Homemade Chocolate Covered Coconut Bars are healthy, easy to make and addictive! Simple ingredients like organic coconut oil, shredded coconut and honey.
I bought a large container of organic coconut oil, it is suppose to be good for you, right? Now what do I do with a large amount of coconut oil. Firstly I tried frying my Panko Crusted Chicken in it. No go, my husband didn’t like chicken tasting like coconut. Secondly, a friend said she ate it right out of the jar, a couple of teaspoons a day. No go, I felt like I was eating Crisco. Next came making a bar from it. Coconut chocolate bars are one of my favorites, so why not a healthy version. Huge hit, these Chocolate Covered Coconut Bars taste amazing! Simple ingredients sweetened only with organic honey. Now I can get all the healthy benefits of coconut oil in a tasty little treat.
Chocolate Covered Coconut Bars
Made with Organic Coconut oil, shredded coconut and honey, a quick and easy recipe.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 16 squares
Calories: 231kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup organic coconut oil
- 2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup organic honey
- 12 ounces organic dark chocolate
Instructions
- Warm coconut oil just until it is liquified.
- Add shredded coconut, and honey. Combine well.
- Line 8x8-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- Press mixture into baking pan, refrigerate until solid.
- Melt chocolate and spread over coconut.
- Cut into squares and keep refrigerated.
- Cut bars at room temperature to make chocolate easier to cut
Notes
Recipe adapted from Kasey's Kitchen
Nutrition
Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 217mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 0.2% | Vitamin C: 0.2% | Calcium: 1.9% | Iron: 16.3%
Another great healthy snack recipe is my Fuel To Go Protein Bars
Just made these! Can’t wait to taste them with the chocolate, I kept eating the coconut mixture alone lol, it’s so tasty!!
Hey Jamie, I can relate to that, watch out they are addictive!
I just made these tonight (skipped the honey to reduce sugar) and they are great! Excellent recipe!
– Michelle
That’s great Michelle
YUM! Thank you! I just made them and ate half and blogged about the rest. Check it out! http://lagrandegourmande.wordpress.com/
Your welcome lagrandegourmande, I had a look at your post, very nice. On a friendly note, when using other bloggers recipes they appreciate that their blog is referenced as the source for the recipe and inspiration.
oh boy my bad! I just learned to link so I hope I mended it right. thank you for the feedback!!
I will be figuring those things out today!! Thank you again for helping me out this is great!
Hi Laureen,
I just love this recipe. These bars are absolutely delicious. I was wondering if it would be alright with you if I used one or two of your photos in a blog post about this recipe – I would credit you as the original source, and link back to this post. If not, no problem, I completely understand if you are not comfortable with my using your material.
Thank you,
Eliza
Hello Eliza, please send me a message to my email. Wlking@ shaw.ca
Just FYI..if you have any pets, coconut oil is great for their coats and skin and they’ll eat it right out of the jar. I have to watch my cat if I leave it open..he’ll make himself sick..LOL
Thanks for the awesome tip Cande, so many wonderful uses for coconut oil. Coconut oil is also the best thing ever to remove eye makeup!
Thanks for this great recipe! I doubled the filling to fit in to an 8×8 pan then topped them with raw almonds and a sprinkling of Fleur de Sel finishing salt. They were a HUGE hit! I will definitely make these again!
Thanks Cinde, the raw almonds sounds great!
Yum. I just read about the raw almonds and finishing salt. I have everything to make! BTW, there is a coconut oil that has no coconut taste at all. I buy it at Whole Foods. I use it for baking. I think its the refined one. It’s good to have both on hand.
Thanks Angela, I will check out that coconut oil at Whole Foods.
Hi All,
KTC make a tasteless coconut oil, that is great in cooking etc. I’m in the UK but you probably get it in US also. I get it from amazon but it’s also available from Asda. It’s much cheaper than other brands but is pure coconut oil and has all the benefits, (i read a blog from someone who investigated this over other more expensive oils) just ‘over’ refined so it’s lost it’s taste, so it’s good for regular cooking where you don’t want it to be coconutty or if you don’t want to use the expensive tasty oil and ‘waste’ it.
Can’t wait to try out the above, just have to buy some good chocolate to put on top 😀
Thanks for the recipe.
Hi Laureen! I made a double batch last time and had to freeze them so I wouldn’t eat them all at once!! I will be making another batch today and just want to thank you for this amazing recipe!
Addictive aren’t they. thank you so much for your kind words.
Did they freeze well? I am thinking about making them for a wedding so I will have to freeze in advance. Do they melt easily?
Hi Linda, they should freeze well, although not 100% sure as I have never froze them. They do melt easily! so not sure if they would work well for a wedding.
These look fabulous!
thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to drop me a note.
I soooooooooo have to make these. OMG
Redawna, they are so easy to make and a guilt free treat!
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe! I LOVED how these turned out. So tasty, very coconutty, not too sweet and just yum! 🙂 Next time I might add some ground vanilla bean and reduce the honey (or leave it out alltogether), but thats just personal preference. For sure these will become a staple “clean” snack in my house.
Thanks Laura, great idea adding the vanilla bean for even more great flavour!
Thank you so much for this recipe! I made them last night, it was such a quick and easy recipe. I brought some into work today and my coworkers are drooling over them, rave reviews all around! 🙂
That is awesome Marybeth, so glad everyone enjoyed them !
We loved this recipe! Keeping this one on hand for future use.
Its ones of my favs! and so quick and easy to make!
Hi, I hate to be clueless, but here goes! I have coconut oil, but it is in solid form. Do I melt it & then measure out 1 cup?
Thanks!
Hi Ellie, that is a great question, you measure out the 1 cup in its solid state. Hope you enjoy the recipe!
I am new to using coconut oil what should I use and a good brand? These look so good
Chasetity, just make sure you buy 100 percent organic coconut oil, I haven’t found a difference in brand. In fact I think Costco sells organic coconut oil at a very reasonable price. Its a big jar but I also use it as makeup remover!
Wow! Made these yesterday and ate more than I’d like to admit. I do not have organic anything, nor unsweetened coconut, but decided to try them anyway. I used 2 cups sweetened flaked coconut, 1cup coconut oil (will use a little less next time) a little less than 1/4 cup honey. Very runny at first. I put mixture in a loaf pan. And I used melted semi sweet chocolate chips because that’s all I had. I cut them small and got 32 pieces. These are yummy!
So glad you enjoyed the recipe Kim, thanks for dropping me a note.
These look delicious! I’m thinking of making them for a bridal shower, do these stay formed at room temperature after first refrigerating them? I would have to make it the day before, and may not have a refrigerator to place them in overnight (hotel).
Hi Sheryl, I’m worried they could get a little messy for a bridal shower. They hold up quite well, but it all depends how warm it gets, and how long they are out of the refrigerator. I would suggest testing it out before hand. Another thing I would do is cut the squares and serve in the mini cupcake papers.
Did you use refined or unrefined coconut oil? I have a ton of refined coconut oil that I am trying to find uses for, and these sound delicious! Just not sure if the lack of coconut flavor in the refined would work….
Hey Dana, I use unrefined pure organic coconut oil.
I’m doing this recipe as we speak. Did some of your oil stay at the bottom? Or does it just take awhile for it to soak on. I put one cup. Thanks 🙂
Hi Katie, yes some of the oil does stay on the bottom but once you refrigerate and it sets it all combines.
do you have to use organtic??thanks love coconut
No you can you any kind of non sweetened coconut. Sweetened will work but may be too sweet.