This is such a yummy old fashioned style Chocolate Slice – it reminds me a lot of the one my nan always made me, only a little healthier. It’s a lovely chocolatey treat to stock your freezer with, so if you have hungry kids at home looking for a snack or need an easy lunchbox filler you’ll have this on hand ready to go!
Food memories are the best. As a kid I used to bake with my nan every weekend, we even occasionally ‘invented’ recipes. The ones that worked out, she carefully wrote on a note pad and sticky taped it into her recipe notebook. I still have that notebook, though the tape is browned and dried and the binding has seen better days.
Anyway, enough nostalgia…though I do hope that one of my recipes will perhaps form memories and be carried down in your family.
Take a look at the variations (below the main recipe) for suggestions to alter the recipe to suit your specific dietary requirements.
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Chocolate Coconut Slice
Ingredients
- 150 g butter or coconut oil
- 85 g rice malt syrup, honey or maple syrup (¼ cup approx.)
- 30 g cacao - unsweetened Dutch process or raw
- 120 g wholemeal spelt flour (1 cup)
- 90 g rolled oats (1 cup)
- 100 g desiccated coconut (1 cup)
Bittersweet Chocolate Icing (see note below)
- 30 g cacao - unsweetened Dutch process or raw (¼ cup)
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 tbsp rice malt syrup or honey
- 1 tbsp milk - of choice
- 10 g desiccated coconut (2 tbsp)
Method
- Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F (fan forced).
- In a large pot over medium heat, melt your butter (or coconut oil). Thermomix 90, 1 minute, speed 3.
- Turn off the heat and add the sweetener, mixing to combine. Thermomix 30 seconds, temp 90, speed 4.
- Add all of the other ingredients and mix well until combined. Thermomix reverse speed, 30 seconds.
- Press firmly into a lined tin and bake for 10-12 minutes. Take care not to overcook this as it can dry out. If your oven runs hot, reduce the temperature to 160°C.
- Once cooled, pop it into the fridge to chill for 30 minutes or more.
Bittersweet Chocolate Icing
- Make the icing by beating all of the ingredients together in a small bowl until smooth and creamy. Thermomix butterfly, 1 minute, speed 3.
- Spread over the chilled slice and sprinkle over a little extra desiccated (or shredded) coconut.
- Chill for 10 more minutes in the freezer, remove from the tin and carefully slice into squares by pressing straight down with a large sharp knife.
Store
- Store in the fridge or freeze in an airtight container.
Note
- The icing above is very rich (for dark chocolate lovers only). You can leave it off, top it with melted chocolate or a chocolate butter cream. This recipe works really well as a super healthy ganache too.
- Refrigerating before slicing makes it much easier to cut without crumbling.
Variations
Gluten-free
Substitute the spelt with your favourite gluten-free flour and the oats can be replaced by quinoa flakes.Dairy-free or vegan
Replace the butter with coconut oil (this will produce a tougher/ crisper slice).Low-fructose
Use brown rice syrup as your sweetener.I'd love to hear how you like this slice. Post a comment below or rate this recipe.
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Gina says
What a lovely slice, Georgia! It was enjoyed by all for afternoon tea today. Quite rich, so I cut the slice into small squares. I’ll definitely be making this one again, maybe for variety I’ll add some finely chopped up walnuts to the base next time. Thank you for sharing and Happy New Year to you & your family. xx
Georgia Harding says
So glad you enjoyed it Gina. It is rich (especially with the bittersweet icing), the walnuts would be a great addition too I think. Thanks for your feedback and the 5🌟s too G x
Claire says
Delicious! Didn’t Ice it and it is lovely. Small squares are plenty for the kids so made plenty for the freezer. Thank you Georgia ☺️
Georgia Harding says
So glad you loved it Claire – I like it plain too. Appreciate your feedback and the 5 🌟s G x
Rae says
I made this yesterday and I love it!!
I got the thumbs up from both kids and hubby too! We do like dark choc so the icing is perfect. Yum yum yum.
Georgia Harding says
Thrilled you enjoyed them Rae, and thanks for rating the recipe too G x
Sally O’Grady says
Hi Georgia, whipped this one up tonight while I had the oven on for dinner, delicious! Thumbs up from everyone here, I love these super quick and easy recipes where you can just chuck everything in, and added bonus that it’s healthy too! Keep em coming! Xx
Georgia Harding says
So glad you all loved them Sally, doesn’t get much easier then this! G x
Bel D says
This is sooo good! I think I have eaten most of it because hubby and 5yo “can’t find it” in the freezer! Thank you for the exquisite treat.
