Cherry Coconut Bars

✨ Introduction

These Cherry Coconut Bars 🍒🥥 are moist, chewy, and coated in glossy chocolate. Perfect for ftour, gifting, or festive dessert trays 🌙.

🧂 Ingredients

• 🥥 2 cups shredded coconut
• 🍒 1 cup chopped glacé cherries or maraschino cherries
• 🍶 ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
• 🧈 2 tbsp melted butter
• 🧂 Pinch of salt
• 🍫 2 cups dark or milk chocolate chips
• 🛢️ 1 tbsp coconut oil (for melting)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. 🥣 Mix coconut, cherries, condensed milk, melted butter, and salt until thick and sticky.
2. 🧊 Press mixture into a parchment-lined tray. Freeze for 30–45 minutes until firm.
3. 🔪 Cut into bars or squares.
4. 🍫 Melt chocolate chips with coconut oil until smooth.
5. 🍥 Dip each bar into chocolate or pour chocolate over the top. Let excess drip off.
6. ❄️ Chill until chocolate is set. Serve or store in fridge.

🔄 Methods

• 🌰 Add chopped nuts or crushed biscuits for texture.
• 🍓 Use raspberry or strawberry bits for fruity twist.
• 🥥 Roll in extra coconut before chilling.
• 🍫 Use white chocolate or swirl for decoration.

📚 History

Inspired by Bounty-style bars 🇺🇸 and Moroccan 🇲🇦 love for coconut and cherry sweets—colorful, rich, and joyful 🌍.

💪 Benefits

• 🥥 Healthy fats from coconut
• 🍒 Antioxidants from cherries
• 🍫 Mood boost from chocolate

🎨 Formation

Serve in neat rows with glossy finish 🍽️. Ideal for ftour, gifting, or dessert buffets 🌙.

✅ Conclusion

Cherry Coconut Bars are chewy, vibrant, and indulgent—a tray of fruity chocolate joy 🍒🥥🍫.

❤️ Lovers

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families
• 🍒 Cherry fans
• 🎉 Ftour hosts
• 🍫 Chocolate lovers
• 🤲 Muslims in Maghrib