Chocolate Coconut Squares Recipes

CHOCOLATE-COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly splash a 15-by-10-inch rimmed baking sheet evenly with water, then line with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, stir together cookie crumbs, sugar, and butter until combined. Evenly press onto bottom and up sides of prepared baking sheet. Bake, rotating halfway through, until firm, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; cool, about 20 minutes.
• Sprinkle cooled crust evenly with pecans and chocolate. Pour condensed milk over the top, spreading to cover completely (do not let it drip over the edges). Sprinkle with coconut.
• Bake until coconut is toasted, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool completely. Trim edges, if desired, and cut into equal-size bars.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch square baking pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together the graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips and coconut until well blended. Press dough evenly into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool before cutting into bars.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Combine the crumbs, butter and sugar. Press into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine coconut, milk and pecans; spread over the crust. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes; cool completely. In a small saucepan, melt candy bar and peanut butter over low heat; spread over bars. Cool until set.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar; add eggs and vanilla.
• Mix flour, cocoa, and nuts.
• Add to sugar mixture.
• Spread into 9x13 pan.
• Bake at 350* for 30 minutes.
• Combine condensed milk and coconut.
• Spread over cake, bake 15 minutes more.
• Mix frosting ingredients until smooth.
• Spread over the coconut while still warm.
• Chill.
• Cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE-COCONUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare an ungreased 13 x 9-in baking pan.
• Combine first 4 ingredients.
• Press mixture into ungreased baking dish.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Combine milk and coconut; mix well, spread over crust.
• Bake for another 10-12 minutes.
• Combine chocolate chips and peanut butter in a small saucepan.
• Cook, over low heat, stirring constantly until chocolate melts.
• Spread over coconut layer.
• Garnish with chopped peanuts, if desired.
• Cool and cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a food processor pulse biscuits or crackers until finely ground. Melt butter and in a large bowl stir together with crumbs, coconut, and salt until combined. Firmly press crumb mixture evenly onto bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan and bake in middle of oven until golden, about 15 minutes. Cool crust completely in pan on a rack.
• Chop chocolate. In a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate, stirring until smooth. Remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat and cool chocolate 15 minutes.
• In a small bowl lightly beat yolks. In a saucepan heat cream over moderate heat until it just boils and whisk 1/2 cup into yolks, whisking constantly. Add mixture to remaining cream and cook over moderate heat, whisking, until an instant-read thermometer registers 160°F. Whisk custard into chocolate until just smooth and pour evenly over crust, smoothing top with a small metal offset spatula or rubber spatula. Chill confection, covered, at least 4 hours, or until firm. With a sharp thin knife cut confection into 36 squares. (Squares keep, layered between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container and chilled, 1 week.)
• Using star shapes cut out of parchment paper as a stencil, dust squares with confectioners' sugar.