Best Caramel Coconut Bars Recipes

CARAMEL COCONUT CHOCOLATE CHIP BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Line with parchment paper.
• Break up cookie dough rounds and press evenly in bottom of pan. Bake 18 to 20 minutes until crust is golden and puffy.
• Meanwhile, in medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine butter, sugars, heavy cream and sea salt; bring to a boil. Cook, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes until mixture is thick enough to coat back of spoon. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips and pecans evenly over crust. Drizzle caramel mixture over top. Sprinkle evenly with coconut. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until caramel bubbles and coconut is toasted. Cool completely on cooling rack before cutting into bars.

COCONUT CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Toast the coconut: Spread coconut in a 9x13" pan, bake in preheated 300 degree F oven 20-25 minutes or until lightly toasted, stirring half way through baking time.
• Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, vanilla, and egg, until well blended.
• Mix in flour, salt, baking powder and 1 1/2 cups toasted coconut (reserving 1/2 cup for topping).
• Spread mixture in un-greased 9x13" pan, lining with parchment if you desire.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile melt 1/2 (1/2 cup) of the caramel in microwave.
• Drizzle melted caramel over baked crust and return to oven for 10-12 minutes or until medium brown and caramel is bubbly.
• Removed crust from oven, working quickly, use a heat proof plastic knife (plastic reduces the drag on sticky baked goods), or a bench knife, to loosen the edges of the crust from the pan; cut into 2 dozen bars, leaving them in the pan. (It is easier to cut these bars while still warm).
• Sprinkle bars with the chocolate chips.
• Allow chocolate chips to soften about 5 minutes, then spread chocolate evenly over bars.
• Set aside to cool completely.
• Loosen the bars from the edge of pan again, using a flexible spatula to lift the bars out of the pan.
• Set on a rack.
• Combine remaining caramel with 1 tablespoon milk or cream and heat until caramel is melted enough to pour.
• Stir to combine with milk or cream, drizzle over the bars.
• Garnish with reserved toasted coconut.

CHOCOLATE CHUNK COCONUT CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix flour and brown sugar in medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press crumb mixture firmly onto bottom of foil-lined 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle pecans and coconut over crust; cover with condensed milk. Bake an additional 25 minutes or until coconut is lightly browned. Cool in pan on wire rack.
• Microwave caramels and milk in medium microwavable bowl on HIGH 2 minutes or until caramels are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after each minute. Drizzle over dessert; sprinkle with chocolate chunks. Cool completely. Cut into 36 bars to serve.

CARAMEL COCONUT CLUSTER BARS

Steps:

• Toast the coconut: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread the coconut in an even layer on the baking sheet and toast, tossing and turning every 4 minutes or so, until the coconut just starts to turn golden, about 12 minutes total. Remove the coconut from the oven and set aside to cool.
• Make the Cookie Base: Increase the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and line it with parchment paper, allowing the parchment to overhang on two sides. Lightly spray the parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and salt.
• In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy, approximately 2 minutes. Add the vanilla and the flour mixture and beat just until combined.
• Turn the dough out into the prepared baking pan and, with lightly floured hands, press the dough into an even layer on the bottom of the pan (do not press up the sides). Prick the top of the dough with the tines of a fork and bake the crust for 25 to 30 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through the baking time, until golden. Remove the pan from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool.
• Make the Caramel Layer: In a medium saucepan, combine the corn syrup, both sugars, and 2 tablespoons of water and stir gently so you don't splash any of it up on the sides of the pan. Set the saucepan over low heat and continue to stir gently until the sugar dissolves. Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pan, making sure the bulb of the thermometer is immersed in the syrup. Turn the heat up to medium-high and wait without stirring for the mixture to reach 240 to 245 degrees F, about 7 minutes. Keep a watchful eye on the temperature while you proceed with the next step-you do not want the mixture to exceed 250 degrees F.
• Meanwhile, in a small saucepan over medium heat, stir together the cream and sweetened condensed milk. Gently warm the mixture; do not let it boil.
• Once the sugar mixture turns amber, remove it from the heat and stir in the butter and the warm cream mixture until completely combined (be careful as it will bubble up when you add the cream mixture). Place the pan back over medium heat, stop stirring, and bring the mixture back to 245 to 250 degrees F.
• Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the vanilla, and fold in 2 cups of the toasted coconut.
• Pour the caramel directly onto the cookie base and, working quickly, spread it into an even layer with an offset spatula. Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of toasted coconut over the caramel. Let cool to room temperature, about 2 hours, then place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 1 hour.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Use a knife to loosen the chilled bars from the sides of the pan, then lift the bars out using the parchment paper overhang. Spray a sharp knife with nonstick cooking spray and cut the bars into twenty-four 3-by-1 1/2-inch rectangles and place on the prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate until ready to assemble.
• Assemble the bars: Melt both chocolates together in the bowl of a double boiler over medium heat or in the microwave (in a microwave-safe bowl, cook the chocolate at 50% power (medium) for 15-seconds bursts, stirring between each blast, until melted).
• Dip half of each individual bar in the melted chocolate, scrape off the excess chocolate with an offset spatula, and place the bar back on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining bars.
• Alternatively, dip the bottom of each bar in the remaining melted chocolate, scrape off the excess chocolate with an offset spatula. Return to the baking sheet to set. Once set, squeeze the chocolate into one corner of the zippered plastic bag and twist the other end of the bag a few times to form a makeshift pastry bag. Use a kitchen scissor to snip off the small corner of the bag where the chocolate has collected (you don't want too large a snip or the chocolate will ooze out).
• Working quickly, drizzle the chocolate in a zigzag pattern across all of the bars. Place the pan of bars back into the refrigerator for 15 minutes to let the chocolate set up. Serve immediately. The bars can be stored in the refrigerator, tightly covered, for up to 4 days. They taste really good directly from the refrigerator as well as at room temperature-entirely up to you.

