugged in ingredients and amounts:

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 48 g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 218Calories from Fat 149
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.6g26%
Saturated Fat 14.0g70%
Cholesterol 2mg1%
Sodium 86mg4%
Potassium 116mg3%
Total Carbohydrates 18.0g6%
Dietary Fiber 2.2g9%
Sugars 15.3g
Protein 1.5g
Vitamin A 0%	•	Vitamin C 2%
Calcium 2%	•	Iron 17%
Nutrition Grade C
* Based on a 2000 calorie diet
Nutritional Analysis
Good points
Very low in cholesterol
Low in sodium

Cristina B March 1, 2014 at 2:07 pm - Reply

I, too, couldn’t get it smooth and followed recipe to a T.  I also did not have enough to spread in a 9 x 5 container.  Help!

jennym February 26, 2014 at 11:45 am - Reply

This is a good website to figure out caloric content: http://caloriecount.about.com

For this recipe? 1743 calories per pan.

Stacy February 26, 2014 at 10:36 am - Reply

I can’t get this smooth. I am blending it in a Vitamix and it is getting so hot it’s smoking, but it’s still granular. What’s the trick?

Kathy February 26, 2014 at 7:14 am - Reply

I will have to try this one. I think I will like this a little better than the chocolate bark I make which is great too but melts super easy.   One Question… What Left Overs…  :)

brenda g February 26, 2014 at 6:57 am - Reply

I don ‘t really like the taste of honey. Can agave be used instead? What is the caloric value as is?

Angie February 25, 2014 at 7:32 pm - Reply

Hi…

I like your site and enjoy reading (and making) the recipes.  I have a question about the Chocolate Coconut Bars….  Could you please provide the nutritional values?

Thanks in advance & healthy eating!! :)

Angie