Coconut Haystacks

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Chocolate Coconut Haystacks with toasted coconut coated and rich dark chocolate with a spinkle of sea salt take just minutes to make in the microwave with 2 simple ingredients. Great healthy-ish snack or no-bake treat for your holiday goodie tray.

Prep Time10

Cook Time7

Total Time7

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 151kcal

Author: Cara Lanz

Ingredients

1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes, toasted aka coconut chips
⅔ cups chocolate chips of choice dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, or white chocolate
flaky sea salt

Instructions

Toast coconut. Warm a dry nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add coconut and stir continuously until lightly toasted, 3-4 minutes. Immediately transfer to a cool plate.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Make room in the fridge for the pan.
Melt chocolate in the microwave in 30-second increments, stirring after each, until the chips are almost completely melted, but you can still see a slight shape to them. Takes about 3 cycles for me. Stir until completely smooth. Add the toasted coconut and stir to combine.
Drop 1-tablespoon portions of the chocolate coconut mixture onto the prepared pan. If desired, sprinkle the tops with a little sea salt.
Chill until firm, about 20 minutes. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or in the freezer for up to one month.

Notes

Be careful not to cook the chocolate. Remove it from the microwave when the chocolate chips still have a few soft shapes and stir until smooth.
Save time and buy pre-toasted coconut at the store!
Use any kind of chocolate -- white, dark, semi-sweet, milk, even butterscotch chips. We've tried and approve of them all :).
If you prefer, you can also melt the chocolate in a double boiler.

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