A classic Australian Women's Weekly recipe - chocolate coconut slice is a family favourite. It's simple & quick to make (no special equipment needed) and keeps for days (& freezes).
Fan of chocolate and coconut? You'll love our Easy Thermomix Lamingtons or Raw Choc-coconut Slice.
Quick look at Simple Chocolate Coconut Slice
- ⏲️ Ready in 35 minutes.
- 🛒 Ingredients: Simple pantry ingredients.
- 🍽️ Makes: 32 triangles.
- 🧑🍳 Difficulty: Easy - kid-friendly, one-bowl recipe.
- 🗃️ Make ahead: Keep for 1 week or freeze. Great for lunchboxes!
This delicious chocolate slice (originally a Women's Weekly recipe) is a favourite in our house.
It's pretty easy to make and tastes even better after a few days (if there's any left!).
Why make this Simple Chocolate Coconut Slice?
- Tastes delicious - it's not too sweet and not too rich. Almost a cross between a biscuit and a cake bar crossed with a lamington.
- Quick & simple - a great recipe for the kids to learn to make themselves.
- No equipment needed - no need for a mixer or any sort of special equipment. All you need is a bowl, spoon and tin.
- It keeps for a while - some say it's even better after a few days. This makes it a great recipe for school bake sales too.
Recipe Ingredients
- Butter - the good stuff that comes wrapped in foil, not the stuff in the tub with added ingredients.
- Brown sugar - or you can also use rapadura sugar. Here's how to make brown sugar.
- Egg - preferably free-range and at room temperature.
- Vanilla extract - or vanilla bean paste.
- Plain flour - also called all-purpose flour.
- Self raising flour - if you don't have self-raising flour, you can make it by adding ½ teaspoon of baking powder per ½ cup of regular flour.
- Cocoa - gives the chocolate flavour to the base and icing. Cacao can also be used.
- Desiccated coconut - It's hardly chocolate coconut slice without the coconut right? You can use shredded if that's all you have. You can always blitz shredded in the blender or food processor to make desiccated.
- Icing sugar - used to make the icing. Here's how to make food processor icing sugar if you only have regular sugar.
How to Make Simple Chocolate Coconut Slice
Step 1 - Measure out the ingredients. Step 2 - Grease and line the tin so the paper extends up two sides. It makes it much easier to get it out of the tin.
Step 3 - Place the butter and brown sugar in a microwave-safe bowl and zap until the butter is melted. Step 4 - Mix until smooth.
Step 5 - Mix in the egg and vanilla. Step 6 - Fold in the flour, baking powder, cocoa and coconut.
Step 7 - Spread the batter into the prepared tin and bake at 180C fan-forced for 25 minutes. Step 8 - Take it out of the oven.
Step 9 - Make the icing by combining the icing sugar, cocoa, butter and freshly-boiled water in a heat-proof jug. Step 10 - Spread over the chocolate slice while it is still hot from the oven.
Step 11 - Sprinkle coconut over the top of the iced chocolate slice. Step 12 - Leave it to cool completely.
Step 13 - Use the edges of the baking paper to lift the slice out of the tin (you may need to loosen the sides with a knife). Step 14 - Use a sharp knife to slice into triangles. Serve or store.
Recipe FAQs
You sure can. Just pop the triangles in an air-tight container.
No need to refrigerate. It will last on the bench in an air-tight container for up to a week.
Add a bit of water (just a tiny bit at a time). But remember you're spreading it on a hot slice so it will thin a little. To thicken it, add a little more icing sugar.
You could potentially use gluten-free flour although we haven't tried it. We do have this gluten-free Paleo chocolate slice recipe that is very similar.
Looking for a vegan chocolate coconut slice recipe? We have a raw chocolate slice recipe that is absolutely delicious and looks very similar.
Recipe
Chewy chocolate slice
Ingredients
- 125 g 4oz butter, melted
- 1 cup 220g (8oz) firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- ½ cup plain flour
- ¼ cup self raising flour
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
- 1 tablespoon shredded coconut
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 1 tablespoon hot water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/360F (160C/320Ffan-forced).
- Grease and line 19x29cm slice pan and leave 2cm of lining over each side.
- Combine butter, sugar, egg and vanilla.
- Stir in sifted flours and cocoa then add coconut (I used all one type of coconut, I don’t think it matters).
- Spread the mixture into the pan and bake for 25 minutes or until firm.
- Make the icing while the base is baking.
- Combine all ingredients (you might need a little extra water) until smooth.
- Remove base from oven and spread the icing straight away.
- Sprinkle with coconut.
- Once cool, slice into 30 triangles.
Claire Cameron says
This recipe gets made about once a week in our house. It's a lunchbox favourite!
Janine says
Hi Claire, I'm wanting to make this slice today and was wondering what size the tray/pan should be.
Claire says
Hi Janine. The one I use is roughly 30x20 cm. If you have one close to that then it will be fine but no problem if it's smaller it will just be a thicker slice.
Janine says
Thanks Claire, upon closer reading I see you have dimensions in the recipe, how lovely of you to not mention that. Sincerely janine. P.s. I'll give it a go tomorrow and let you know how it turns out.
Claire says
Janine I miss things like that all the time! Hope you like it. It's my husband's favourite!
molly kelly says
Hi Claire,
Looks like a new age 'brownie'...would it serve for dessert with some vanilla icecream and berries?
Mum x
Claire says
Hmm, it's not really a dessert slice but I think it would work with ice cream.
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says
That looks delicious! I've never seen a chewy chocolate slice-it's usually brownies but these do sound good! :D