Georgia Harding says
Ha ha – so glad you love it G x
Demelza Carter says
Absolutely delicious! The whole family love it. Thanks Georgia!
Georgia Harding says
So glad Demelza. Thanks for your feedback and for rating the recipe too G x
Emily Hayes says
Yummy, yummy, yummy. Just about to make again, this time a double batch!
Georgia Harding says
Enjoy Emily ☺️🙏🏼
Wendy Baker says
Love this! Just drizzled a little 78% dark choc for the icing. Kids love it, and sugar-loving husband just went back for seconds!
Thanks again!
Georgia Harding says
Perfect Wendy, so glad you all enjoyed it and appreciate the 5 🌟 rating too G x
Lyn says
Delicious slice! Making some to take to our fundraising stall next week at the hospital. Always good to have a healthier option!
Georgia Harding says
So glad you enjoyed it and cheers for rating the recipe ☺️
Glenda says
Such a yummy slice! We all loved it and it has become a firm favourite in our house. I substituted the butter for ghee due to food allergies and it turned out perfectly. Thank you Georgia x
Georgia Harding says
Glad you all loved it Glenda and that it suits your DF family. Thanks for your feedback and the 5🌟s G x
Ella says
Fantastic!
Georgia Harding says
So glad you enjoyed it Ella. Cheers for the 5🌟 rating too G x
Jodi says
Loved this chocolate slice, so happy to have something on the heathy side to reach for when my sweet tooth hits. I did swap Cocoa for the Cacao in the icing and that obviously gave it a more sweeter taste which I preferred but I did also try just the base and would be happy to just eat that as well.
Georgia Harding says
So glad you enjoyed it Jodi G x
Fiona says
Love this! I have made it twice now. Will be become a family regular. I use rice malt syrup for the base and the icing is divine! Thanks Georgia. I’ve made three of your recipes today. All great 🙂
Georgia Harding says
So glad you loved it Fiona, cheers for rating the recipe too G x
Debbie Harris says
I love this slice, however the kids are finding it a bit bitter (it is currently un-iced as I heeded the warning on the bittersweet chocolate icing). I have done a search for a chocolate buttercream instead, as suggested, however I can’t seem to find anything. Please can you point me in the direction of a sweeter icing that might mask the bitterness for the kids.
Georgia Harding says
Yes, you could combine –
70 g butter – at room temperature (important it’s not over softened or too cold)
3 tbsp rice malt syrup or honey (more or less to taste)
3 tbsp tapioca flour – or arrowroot
2 tbsp cacao
Hope that helps. Next time you could add extra sugar to the slice to offset the cacao (or use less cacao is another option) G x
Debbie Harris says
Thank you so much! Will give this a try today, so it is ready for an afternoon snack after school 🙂
Tara says
So mine ended up quite dry and crumbly. I used coconut oil instead of butter. Do you think this is the reason why?
Georgia Harding says
Strange. It sounds like it has been overcooked perhaps or an ingredient mistake perhaps. Coconut oil toughens and tightens as it cools which is nice to produce a crisp slice (but not dry). You could perhaps crumble it over yoghurt to re-invent it? G x
Katie Jodrell says
This is an absolute winner!!! So easy and so delicious. My kids have been loving it as a little sweet treat!
Georgia Harding says
Ah brilliant, it’s a great easy to make snack for sure G x
Emma says
I’m not sure if my scales are way out, but 45g of oats only seemed to be about half a cup, if that? Not sure if I should be going off the cup measurements or the weight… I ended up adding a heap more oats because it was super wet.
Not sure how it turned out as it’s still cooking… but just wanted to check on that oats quantity because I feel like either it’s wrong, or my kitchen scales are gaslighting me! 🙂 please help 🙂 🙂
Georgia Harding says
Hey Emma, I hope it was okay. This recipe was remove by accident just before you accessed it and in re-entering the ingredients the grams were in error (cups were right). We noticed it when the proofer checked it but it was live for a while, sorry, this has never happened before. It’s all good now though G x
Emma says
No problem – I’m just glad I’m not crazy 🙂
And it turned out pretty good anyway, even though I winged it on the oats in the end. Yum!