These 4 Ingredient Coconut Cream Bars are an easy, no bake candy that tastes like a mounds bar! They’re even gluten free!!
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You guys, these 4 ingredient, no bake, bites of heaven are my new favorite thing. I have been making them for many years for Christmas and have been trying to hold off on making them again until Christmas rolled around again. My husband loves these and has been craving them, so being the good wife that I am, I got out a bowl and went to work.
I say “work” but actually these are one of the easiest treats you can make.
Stir together 3 ingredients in about 30 seconds. Then take about 30 more seconds and press the mixture into a pan. Now this next part takes about an hour but the good news is you don’t have to do anything but pop the pan in the freezer. When they’re nice and cold, dip these coconut-creamy-dreamy bars in melted chocolate and, voila! You’re in candy heaven.
Here’s a few tips to make this as easy as possible:
- After the coconut mixture has been frozen quickly cut into bit sized pieces, then put them back in the freezer.
- Once your chocolate is melted, take out one row of bars at a time, and leave the rest in the freezer until you’re ready to dip them.
- If they get too warm they will fall apart in the hot chocolate, so keep them frozen while you work on a few at a time.
- Once they are dipped and the chocolate is set, they can be refrigerated, frozen, or left at room temperature.
Make these for your friends and family this Christmas – you’ll be everyone’s favorite 😉
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Originally posted on Nov 24, 2012
AJ says
I only had one bag of Bob’s Red Mill unsweetened coconut (12 oz) so that was all the coconut I used, and these still turned out great!
Gigi says
OMG! My problem is that I am diabetic and these treats are loaded with sugar. So, I compromised and used unsweetened coconut and only 1 cup of powdered sugar. I put whole toasted almonds on the top before freezing. Then I cut and dipped the pieces in melted bittersweet chocolate. Sweet enough for me and satisfies my need for coconut and dark chocolate.
Gena says
I like this twist on the recipe, thought about almonds myself.
Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet says
These look scrumptious and so easy to make – perfect!
Cheryl L. says
I made these on Dec 19th, 2016 and I have this to say about them. They are awesome. Love them. As for anyone who thought they might be too sweet, here’s what I did. I poured all the coconut into a bowl, I added the sweetened condensed milk, mixed it up real well by hand. Then, I added the powdered sugar to taste. Once it reached the proper taste, I just made them into balls, froze them, melted the chocolate and then dipped them into the chocolate, placed them on parchment paper and let them set up. They taste super awesome. Just like the real deal. Oh, as for the chocolate, I did mix some semi-sweet chocolate chips with the chocolate candy disk for melting. The taste and texture and look is just like the store bought. Awesome, awesome, awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. Definitely a keeper and will definitely be making these many times over.
Bonnie says
I made these and they were so easy. I also used a small cookie cutter worked great. Then i got a taste for peanut butter. Sooo i melted peanut butter chips and dipped the bars in that!! Awesome!!every one loved them.
Cheryl L. says
I made these on Dec 19th, 2016 and I have this to say about them. They are awesome. Love them. As for anyone who thought they might be too sweet, here’s what I did. I poured all the coconut into a bowl, I added the sweetened condensed milk, mixed it up real well by hand. Then, I added the powdered sugar to taste. Once it reached the proper taste, I just made them into balls, froze them, melted the chocolate and then dipped them into the chocolate, placed them on parchment paper and let them set up. They taste super awesome. Just like the real deal. Oh, as for the chocolate, I did mix some semi-sweet chocolate chips with the chocolate candy disk for melting. The taste and texture and look is just like the store bought. Awesome, awesome, awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. Definitely a keeper and will definitely be making these many times over. NOTE** I used sweetened coconut. Also, I did not set aside any coconut for the tops. I just used all of it for the candy.
Cheryl L. says
I made these on Dec 19th, 2016 and I have this to say about them. They are awesome. Love them. As for anyone who thought they might be too sweet, here’s what I did. I poured all the coconut into a bowl, I added the sweetened condensed milk, mixed it up real well by hand. Then, I added the powdered sugar to taste. Once it reached the proper taste, I just made them into balls, froze them, melted the chocolate and then dipped them into the chocolate, placed them on parchment paper and let them set up. They taste super awesome. Just like the real deal. Oh, as for the chocolate, I did mix some semi-sweet chocolate chips with the chocolate candy disk for melting. The taste and texture and look is just like the store bought. Awesome, awesome, awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. Definitely a keeper and will definitely be making these many times over. NOTE** I used sweetened coconut. Also, I did not set aside any coconut for the tops. I used all of it for the candy.
Lady says
I am going to make the PayDay Chex mix and I have a question. At the end of the recipe it says that you can store it for two days. Why? Why only two? I am curious about whether or not you can store it for longer and why you put that sentence in the recipe. I don’t want anything to spoil but I would love to make this ahead of time. Thanks.
Stephanie Brubaker says
This Chex Mix is a little sticky from the caramel, so after a few days it starts to soften the cereal, and it just doesn’t taste as good. It really is best eaten fresh 🙂