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These taste AMAZING! And I love the simple and wholesome ingredients! I’ve been asked for the recipe each time I’ve made them. Thank you so much for this incredible recipe!
Lauren
Hey my sweet, sweet friends!
I’m talking to the coconut bites, actually. These are my sweetest, most wonderful friends, especially when trying to cut back on the refined sugar sweets and still trying to LOVE LIFE. ā”
But I’m also talking to you, because you’re my sweet friends who love these sweet little coconut bite friends, as evidenced by this post and how much engagement it’s seen over the years. This isn’t exactly a remake of that older recipe, but it’s an update, and I’m super excited that the update today involves moooooore pictures that I love as well as a video.
A VIDEO.
You know it’s a big deal when we do a video. Coconut tiiiiime.
HOW TO MAKE OUR COCONUT BITES:
If nothing else, you are now going to make the chocolate chocolate chocolate baby mouse hamburger that Bjork demonstrated, right? (Bjork’s Bonus Tip at the end of the video – do not miss.)
Today, since we already did a video to talk to you *almost* IRL, and since I’ve already written a post about this recipe, and since you have no extra time to spare before you get in the kitchen and make these, I’m just going to release you into the wild with the rest of these pictures and recipes.
May the awesome force of coconut, dark chocolate, and all good things be with you!
This recipe uses unsweetened flaked coconut which I usually just buy on Amazon because it ships easily, stores easily, and I have a really hard time finding it in the grocery store for some reason.
This recipe also uses my favorite kitchen tool of all time – the FOOD PROCESSOR. Here’s a post with my 12 Magical Ways to Use A Food Processor! This needs to get added to the list, stat.
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Naturally Sweet Dark Chocolate Coconut Bites
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 12–15 1x
Description
These dark chocolate coconut bites are naturally sweet and creamy on the inside and covered with a layer of delicious chocolate!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flaked coconut, unsweetened
- 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- a pinch of sea salt
- 4 ounces dark chocolate for topping
Instructions
- Pulse the coconut in a food processor until sticky crumbs form. Set aside about 1/4 cup of the mixture.
- Mix the coconut oil, honey, vanilla, and sea salt. Stir in the coconut from step one. Form the mixture into small balls by squeezing until a ball forms. The mixture will be crumbly, so it doesn’t work to put the mixture in your hands and roll it. You have to squeeze it. There will be a little bit of excess oil – that’s okay.
- Once you have the balls rolled, refrigerate for 1 hour or so until they are firm. At this point, if you want, you should be able to take them out and re-roll them to get the shape just right since they’ll be firm and malleable.
- Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the coconut and shake or stir constantly for a few minutes until the coconut is lightly browned and fragrant.
- Melt the chocolate for a minute or so in the microwave. Stir it until it’s smooth. Dip each coconut ball in the chocolate and remove with a fork, letting excess chocolate drip off. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet and top with the toasted coconut from step three. Freeze or refrigerate to set the chocolate. I like these best in the fridge because they are soft enough to eat anytime!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: chocolate bites, healthy chocolate dessert, coconut bites, chocolate coconut bites
Disclaimer: This post contains an affiliate link for the unsweetened coconut. ā” It’s worth stocking up on!
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Can you freeze these
These are absolutely horrible. I’m not sure what is off with your recipe but they will not form into a ball no matter what I do.
Sorry to hear that, Nikki. It sounds like you may need a bit more coconut oil.
Thanks!
These are fantastic!
The best combination is chocolate and coconut! I adore how easy this dish is. This is a terrific recipe. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if coconuts were harvested off the palm and wrapped in a dark chocolate husk? Chocolate and coconut have always been a match made in heaven! These coconut nibbles look very delicious! I’m a sucker for small bits like these.
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Hello!
Do you know a substitution for coconut oil? Maybe melted butter? Thanks so much for your help!
Yes, butter would be a great substitute!
Do you think regular oil would work?
We haven’t tested these out with another kind of oil, but we’d really suggests coconut oil here to help the bites solidify.
Kids canāt eat theses right because of the vanilla in them ?
Can I substitute liquid stevia for the honey and how much would I use? Made them before with honey and they are delish. I’m off sugar, so i need a substitute.
Love these! I’ve made these before with success and my husband LOVES these! I’m making these for christmas gifts this year for cousins. I’m wondering if i can make these ahead of time and freeze (pre-chocolate dipping) and these would still be good. Have you done that?
I loved almond joy bars because, well, who doesn t love coconut, almonds, and chocolate together?
I tried it last night but failed then I realised I used dessicated coconut instead of shredded. It’s hard for me to get unsweetened shredded coconut over here. Can I use fresh grated coconut instead? Thank you.
OMG! Made these last night and they are just the right amount of sweet and rich. So easy to put together and friends were very impressed. Had to put the rest in the freezer so we wouldn’t scoff the lot in one sitting! Going to add crushed toasted hazelnuts for a crust next time.
Glad to hear it, Kelly!
I love your site and your recipes are awesome
These were so good!! I will definitely make them again!
These look awesome! Basically my favorite combination ever! Yum!
how about a recipe of those of us without all the fence food processing equipment? Why are we neglected?
The filling is a lot easier to make if you just coconut and mix it with enough sweetened condensed milk to make it a paste consistency. That’s it. Two ingredients.
Yum! Please tell me “a serving” is at least 3 tiny little balls!
We wish! Serving size is just one. š
These taste AMAZING! And I love the simple and wholesome ingredients! I’ve been asked for the recipe each time I’ve made them. Thank you so much for this incredible recipe!
Glad to hear it, Lauren! š
I added some organic lime juice to the coconut mixture, and course sea salt to the tops after coating in chocolate. Divine!!!
Love those ideas, Kathleen!
I added some fresh organic lime juice to the coconut, and sprinkled some course sea salt on top of chocolate. It was divine!
Thanks for the recipe.
These were amazing! Will definitely be making them again and again!
That’s great! Thanks for the comment, Lindlee. š
I made these today and they are amazingly delicious. I think I will double the recipe next time. I used a tiny ice cream scoop instead of rolling them, made it a bit easier.
Glad to hear that, Lisa!
These look delicious! Could you use unsweetened dessicated coconut instead of the flakes?
Hi, Monique! That should work fine. š
Lurve!!! My 4 year old came in mid video and asked why you were making “weird meatballs”. LOL. And he also said that he’s like to be a mouse if he could eat that “sammich of chocolate”.
“Weird meatballs?!” Haha! Love that. š
Hi Lindsay,
These sound amazing! Do you have any variations you use? Like dates etc? Cannot wait to try these, just ran out of my stock for flaked coconut so will have to stock up ASAP!
Hi, Matilda! We haven’t tried any variations on these. We’d love to hear how they work out if you try dates! š