Five Star Bars

Five Star Bars. More a confection than a cookie bar with coconut and graham crumbs suspended in chewy caramel like base, topped with chocolate. Make and bake them in only about a half hour; a real Newfoundland favourite, especially around the Holidays.

Five Star Bars. Just mix and bake!

Originally published Nov 2012.

Again today, Rock Recipes is featuring another cookie by request, these scrumptious Five Star Bars. Over the last couple of years in our annual cookie march to Christmas, I have received several requests for a recipe for this particular bar cookie.

Fine cut dried (desiccated) unsweetened coconut is the type to use in this recipe.

It is a local favourite here and I have seen them in many local bakeries for years but never had made them before. I don’t know why?

They couldn’t be easier to make or be more soft, chewy and caramel-y delicious. They freeze really well too.

Five Star Bars.

Five Star Bars. So easy to make!

The type of chocolate melted on top is completely your choice. Milk chocolate is what is traditionally used, as in the photos above. Milk Chocolate chips are an excellent easy choice.

Aero Chocolate Bar

Some older recipes even call for chopped milk chocolate bars like an Aero bar here in Canada, probably because they melt so easily.

However, I most often make them with dark chocolate on top myself because I’ve always preferred it.

Five Star Bars, shown with a dark chocolate topping.

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Five Star Bars

Yield: 24 squares or bars

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Five Star Bars are more a confection than a cookie bar with coconut and graham crumbs suspended in chewy caramel like base, topped with chocolate.

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Ingredients

• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2 cups unsweetened coconut
• A 10 ounce can sweetened condensed milk (300 ml size in Canada)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

For the top

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• 1 cup chocolate chips, use your preference of milk chocolate, semi sweet or dark
• ( Traditionally here in Newfoundland, we use melted milk chocolate candy bars. Aero bars are thee most often used but any good quality milk chocolate will suffice. Use about 6-8 oz of milk chocolate, chopped.)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix together the butter, graham crumbs, coconut, condensed milk, and vanilla.
3. Press into a parchment paper lined 9 x 9 pan.
4. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until firm.
5. As soon as they come out of the oven, sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top of the hot cookie bars.
6. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the chocolate to melt, then spread evenly over the top.
7. Allow the bars to cool to room temperature before cutting into cookie bars or squares.
8. Store in an airtight container. These cookie bars freeze well too.

Notes

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

Nutrition Information

Yield

24

Serving Size

1 square
Amount Per Serving Calories 190Total Fat 11gSaturated Fat 8gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 11mgSodium 72mgCarbohydrates 22gFiber 2gSugar 16gProtein 3g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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