GOOEY CARAMEL COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Line baking sheet with foil. Set aside.
• Spread ice cream topping on top of KELLOGG'S® POP-TARTS® Unfrosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon toaster pastries. Place on prepared baking sheet.
• Sprinkle chocolate morsels and pecans on toaster pastries. Sprinkle coconut over tops. Bake at 350°F about 7 minutes or until topping is bubbly. Carefully transfer to cooling rack. Cool at least 20 minutes.
• Cut each toaster pastry into thirds.
• Nutrition Information per serving: Serving Size 2 Cookies (61g), Calories 260, Calories from Fat 100, Total Fat 11g, Trans Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 160mg, Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 23g, Protein 3g, Vitamin A 6%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 8%.

CHEWY CARAMEL COCONUT BARS

Steps:

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BAKER'S GERMAN'S CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL & COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides; spray with cooking spray. Beat butter and sugar in medium bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and flour; mix well. Press onto bottom of prepared pan.
• Bake 20 to 25 min. or until lightly browned. Cool 10 min.
• Microwave caramel bits and milk in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min.; stir until bits are completely melted and mixture is well blended. Add coconut; mix well. Spread evenly over crust.
• Melt chocolate as directed on package; drizzle over dessert. Cool completely.
• Run knife around edges of pan to loosen dessert. Use foil handles to remove dessert from pan before cutting into bars.

GOOEY CARAMEL COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• 1. Line baking sheet with foil. Set aside.
• 2. Spread ice cream topping on top of Kellogg's® Pop-Tarts® Brown Sugar Cinnamon Unfrosted toaster pastries. Place on prepared baking sheet.
• 3. Sprinkle chocolate morsels and pecans on toaster pastries. Sprinkle coconut over tops. Bake at 350°F about 7 minutes or until topping is bubbly. Carefully transfer to cooling rack. Cool at least 20 minutes.
• 4. Cut each toaster pastry into thirds.

CARAMEL COCONUT CLUSTER BARS

Steps:

• To make the toasted coconut, heat oven to 300F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Spread the coconut in an even layer on the baking sheet and toast in the oven, tossing every 4 minutes, until just golden, about 12-16 minutes total. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
• To make the cookie base, increase oven to 350F.
• Line a 9x13-inch pan with parchment paper and grease.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. Set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3-4 minutes on medium-high speed. Add the vanilla and flour and mix until just combined.
• Turn the dough into the prepared pan and press into an even layer. It helps if you lightly flour your hands first. Prick with a fork and bake for 25-30 minutes or until lightly golden. Let cool.
• To make the caramel, in a medium saucepan combine the corn syrup, sugars, and 2 tbsp water. Set over low heat and stir gently until sugar dissolves. Increase the heat to medium-high and cook, without stirring, until it reaches 245F.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the butter and cream mixture until combined. Place back over medium heat, stop stirring, and bring back to 245F.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla along with 2 cups of the coconut. Pour onto the cookie base and spread in an even layer. Sprinkle the remaining coconut over the top. Let cool to room temperature and then refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Cut into bars.
• Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring after each. Drizzle over the bars. Refrigerate for 15 minutes to allow chocolate to set.

CARAMEL COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray In mixer mix butter, sugar, egg and vanilla on medium speed until smooth. Turn mixer to low and add in flour, salt, baking powder and coconut stirring until combined. Spread evenly into prepared pan and bake for 15 minutes. When the cookie base is baking, melt the caramel and milk (or cream) in a medium saucepan over low heat, stirring until melted. Spread caramel evenly over cookie base and return to oven baking for 12 more minutes. Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle chocolate chips on top of caramel. Let the chips sit for 3-4 minutes and then using an off-set spatula spread the chocolate over the caramel. Sprinkle with toasted coconut, if desired. Let cool completely before cutting into squares.