Fudgy Macaroon Chocolate Bars

FUDGY MACAROON CHOCOLATE BARS

CHEWY, CHOCOLATEY and loaded with coconut– these bars are hard to beat!
SO EASY to bake and even better to eat

(Makes ±24 bars)

FUDGY CHOCOLATE LAYER

120g dark chocolate, chopped

250 g butter

220 g soft brown sugar

3 eggs, beaten

5 ml vanilla

140 g cake flour

30 ml cacao powder

1ml salt

COCONUT LAYER

240 g desiccated coconut (fine) (750ml)

1 tin condensed milk

5 ml vanilla

2,5 ml almond extract

TOPPING

160g chocolate chips, melted with 60 ml cream

40 g chopped walnuts or pecan nuts

Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease and line a 28cmX20cm rectangular cake tin with baking paper
Melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave or small saucepan and cool then stir in the sugar and then the eggs and vanilla.
Sieve together the flour, cacao and salt and add to the chocolate mixture to make the batter.
Spoon half of the batter in the prepared cake tin and place in freezer to get firm.
Combine the coconut layer ingredients and spoon it carefully on the firm chocolate layer then top the coconut layer with the rest of the chocolate batter
Bake in the preheated oven for 23 minutes and cool completely.
Melt the chocolate and cream together and spread it over the baked cookies. Sprinkle over the chopped nuts and wait for the chocolate to set before cutting it into bars