Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, macaroon-chocolate bars. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
In a small saucepan, combine chocolate pieces and shortening. Heat over low heat until melted, stirring constantly. Simple, delicious and crowd friendly, this bar was inspired by chocolate-dipped macaroons. A chocolate-chunk cookie base gets topped with a sweet coconut layer and drizzled with additional chocolate for a decadent dessert you won't be able to resist!
Macaroon-Chocolate Bars is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Macaroon-Chocolate Bars is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook macaroon-chocolate bars using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Macaroon-Chocolate Bars:
- Take Crust
- Get 2 cup crushed chocolate sandwich cookies with white filling (about 20 cookies)
- Take 1/2 cup sugar
- Take 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- Make ready 1/3 cup butter (melted)
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla
- Prepare Macaroon Top
- Prepare 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- Make ready 1/3 cup sugar
- Get 1/4 tsp salt
- Take 2 33/50 cup flaked coconut
- Make ready 3 egg whites, lightly beaten
- Take 1/2 tsp vanilla
- Take Toppings
- Prepare 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate pieces
- Take 1 tsp coconut oil
- Make ready toasted almonds (optional)
In a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth. Macaroon Bars These are a popular sweet in Scotland made from vanilla filling and chocolate and coconut topping. Scottish Macaroon Bars are made from a surprising main ingredient: potatoes! Bet you wouldn't have guessed that!
Steps to make Macaroon-Chocolate Bars:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 13x9x2 pan with foil extending foil over sides. Lightly grease foil and set aside.
- In a food processor, pulse cookies, sugar, and cocoa powder until fine crumbs. Place in a large bowl and stir in melted butter and vanilla until combined. Firmly press cookie mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 8 minutes.
- While the crust bakes, combine flour, sugar, salt. Stir in flaked coconut. Stir in egg whites and vanilla until combined. Spoon coconut mixture over warm crust. Using a fork, carefully press coconut mixture to edges of pan.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until macaroon layer is set and lightly browned. Cool in pan on a wire rack.
- In a small saucepan, combine chocolate chips and coconut oil over low heat, stirring until melted. Drizzle over bars. Chill about 30 minutes or until chocolate is set.
- Using edges of foil, lift out of pan and cut into 24 bars. Cut each bar diagonally to make 48 triangles. If desired place almonds on top.
- To store: place bars between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container, cover. Store at room temp for 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Scottish Macaroon Bars are made from a surprising main ingredient: potatoes! Bet you wouldn't have guessed that! This treat is a quintessential Scottish sweet, especially loved by those who adore coconut. If you don't already know that potatoes are one of my favorite foods, now you know. Make brownie batter as directed on box.
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