Black Bottom Coconut Bars
I hope everyone is enjoying their Easter Sunday! We are celebrating with the Dewey family today. We will do an egg hunt with the kids and enjoy a tasty dinner later on.
So Wicked was AWESOME yesterday. LOVED IT! We sat in the third row, ten feet from the stage. It was perfect. I loved it from start to finish. It was a very fun day! My hubs is the best!
I am sure you all have your Easter dessert menu taken care of, but if you are looking for a last minute treat, I have a good one for you, Black Bottom Coconut Bars. The bottom layer tastes like a brownie, that alone makes this treat divine, but the goodness doesn’t stop there, it only gets better. The top is sugary coconut heaven! There is a nice thick layer of coconut, and the top gets toasted in the oven. I love toasted coconut. This bar has it all!
I am going out of town tomorrow for work. I will be in Vernal, Utah all week. I am NOT excited. Vernal is a very small place so I don’t know if I will have internet access much. So if I am not around, you know why! I will try to be in touch when I can! Have a very Happy Easter!
Black Bottom Coconut Bars
Adapted from Everyday Food
(Printable Recipe)
(Printable Recipe)
- For chocolate base: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a 9-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, leaving a slight overhang; butter bottom and sides of foil (not overhang).
- Place butter in a large microwave-safe bowl; melt in microwave. Add sugar and salt; whisk to combine. Whisk in egg, then cocoa and flour until smooth. Spread batter in prepared pan.
- Bake just until sides begin to pull away from edges of pan, 10 to 15 minutes (do not overbake). Let cool slightly while preparing coconut topping. Keep oven on for topping.
- For coconut topping: In a medium bowl, whisk eggs with sugar and vanilla. Gently mix in flour and coconut (except 1/2 cup reserved for sprinkling).
- Drop mounds of mixture over chocolate base; spread and pat in gently and evenly with moistened fingers. Sprinkle with reserved 1/2 cup coconut.
- Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Lift cake from pan, peel off foil, and cut into 24 bars. Store in an airtight container 3 to 4 days.
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Looks great! The coconut is perfect for easter
Hope you guys have fun with the egg hunt!
OK I must try these. I love coconut and this is it.
Loooovely bars!!
We’re doing an egg hunt here today too
Have a blast and Happy Easter!!
I love toasted coconut too so these look fabulous! So many recipes I want to try and so little time
These bars look so good. Everything you make looks so goods and I want to make it too. Stumbled!
You can tell from my recent posts I love toasted coconut too. These bars look great.
The bars look incredible. I love coconut!
A wonderful treat! Great combo!
cheers,
Rosa
Looks good. Great job!
Your coconut bars look awesome. Been eating a lot of coconut macaroons around here (for Passover).
Wishing you and Josh a fabulous Easter!
Lori Lynn
I love the super thick coconut layer on top! I’m glad you had fun at Wicked and Happy Easter!
aah, Wicked was great
have fun hunting and eating these bars!!
these look scrumptious!!! coconut are so good for treats!!!
happy Eater!
Oh, yes…I will be making those soon. Very soon.
Yuuummm… Two of my favorite food groups in one convenient mouthful.
…Susan
coconut? mm! have a wonderful Easter
happy Easter to you too!
Delicious looking bars, I love coconut.
I have read Wicked, but none of Gregory Maguire’s other fantasy books – let me know if you recommend any.
So glad you loved the play, I saw it a couple of years ago with my daughter, but we were in the back of a large venue.
Gosh, these are pretty! Yes – a “gosh”-inducing dessert… chocolate and coconut are a perfect pair.
Cheers and Happy Easter,
*Heather*
Easter is not the same without something coconut. Looks divine
Looks completely and totally amazing. Happy Easter Maria!
Have a safe trip and Happy Easter! Those bars look amazing…I love the color contrast!
Vernal, Utah? I wish you could come to San Francisco instead. These black bottom coconut bars look amazing! Hope you had a great Easter with the Deweys. Oh, and I so want to go see Wicked now!
Happy Easter! Hopeyou guys had a great one!
Thanks for sharing the recipe. They do look good!
Btw, have a safe trip!
~ingrid
i LOVED Wicked! glad you had so much fun! black bottom anything makes me happy
Looks like a perfect sweet ending (or beginning – lol)
These bars look fantastic! Glad you liked Wicked
These bars look absolutely decadent. Love the combo of chocolate and coconut..
The bars look wicked cool
I am not one to favor coconut immediately in a dessert but I find I am always surprised at how tasty they could be and they are mighty tasty with a healthy dose of chocolate!
Ooooh, these are divine! I love the combination of chocolate and coconut. Perfect!
Those sound awesome. Thanks for sharing.
YUM!!!
Happy Easter – Buona Pasqua!!!
These look amazingly decadent! For some reason I totally associate shredded coconut with this holiday… must be all the fake green grass
YUM these look fabulous!!!
Oh, these look so wonderful! I have been on a huge coconut kick lately and I will definitely have to try these.
Now I know what to do with all my left over coconut. Yum.
I love coconut too, especially toasted. Paired with chocolate I am really in trouble!
Oh yum! I hope you had a good Easter!
Oh I love coconut- These sound amazing!