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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 7 servings
Calories 270 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 1 ¼ cups cottage cheese
  • 2 tsp vanilla sugar
  • ⅓ cup shredded coconut
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup milk chocolate
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • nuts

Instructions
 

  • Mash the cottage cheese with a fork until there are no big lumps, so you get a smooth, creamy base.
    Mash the cottage cheese with a fork
  • Add the vanilla sugar and mix it in evenly.
    Add the vanilla sugar
  • Stir in the shredded coconut, distributing it throughout the cottage cheese mixture.
    Add the grated coconut
  • Pour in the melted butter and mix again until fully combined.
    Add the melted butter
  • Add the powdered sugar and stir until the mixture is sweet and smooth.
    Add the powdered sugar
  • Mix everything together thoroughly until you have a thick, moldable cottage cheese mass.
    Mix the ingredients together
  • Shape the mixture into bar‑shaped sticks and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, then freeze for about 30 minutes until firm.
    Form sticks and place them on a baking sheet
  • While the bars are chilling, prepare the glaze: finely chop the nuts (hazelnuts work great, but you can use any nuts you like).
    finely chop the nuts
  • Break the chocolate into small pieces so it melts evenly, then melt it in a double boiler (or gently in the microwave).
    Break the chocolate into small pieces
  • Transfer the melted chocolate to a cup or deep glass and add the oil, stirring until the glaze is smooth and glossy.
    Pour the melted chocolate into a cup
  • Add the chopped hazelnuts to the chocolate glaze and stir to coat them well.
    Add the chopped hazelnuts and stir
  • Take the cottage cheese bars out of the freezer, insert a wooden skewer or toothpick into each bar and dip it into the chocolate glaze.
    stick a wooden skewer or toothpick into the cheese
  • Turn each bar so it is fully coated with chocolate and nuts on all sides.
    Turn it so that the cheese is covered with chocolate
  • Place the glazed cottage cheese bars back on the parchment‑lined tray and freeze for about 20 minutes, until the chocolate sets completely.
    place it in the freezer for 20 minutes
  • Serve and enjoy these homemade glazed cottage cheese bars as a simple, delicious dessert or snack.
    Homemade dessert bars of cottage cheese, coconut, and chocolate

Notes

  1. Use well drained cottage cheese so the mixture is thick; too much liquid will make it hard to shape the bars and they may fall apart when dipping.
  2. Do not skip the freezer time before glazing, slightly frozen bars hold their shape much better in warm chocolate.​​
  3. Melt the chocolate slowly over low heat or in short microwave bursts to avoid burning and keep the glaze smooth and shiny.​​
  4. If your kitchen is very warm, move the glazed bars to the fridge within a few minutes to prevent condensation and sugar bloom on the chocolate.​
  5. For a less sweet version, use dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate and slightly reduce the powdered sugar in the filling.​

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 270kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 127mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 152IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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