Here’s another delicious and easy-to-make summer dessert recipe that’s vegan-friendly and requires no cooking. There’s something for everyone: coconut, chocolate and nuts – all my favorite things.
You don’t have to make all the layers if you feel lazy, or you can make the top layer by just melting your favorite dark chocolate. However, I like adding some nut butter to make the chocolate layer softer and even more delicious. I usually use tahini, but some almond or hazelnut butter would be great too.
Ingredients
For the dark layer
- 1/2 cup of desiccated coconut, nuts or seeds of your choice
- 2 tablespoon of coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons of maple syrup or another sweetener of your choice
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
For the white layer
- 1/2 cup of desiccated coconut
- 2 tablespoons of coconut cream from a refrigerated can of coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons of maple syrup or another sweetener of your choice
For the chocolate layer
- 1/3 cup of dark chocolate
- 1 tablespoon of nut butter – optional
- Crushed nuts for decoration – optional
Instructions
For the dark layer
Melt the coconut oil, if you need to, and mix it with the maple syrup and cocoa powder. Then, add the desiccated coconut and/or some ground nuts and seeds. Mix everything well and transfer the mixture into a small tray or container, and press it down. I decided to use an ice cube mold because it’s easier to shape the bars.
Put it in the freezer until you make the next layer.
For the white layer
Mix the coconut oil with coconut cream and maple syrup. Then add the desiccated coconut and mix everything together. Press down this mixture over the dark layer and put the mold back in the freezer.
For the chocolate layer
Melt the chocolate and mix it with the nut butter. Pour it over the white layer, decorate with chopped nuts and keep the bars in the fridge until everything is set.
Enjoy! 🙂
Ingredients
- For the dark layer
- 1/2 cup of desiccated coconut, nuts or seeds of your choice
- 2 tablespoon of coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons of maple syrup or another sweetener of your choice
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
- For the white layer
- 1/2 cup of desiccated coconut
- 2 tablespoons of coconut cream from a refrigerated can of coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons of maple syrup or another sweetener of your choice
- For the chocolate layer
- 1/3 cup of dark chocolate
- 1 tablespoon of nut butter – optional
- Crushed nuts for decoration – optional
Instructions
- For the dark layer
- Melt the coconut oil, if you need to, and mix it with the maple syrup and cocoa powder. Then, add the desiccated coconut and/or some ground nuts and seeds. Mix everything well and transfer the mixture into a small tray or container, and press it down. I decided to use an ice cube mold because it’s easier to shape the bars.
- Put it in the freezer until you make the next layer.
- For the white layer
- Mix the coconut oil with coconut cream and maple syrup. Then add the desiccated coconut and mix everything together. Press down this mixture over the dark layer and put the mold back in the freezer.
- For the chocolate layer
- Melt the chocolate and mix it with the nut butter. Pour it over the white layer, decorate with chopped nuts and keep the bars in the fridge until everything is set.
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These look so delicious! And Easy! I’m going to make them for my Mom who is severely gluten and lactose intolerant! Wonderful! Thanks!
Thank you so much Beth! I hope she likes them, let me know how they turned out if you make them. 🙂
Oh wow..Love the sound of these..just need to grate my fresh coconut and dry out it a bit and I can do.Yummy 🙂
Thank you so much! 🙂 Maybe you can use the fresh coconut for the white layer, I just can’t find it here.
Oh WOW! These look so good. I am totally craving one while at work. And thanks so much for the idea and recipe 🙂
Thank you so much for your comment Adrina! They are very easy to make, and they are definitely worth it 🙂
Bake-free desserts are my JAM during the hot summer months. These 3-layer bars look positively DECADENT: I’m sure that my kids will be in love.
Same here! Thank you so much for your comment! <3
What tasty superb healthy creations! I love them too! 🙂 MMMMM!
Thank you so much Sophie! 🙂
wow, this may be the best one posted yet! And I’ve loved all of them so far!!!
Thank you so much Scott! I appreciate it! 🙂
These look and sound delicious, Ellie! Were they difficult to get out of the ice cube molds? Did you use a hard plastic ice cube tray or a silicone mold?
Thank you very much, Angela! 🙂 I used a hard plastic ice cube tray for them and it was a little challenging. Using a butter knife helped a lot though. There shouldn’t be any problems if you have a silicone one.
Oh wow, totally making these! They look so delicious and healthy to boot- my favorite combo 🙂
Thank you so much! <3 Let me know how they turned out! 🙂