I hope you’ve loved my DIY Peanut Butter Cups & Lollipop posts because I am back with more candy making! I’m finishing up a 3-part serieson DIY Halloween Candy with Chocolate Covered “Mounds Bars”.
One of the things I have loved about making my own candy is that I am able to customize the ingredients to fit my needs, and those of my family members. I know that some of you {or your family members} have food allergies and have avoided the candy aisles, and even Halloween parties. Others of you are attempting to avoid unhealthy & harmful ingredients. While even others of you are looking for candy that is fair-trade.
To all of you I say, come, lets make our own candy!
While I don’t plan on passing these candies out to trick-or-treaters come Halloween night, I do intend to swap out candy my kids receive for some of these homemade yummies. My kids will happily swap me one of their costume wearing, door to door walking, trick-or-treat earned candies for one of my homemade sweets.
At the end of the night, everyone is happy.
Recipe: Chocolate-Coconut “Mounds Bars”
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups shredded sweetened coconut
- 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons solid coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon brown rice syrup
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips {I used dairy free chips, such as Enjoy Life’s Semi Sweet Chips}
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
- Combine the coconut, confectioners’ sugar, coconut oil and brown rice syrup in the bowl of a mixer.
- Press the coconut mixture together with your hands, creating 2 inch long bars. You should be able to make 13-15 bars.
- Place the bars on the prepared pan, and refrigerate until slightly firm, about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a double boiler, melt the chocolate.
- Working with 1 coconut log at a time, place the piece on a fork, dip it into the chocolate and coat completely.
- Transfer the chocolate covered candy bar back onto the baking pan. Repeat for all the bars.
- Place the pan back in the fridge to allow the chocolate to harden, about 30mins.
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Whether its Peanut Butter Cups, Lollipops, Chocolate-Coconut “Mounds Bars”, or your own creation, I hope you enjoy making your own candy.
Oh yummm-I love coconut! How long do these last? I was thinking of doing candy Christmas gifts, but they need to have at least a week long shelf life.
I am in love with this. Thanks for sharing!!
These look fantastic. I have plans for replicating cheaper versions of commercially produced chocolate bars. I’m really looking forward to doing it, even more so now.
@Leah, if you keep these in the fridge they will keep for a while (although I don’t have an actual # of days). I have kept mine in the fridge for over a week for sure! Out of the fridge, I am not sure…..You could do a little experiment and let me know!!
@Becky: thanks!!! hope you enjoy them as much as I am.
@frugalfeeding: which types of candies are you planning on making? I would love to see what you make!!!
These look great and actually sound pretty simple. I want to see the inside of one of the bars – maybe you can have someone (I’d gladly volunteer
take a bite out of your candies next time and take a picture for me 
I made these for chrismas and they are yummy. It was nice to give a candy bar to my kids since they are usually off limits due to their soy and milk allergies. I didn’t bother with shaping them into logs but pressed them into a square pan and then cut them into logs. After making them I think that the texturefof the coconut would be nicer if it were pulsed in a food processor or something like that. They really benfitted from a little almond extract.