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Looking for a fun and easy recipe for something sweet? Make 3-Ingredient Mounds Bar Recipe! A sweet coconut filling dipped in dark chocolate and ready for snacking in just about 30 minutes–you’ll love this make-at-home version of Mounds Bars.

3 Ingredient Coconut Mounds Bars

3-Ingredient Mounds Bar Recipe

When we want a sweet snack, Mounds Bars are always a favorite! Making them at home was really a fun little project and could be an enjoyable rainy day activity, a homemade gift, or for any reason at all!

While you’re here reading about this 3 Ingredient Coconut Mounds Bars recipe, be sure to check out these equally delicious desserts: White Chocolate Lemon Truffles | Baileys Irish Cream Truffles | Salted Caramel Rice Krispies Treats

The Ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to make the 3 Ingredient Coconut Mounds Bars (the exact measurements and full recipe instructions are below in the printable recipe card):

  • Unsweetened flaked coconut
  • Sweetened condensed milk
  • Chocolate – we used Ghirardelli dark chocolate melting wafers. They melt very nicely and have great flavor. The bags are 10 ounces, so we needed one and a half bags for this recipe. But you can use any dark or semi-sweet chocolate that you like.
ingredients to make 3 Ingredient Coconut Mounds Bars

How to Make 3 Ingredient Coconut Mounds Bars

  • In a medium mixing bowl, combine the coconut with the sweetened condensed milk.
a mint green bowl filled with shredded coconut and sweetened condensed milk
  • Form the coconut mixture into 12 logs. This will be a sticky job, so it works best if you wet your hands with water. You’ll probably need to rinse your hands a couple of times during the process of making all 12 logs.
forming coconut bars
  • Place the coconut logs on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and freeze for at least 20 minutes.
coconut bars on parchment paper on a cookie sheet
  • Melt about 10 ounces of the chocolate in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir well, then continue to microwave in 15 second increments until completely melted, stirring well between each cooking interval.
  • Add the remaining 5 ounces of chocolate and stir until melted and the chocolate is smooth. The reason for this way of melting the chocolate is that adding the solid chocolate to the melted and then letting them melt together helps temper the chocolate.
melting dark chocolate in a clear bowl
  • Use forks to dip each coconut bar into the chocolate until completely covered. Allow some of the excess chocolate to drip off the chocolate bars.
dipping coconut bars into melted dark chocolate
  • Place the chocolate bars back on the parchment paper and allow them to rest until the chocolate is set.
3 Ingredient Coconut Mounds Bars on waxed paper

How to Store the Mounds Bars

Keep the homemade Mounds Bars in an airtight container. They will stay fresh at room temperature for up to five days.

a stack of 3 Ingredient Coconut Mounds Bars

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4.99 from 77 votes

3 Ingredient Mounds Bar Recipe

Looking for a fun and easy recipe for something sweet? Make 3 Ingredient Coconut Mounds Bars! A sweet coconut filling dipped in dark chocolate and ready for snacking in just about 30 minutes–you'll love this make-at-home version of Mounds Bars.
Prep: 1 hour
Total: 1 hour
Servings: 12
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Ingredients 

Instructions 

  • In a medium mixing bowl, combine the coconut and sweetened condensed milk.
  • With clean and wet hands, shape the coconut mixture into 12 logs, placing each on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Freeze for about 20 minutes.
  • In a microwave-safe bowl, melt about 10 ounces of the chocolate by microwaving on high for 30 seconds then in 15 second intervals until completely melted. Stir well between each interval.
  • Add the remaining 5 ounces of chocolate to the melted chocolate and stir until it is melted.
  • Use forks to dip each of the coconut bars into the chocolate, then transfer back to the parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Allow the chocolate on the bars to set. Because the bars were chilled in the freezer, the chocolate should set quickly.

Nutrition

Calories: 472kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 7gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 24gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 58mgPotassium: 502mgFiber: 8gSugar: 28gVitamin A: 102IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 126mgIron: 5mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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89 Comments

  1. Karen Loeb says:

    5 stars
    What a treat–five-steps up Mounds.

    1. Jill says:

      Thanks Karen!

  2. Becky miller says:

    I make these all the time now.bring for party’s. Everyone loves them.! Super easy and yummy . My husband made them for me for valentines this year.

  3. jackie lewis jackie lewis says:

    can you use almond bark to make these

    1. Jill says:

      Hi Jackie. Yes, almond bark would be a good substitute for the chocolate melting wafers.

  4. Theresa says:

    5 stars
    Taste very much like mounds. The only thing I would do differently next time is maybe add a small a
    amount of oil to the chocolate to give it a smoother, thinner coating. It is good but my coating was too thick so way rich.

    1. Jill says:

      Thanks Theresa!

  5. Diane Morrow says:

    5 stars
    so simple and they are good when frozen as well

    1. Jill says:

      Thanks Diane!

  6. Cheryl Englert says:

    5 stars
    Great flavor,but I had a hard time getting the bars dipped. Chocolate seemed to cool too quickly,so excess wouldn’t drip off bars,and did not have enough chocolate.

    1. Cheryl Evans says:

      Same here! Very frustrating!

  7. Lenette says:

    5 stars
    I made this recipe&was so amazed @hiw easy&how much it tasted just like a real mounds bar. Great recipe thank you

    1. Jill says:

      Thanks Lenette!

  8. Ken says:

    Been making them this same way for years. Only thing I do differently, is I make the logs the complete length of the cookie sheet, then cover them with the chocolate. Once there set, then I cut them to size.

  9. Donna says:

    I am having trouble to get the coconut and evaporated milk to make a ball I added powder sugar and put it in the freezer and no go what can I do??

    1. Jill says:

      Hi Donna. Are you using evaporated or condensed milk? If you are having issues with the consistency to make the log you can add more shredded coconut to the condensed milk.

    2. Liss says:

      Recipe calls for sweetened condensed milk not evaporated milk. That may be the problem.

  10. Pat Cornoni says:

    5 stars
    Made the mounds bars, they are delicious. Thank you for the recipe.
    Now I have a sweet treat. Love them!

    1. Jill says:

      Thanks Pat!