3 ingredients homemade bounty bars

I love myself some chocolate from time to time, even now, when I can barely tolerate commercially sweet things... But sometimes (or a lot of times, to be honest) the commercial chocolates are not vegan friendly in addition to being full of sugar... So I decided to recreate some of my favorite sweets, but made a bit healthier and a lot simpler!

I started with these 3 ingredients homemade bounty bars that are not only vegan, but oil free, easy to make and quite a bit healthier than the commercial version. And they still have a fluffy coconut middle, yummy chocolate coating, they're rich and perfect for a treat when you want one... The danger with them? You're gonna want to eat them all in one sitting. Don't say that I didn't warn you...
Granted, because I used date paste the coconut filing is not very white and sparkly as the commercial ones are, but you can use a lighter colored sweetener if you want that white. I love my bars a bit dark because they are unique and different too, so I don't feel the need to change this:)
It's nice to know that you can make stuff like this with just a few ingredients at home. And they are very sweet for my taste right now, which means that they should be perfectly sweet for the rest of the normal people :))
Let's see the recipe now, I've rambled enough...

Ingredients (for about 12 bars):

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** 200 g (2 cups) coconut flakes

** 200 g (2/3 cup) date paste or 1/2 cup other liquid sweetener of choice, like agave or maple syrup

** 300 g (11 oz) vegan chocolate

Method:

In a food processor blend the coconut flakes with the sweetener until you have a sticky yet a bit crumbly paste/ dough. It will take a few minutes, until the coconut flakes break a bit.

Press the coconut filing in a tray lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat until it's well compacted and let it sit in the freezer for about 30 minutes, until it firms well.

When it's firm take the filing out and cut it into bars.

Melt the chocolate over a double boiler stirring frequently (I use a bowl over a pot of boiling water).

Coat your filing in chocolate. The easiest way is to dip it into the molten chocolate and then take it out using 2 forks.

Place the newly coated bars in your tray lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Put it in the fridge or freezer to set.

Store it in the fridge and enjoy! They keep up to a week in the fridge, if you don't eat them all in the meantime...

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Ingrediente (pentru aproximativ 12 ciocolatele):

** 200 g fulgi de nucă de cocos

** 200 g (2/3 cana) pasta de curmale sau 1/2 cana alt îndulcitor lichid de alegere, cum ar fi agave sau sirop de arțar

** 300 g ciocolată vegană

Metodă:

Într-un robot de bucatarie amestecați fulgii de nucă de cocos cu îndulcitorul până când aveți o pastă/ un aluat lipicios, dar totusi inca sfaramicios. Va dura câteva minute până când fulgii de cocos vor ajunge asa.

Presați umplutura de cocos într-o tavă căptușită cu hârtie de copt sau o foaie de silicon până când este bine compactată și lăsați-o să stea în congelator timp de aproximativ 30 de minute, până când se intareste complet.

Când este fcomplet ferma scoateti umplutura din congelator si taiati-o in formele preferate.

Se topește ciocolata la bain marie in timp ce amestecati frecvent (eu folosesc un bol pus peste o oală cu apă care fierbe).

Îmbrăcați umplutura de cocos în ciocolată. Cel mai ușor este să înmuiati fiecare bucata în ciocolata topită și apoi să o scoateți folosind 2 furculite.

Plasați ciocolata în tava căptușita cu hârtie de copt sau o foaie de silicon. Puneți-le în frigider sau congelator pana cand se intareste ciocolata.

Se pastreaza la frigider si tin pana la o saptamana (daca rezistati si nu le mancati pe toate pana atunci)