Chocolate Coconut No-Bake Baklava Bites

By lorik

Ingredients

• 15 15 15 premade phyllo cups, thawed if frozen
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup walnut halves and pieces
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup whole shelled pistachio nuts
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup pretzels, salted
• 1 1 1 TBSP unsalted butter
• 2 2 2 TBSP brown sugar
• 3 3 to TBSP honey, plus extra to taste
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup quality dark chocolate melts
• 1 1 to tsp coconut oil, or to taste
• shredded coconut, for topping

Details

Servings 15
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 15mins
Adapted from peasandcrayons.com

Preparation

Step 1

This can be done in a food processor, with a sharp knife, or even by pouring them into a bag and smashing them with a wine bottle. I've employed all three techniques, choose what's easiest for you!

Bring a small skillet to medium heat and melt your butter.

Add brown sugar your chopped nuts and saute for five minutes until they're nice and toasty and have a light glaze on them. If you have a major sweet tooth I'll look the other way while you double the glaze. Since I have a heavy hand with the honey I go light on the glaze.

After about 5 minutes your glazed nut mixture will be ready, toss with a few spoonfuls of honey and spoon into phyllo cups. Top with a little additional honey if you're positively gaga for super-sticky honey-packed baklava. I won't tell.

Next melt your chocolate using a double broiler.

Bring a small pot or saucepan of water to a light boil and top with a glass pyrex bowl or your favorite heat-safe bowl. Reduce heat to low and add chocolate, stirring constantly.

In a few minutes you’ll have hot melty goodness. To help my chocolate liquefy faster and to create a faux "magic-shell" coating I add a teaspoon of coconut oil to my chocolate as it starts to melt and continue stirring/whisking until it has melted enough to pour. There are a dozen or so techniques for melting chocolate so feel free to use this one or use your go-to technique!

Using a whisk, drizzle the melted chocolate over each phyllo cup.

Pile them on a platter, arrange them in a fun shape on your favorite cutting board, or even serve them up in