What do you do with a batch of homemade coconut candy gone wrong? Well, you make Coconut Bars, of course! Last year, shortly before Christmas, I made a batch of coconut candy for my husband, and they turned out really well. So, I wanted to recreate them. Trouble is, when I saved the recipe, I had saved it with a typo and instead of adding 1/4 cup butter or margarine, I added 1 WHOLE cup of butter.
The funny thing is, I didn’t even realize my mistake until after I had already taken the time to spread the mixture and freeze it. Now the first time I made the candies, I had painstakingly rolled the little buggers out and shaped them. This time I thought, to save myself some time, I would just spread it on a parchment lined cookie sheet and freeze it, then cut it.
After cutting it, I ended up with this…
No problem, right?
Until you try to dip them in melted chocolate, that is. Talk about a gooey mess!
As you can see, I had quite a bit of candy mixture, and I didn’t want to just throw it out. THAT would be a waste of money! So, I debated and pondered, and debated some more. Then I thought, why not make Coconut Bars instead? So, I made a graham crust…
Yep, that is more melted butter you see there. Once I had the graham crust mixture ready, I spread it in my Zenker pan…
and baked it for a few minutes. Then I poured the now warmed up coconut goo over the top and baked that.
Then I poured a bag of chocolate morsels on top, because hey, it’s not worth eating if it doesn’t have chocolate, right?
Yum.
I managed to salvage the coconut candy by making coconut bars. What do you do with recipes gone wrong?
Brandy says
Oh those look YUM!!
HilLesha says
My goodness! 🙂
blueviolet says
That looks FANTASTIC!!!!!!
Dealectable Mom says
WOW! I’m not a big fan of coconut, however this looks amazing. I want it!
Louise says
Oh those look wonderful. After you dumped them out they looked like a masterpiece ready to eat. Yumm!
Barbara Platt says
what’s wrong, looks great to me