This is a cafe-style version of a traditional supermarket treat, the Bounty Bar! Have you had a bounty before? They are usually long bars of a sweet coconut filling dipped in crackly chocolate. For my version, I added a chocolate brownie base (sooooo good) and a chocolate ganache topping with a sprinkling of pistachios.
When I deliver workshops in Australia, I love demonstrating how to make this bounty slice as you can easily adapt it to your taste preferences and you can flavour the bounty filling however you like! You can use dried cherry (to make it like a Cherry Ripe!), mint, lemon, raspberry and whatever else you might desire!
The recipe and method is quite child friendly too as there is no heating and most of it can be prepared in a mixing bowl. You just might need a food processor for the brownie base, but kids will love eating the leftovers.
The ingredients are super simple and include a range of coconut, nuts, sweeteners and chocolatey ingredients!
Over the last few years, I’ve fallen in love with one ingredient in particular: coconut butter! Have you heard of it? It’s basically ground up coconut. The difference between coconut butter and coconut oil is the same as the difference between peanut butter and peanut oil…. got it? I prefer using coconut butter rather it’s oil counterpart as it’s less processed and has allll the fibre that coconut oil doesn’t have.
My recipes in my ebook (which I use for my commercial cake business) use coconut butter as a main ingredient. That’s how much I love it!
For this recipe, I used Niulife’s coconut butter which is the real deal. Just look at that consistency. It’s thick and creamy with a bit of texture from the coconut. Ahhhhhh!
Drooling yet? I sure am!
I hope you enjoy this recipe!
If you try this recipe, I would love to hear about it! Comment below or, if you post it on social media, tag @rainbownourishments and #rainbownourishments!
This post was sponsored by Niulife Coconut. However, as always, all opinions expressed in this post are 100% my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that allow Rainbow Nourishments to be sustainable.
Bounty
Ingredients
Base
- 2 cups pecans or walnuts
- 1 cup dates, soaked in water for 4 hours then drained
- 1/2 cup cocoa or raw cacao powder
- Pinch of Himalayan pink salt
Filling (see notes for flavours)
- 3 cups dessicated or shredded coconut
- 1 cup coconut cream
- 1/2 cup coconut butter, softened
- 1/2 cup any light-coloured sweetener, such as rice malt syrup or maple syrup
Chocolate topping
- 1/2 cup cacao butter
- 1/2 cup coconut cream
- 1/4 cup cocoa or raw cacao powder
- 1/4 cup coconut nectar, or to taste
Instructions
- Add pecans/walnuts to a food processor and blitz until coarse crumbs. Add rest of base ingredients and process until combined.
- Press into the base of a lined loaf tin (I used a 28x13cm rectangular tin)
- For the filling, add all ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix until combined. Mix in flavourings if desired (see notes).
- Firmly press filling into the loaf tin.
- For the chocolate topping, melt the cacao butter in a saucepan over low heat until just melted. Add rest of ingredients and mix until combined. If there is still oil floating on the top, emulsify by using a whizz stick.
- Pour chocolate on coconut filling and decorate as desired.
- Set aside in the fridge for 6 hours or until the coconut is firm (you'll know when it's set when you can press the chocolate and there is no indentation.
Notes
Raspberry bounty: 2/3 cup berries, 1/4 cup beetroot, extra 1/4 cup coconut butter.
Mint bounty: 1 cup mint leaves, 1/2 cup loose spinach leaves, Dash of peppermint essential oil if desired.
Lemon turmeric bounty: Juice and zest of 2 lemons, 1 tbsp turmeric powder. For the cherry, raspberry and mint bounty, add flavourings with half of the bounty mixture in a food processor and blitz until combined. Mix flavoured bounty filling with the remaining plain filling.
Aria
February 3, 2018 at 9:10 pmThis bounty-slice looks Awesome!!!! I think this brownie-base so tasty as they look,Thanks for sharing.
Jessica
June 28, 2018 at 10:04 pmHi! I plan on adapting this gorgeous recipe a bit and one of the changes will be to make a keto baked brownie base (I am diabetic so can’t do all the dates) I plan on baking the brownie in the pan first and then cooling it completely before adding the filling and the chocolate topping. Do you think if I just line the pan with parchment, I can do this and then lift the whole thing out to slice once it’s all set? Thanks!
Anthea
June 30, 2018 at 11:29 amYes you could absolutely do that! Yes, parchment paper will allow you to lift the whole slice out easily. Let me know how you go 🙂
Sel M
July 24, 2018 at 6:21 amBeautiful, love all the colors! How many days will these keep for? Thanks so much!
Anthea
August 1, 2018 at 2:24 pmThanks Sel! They will keep in the fridge for 5 days in an airtight container or in the freezer for months 🙂
Anita Macintosh
March 3, 2019 at 4:49 amHello Athena,
Well done, you have the most beautiful raw cake creations. I want ask if I can substitute the coconut cream with something else? Thanks
Anita Macintosh
March 3, 2019 at 4:56 amI wish I leave in Australia, I would have come to you for classes😊. I am a home baker but I’m so scared to take the leap to start my own business, I need someone to give me that motivation to go for it.
Anthea
March 7, 2019 at 4:48 pmAw thank you so much! I’m sure there’s someone in your country who offers similar dessert classes?
Anthea
March 7, 2019 at 4:49 pmThank you! You could possibly substitute the cream with plant-based milk and coconut oil! You’ll need enough oil for it to solidify.
Anita Macintosh
March 3, 2019 at 11:31 pmSorry about my misspelling of leave instead of live in Australia 😜