Name: Coconut & chocolate bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Makes 12-16 bars
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g golden caster sugar; 2 tbsp golden syrup; 2 egg whites; 160g can coconut cream; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 250g unsweetened desiccated coconut; 50g dried cranberries or dried cherries (optional); 200g bar milk or dark chocolate chopped into small pieces

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Coconut & chocolate bars

Cassie Best

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Makes 12-16 bars

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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Get the kids in the kitchen to help bake these tasty sweet treats with coconut cream, desiccated coconut and milk or dark chocolate

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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100g golden caster sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
2 egg whites
160g can coconut cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
250g unsweetened desiccated coconut
50g dried cranberries

or dried cherries (optional)
200g bar milk or dark chocolate

chopped into small pieces

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Nutrition: per bar (16)

kcal240
fat17g
saturates13g
carbs16g
sugars14g
fibre4g
protein2g
salt0.1g

Method

step 1

Line a 20cm square baking tin with baking parchment and heat oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4. Tip the sugar, golden syrup, egg white, coconut cream and vanilla into a mixing bowl and mix with an electric whisk until well combined. Add the coconut and dried fruit and mix with a spatula until the ingredients are all evenly coated in the egg white mixture. Tip into the baking tin, press down with the back of a spoon to compress and make an even layer, then bake for 25-30 mins until golden brown and firm to the touch. Leave to cool completely in the tin.
step 2

Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, or in short bursts in the microwave. Cut the coconut bake into 12 or 16 bars and remove the baking parchment. Turn the bars upside down and carefully spoon a little of the melted chocolate onto the base of each one, spreading with a knife to cover. Leave to set (pop in the fridge to speed it up if you like), then wrap the bars individually in baking parchment. Will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days.

RECIPE TIPS

LACTOSE INTOLERANT?

If your child is lactose intolerant, use dairy-free chocolate to make these bars without dairy.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2015

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