Dessert for 18

Dark Chocolate Coconut Bites

Name: Dark Chocolate Coconut Bites
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 18 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups desiccated coconut; 4 tbsp honey or maple syrup; 5 tbsp coconut oil; 1 tsp vanilla; 4 oz dark chocolate for melting

$1.25for 430 minServes 18

Coconut bites are shaped with honey, coconut oil, and vanilla, chilled, and coated with melted dark chocolate.

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What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Shredded coconut, 6 oz$0.30/oz typical	6 oz	$1.80Typical price
	Chocolate chips and baking chocolate, 4 oz$0.45/oz typical	4 oz	$1.80Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$5.61

Pantry staples you likely have

Honey or maple syrupCooking spray, shortening, ghee, coconut and sesame oilCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa

Not included in the cost.

30 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
18servings as written
$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Dairy-free Gluten-free Kid-friendly Budget Desserts Game day

Typical price

$0.31 per serving$1.25 for 4

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Ingredients

2 cups desiccated coconut
4 tbsp honey or maple syrup
5 tbsp coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla
4 oz dark chocolate for melting

Steps

Stir the coconut, honey or maple syrup, coconut oil, and vanilla until evenly mixed.
Shape the mixture into 18 small balls and place them on a tray.
Chill the balls for 10 minutes.
Melt the dark chocolate until smooth.
Dip the chilled balls in the chocolate and return them to the tray.
Chill the coated bites for 5 minutes until the chocolate sets.