Vegan bounty - coconut bars covered with chocolate (recipe)

4 servings

Ingredients

  • 250 gram coconut (freshly grated or dried)
  • 210 ml coconut milk
  • 40 grams coconut blossom sugar (or unrefined cane sugar)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 grams agar agar
  • 300 grams dark chocolate

Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat the coconut milk, sugar and vanilla extract on a low heat and stir until the sugars are completely absorbed.

  2. 2

    Add the grated coconut or dried coconut and stir well together.

  3. 3

    Raise the heat and add the agar agar. Leave to cook for 1 minute with constant stirring.

  4. 4

    Remove the pan from the heat and allow to cool to room temperature.

  5. 5

    Put the cooled mixture in the two lightly greased containers and allow to cool in the refrigerator until it has solidified sufficiently (after 30 minutes)

  6. 6

    Melt the chocolate au bain marie (or in the microwave on defrost mode) until it is very liquid.

  7. 7

    Remove the filling from the containers and cut it into equal bars.

  8. 8

    Dip each bar in the melted chocolate or flood the bars (slowly but with a smooth movement) generously with the chocolate.

  9. 9

    Place your future sweet snack in the fridge again and try to wait until all the chocolate is hard.

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