Sunday, January 6, 2013

Toasted Coconut Walnut Delights

I was having friends over for dinner the other night and was looking for something quick and tasty to make for dessert, and I think I found it.  The interplay of the taste of the toasted coconut and the chocolate was wonderful!  Not only did this take under 15 minutes to make but they were super delicious.  This was a trial run so the recipe below is for 8 treats but could be doubled or tripled easily to make many more!
Ingredients:
• 1 cup coconut flakes
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 tbsp maple syrup 
• 1 tsp salt
Directions:
  Set oven to 300 and place coconut on a baking sheet, toast for 10 minutes or until the tips become golden, do not over toast the coconut no one likes burnt coconut.  Remove from oven and melt chocolate chips either in a double boiler or in the microwave, for 60 seconds.  Fold in the coconut into the melted chocolate and add the walnuts as well as the maple syrup.  Mix all ingredients well take tablespoon portions and drop onto wax paper, sprinkle with salt let set and enjoy!

Yum and done!

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