It’s Friday today! And you know what it means, right? It’s the end of the week so you can INDULGE! And for that, I have the perfect recipe for you. Chocolate + sweetened condensed milk + coconut. That’s all it takes to make delicious yet super simple homemade Bounty Bars aka Mounds. Want Bounty bars? Use milk chocolate. Want Mounds bars? Use dark chocolate. As simple as that!
I don’t know about you, but I love making goodies from scratch. It usually tastes way better and you know exactly what goes in it. Win win. Take homemade pesto, or homemade peanut butter for instance. Guys, I will never ever buy those from the store again now that I’ve tried to make them from scratch! (well,hum, I’m partially lying here. I did buy a jar of PB last month. BUT in my defense, I had no food processor since we had just arrived in Sydney. So it doesn’t count, right?). Anyway, all I’m saying is those homemade bounty bars aka mounds are good, very good!
And if you don’t trust me, ask Solal. He usually doesn’t like Bounty Bars but raves for those homemade ones. Convinced now?
I wish I could send some to my mom, these are her favorite candies 
Have a beautiful weekend everyone! I will be hunting (?!) for a Christmas tree. Sounds easy, but not in Sydney, trust me. FYI today’s temperature = 100F = I.AM.GOING.TO.DIE. See next week, if I survived.
Cal: 191 - Protein: 4g - Fat: 12.3g - Carbs: 21.7g - Fiber: 2.7g - Sugar: 17.3g - WW Old Points: 4 pts - Points+: 6 pts
Ingredients
- 15 oz milk cooking chocolate
- 3 cups shredded coconut
- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
Directions
- In a medium bowl, mix coconut and sweetened condensed milk to make a thick and sticky paste.
- Using your hands, form some rectangles with the paste. Press firmly to make sure the rectangles will keep their shape. Every 3 or 4 rectangles, wash your hands and do not dry them completely. That way, the paste won't stick on your hands.
- Arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and put in the freezer for about 20 minutes. This will make the candy easier to dip in chocolate. Don't skip this part or it'll be a mess!
- In the meantime, cut chocolate in pieces and put 2/3 of it in a microwave safe bowl.
- Microwave on medium power for 30 seconds, stir, then repeat in 15 seconds interval until the chocolate has melted. (If you prefer to melt chocolate on the stove top, place a heatproof bowl over a small saucepan filled with simmering water. On low heat, stir chocolate until melted (allow a few minutes). Ensure the chocolate avoids contact with water and steam whilst melting).
- Add 1/3 remaining chocolate and keep stirring until it is fully melted. It's called tempering chocolate. It will allow the chocolate to have a glossy texture and to set correctly.
- It's time for dipping now! Remove rectangles from the freezer. If you want to take you time, you can work with one rectangle at a time and leave the others in the freezer. Using two forks, dip one rectangle in melted chocolate and roll it to cover all sides.
- Using one fork, remove rectangle from chocolate. With the other fork, remove excess chocolate and arrange your bounty on a lined baking sheet.
- Allow a few hours for the chocolate cover to set (time will vary according to where you live, how warm is your house etc.) and ENJOY!
Notes
They will last up to 5 days in a air-tight container. After that, they'll start to dry. You can also keep them in the fridge but they'll dry much faster and harden a bit, I don't recommend it.
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Mounds are one of my favorite candy bars and these look like an exact replica!
There’re so good, right ?! And I even dare to say that those homemade bars are even better than the “real” ones!
What a straight-forward and irresistible recipe! I plan to try these with dark chocolate. Thank you1
They’re delicious with dark choc too ! I’ve tried both and I can’t really decide which one I like best…
Add some almonds ontop, wala almond joy! mmm, have to make these for part of our christmas treats to send home with our family that comes over
my niece and nephew will definately love these!
Exactly!! Sounds perfect for a Christmas treat, the kids will love them!
Is it made with unsweetened coconut? I’m anxious to try it with chopped toasted almonds added.
Yes I made them with unsweetened coconut. Chop your almonds very finely to make sure it holds together well. It’s gonna be yummy!!
Lovely!
Though to be honest I thought they were quite sweet even with 85% dark chocolate. Next time I’ll probably do them with 50/50 sweetened / unsweetened condensed milk. And since they only keep 5 days (no way anyone could leave these 5 days) I would probably also do them with fresh grated coconut.
Metric:
400 gram chocolate (I used 300 gram and had plenty extra)
300 gram coconut
400 gram (sweetened) condensed milk
You could also try using less sweetened condensed milk. The idea is just to use enough of it to make the coconut stick together. And I bet it would be delicious with fresh coconut too!
Wow brilliant idea! Need to try that once!
wow amazing recipes on ur blog. i want to ask u if i can use just condensed milk or the sweetened one on the bounty bars. they look amazing. simple and easy to follow. my uncle loves bounty and i wanted to make it for him. he’s going to have a surprise. thanks
Hi Josika! Yes you must use sweetened condensed milk for those bounties. Your uncle is going to love them
hi its me again i want to ask u another question : can i use normal chocolate or do i have to use the cooking chocolate? pls answer
thank u
Hello again
yes I think you can use regular chocolate but just make sure it melts correctly or you’ll have a hard time covering the bounties.
thank u soooo much for ur reply’s. i made them and gave it to my uncle and he was going away somewhere near london and he literally took the whole lot with him. unbelievable. had amazing fun with my bro to make the bounties. i am definitely going to have another try. “FABULOUS”
thank you so much again
Yay! I’m glad your uncle liked them, especially if you had fun making them!!
gotta gotta gotta make this!
this just looks time-consuming but very easy…and barely 3 ingredients!
thanks for sharing…!!!
You’re welcome Nisha!
It isn’t that time-consuming, really!
MMMM….yummo! Bounty bars here I come! Thank you for the quick recipe! simply wonderful haha!
So easy and so good, you’re going to love them!!
Oh my god these with white chocolate are absolutly gorgeous
Have you tried with white chocolate ?! Must be so yummy !
Hey there,
Im excited to make these for my mom but a quick question before I take on the endeavor… It looks as if the coconut mixture is a little wet after mixing with the condensed milk. Will that dry up enough in the freezing process?
Hi Amy! The coconut mixture is indeed a bit wet, it’s normal. You need to follow the quantity precisely to make sure it’s not too dry or too wet so the bounties don’t fall appart when you dip them in the chocolate. Let me know if you have any other questions
hope your mom is going to love them!
hi marie,
its josika again as it’s fathers day tomorrow i thought that i could make these bounty bars for everyone at my church and there all 45 in total if u don’t mind can u please send me the quantity of the ingredients i should put in the mixture please get to me asap thank u very much
josika xoxo
i meant 45 people in total
sorry marie make that 55 people as i missed some out sorry?!?!
please rply asap
marie can u pls reply asap bcos i have to go shopping in an hour
Hey Josika, to make that for 55 people you just need to multiply the quantity by 5… That makes 4.5 lb chocolate, 15 cups shredded coconut and 5 cups sweetened condensed milk.
Next time you need me to answer quickly contact me via Facebook.
thank u 4 ur reply. thanks very much. i don’t have facebook btw (no-one in my family do) sorry if i kept bugging u 4 ur reply thanks a lot though. i made the bounty bars today, it was fun making it and everyone at church loved it, it got empty completely so i am very happy thank a lot again 4 ur reply
josika x