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.

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