Myrna's Toasted Coconut-chocolate Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup egg (from about 3 eggs)
• 12 ounces shredded sweetened coconut or 12 ounces flaked coconut
• 50 whole blanched almonds (optional)
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate

Recipe

• 1 heat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 mix the sugar, egg whites and coconut together until well blended.
• 3 drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto 1 cookie sheet.
• 4 using your hands, pinch each coconut mound to form it into a small bar.
• 5 if using almonds, press them gently into the top of the bars.
• 6 bake until light golden brown, about 10 minutes.
• 7 let cool completely.
• 8 melt the chocolate.
• 9 working 1 at a time, drop the coconut bars into the chocolate and fish them out with a fork, shaking lightly to allow some of the excess chocolate to drip off.
• 10 place on the second cookie sheet and let the chocolate set until firm.
• 11 store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.