Chocolate Coconut Haystacks

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These Chocolate Coconut Haystacks are vegan and full of chocolate decadence. Only needing 3 ingredients, they are super quick and easy to make.

Pile of Chocolate Coconut Haystacks on a white texture plate sitting on a marble table.

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Chocolate Coconut Haystacks

Why you will love this recipe

Excellent treat: Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! With coconut and vanilla all molded up into a haystack. These Chocolate Coconut Haystacks are one of those treats or desserts you'll want more than just one of.
Perfect taste: Fills your tastebuds with indulgent chocolate that's sweet and delicious alone but with shredded coconut added giving these haystacks the perfect amount of chewiness.
Quick and Easy: You only need 3 ingredients for this homemade Chocolate Coconut Haystack recipe. There are 2 additional optional ingredients but they are just that optional, I would say if you have the main 3 ingredients on hand I wouldn't make a special trip to the store for the other 2 you'll be just fine with the main 3 ingredients. You'll also need 1 bowl, few utensils and baking pan, super easy to prepare and also gives you a quick and fast clean up.
Vegan: It's the perfect dessert for all occasions and it's one of my favorites, quick easy to make, fast clean up and you got yourself vegan chocolate coconut haystacks that tastes great.

If you love no bake desserts try my other vegan no bake recipes like these Chocolate Peanut Clusters, Vegan Peanut Butter Cups, Coconut Cookie Bites, and Caramel Coconut Donut Holes.

Ingredients

Check the recipe card below for full quantities and instructions to make these Chocolate Coconut Haystacks.

Vegan Chocolate: I like Enjoy Life or Tollhouse plant based vegan chocolate.
Unsweetened Shredded Coconut: Make sure to use unsweetened, if you can only find flakes just pop them into a food processor and pulse until broken up super tiny.
Coconut Oil: Helps to give a nice shine and smooth texture to the chocolate.
Vanilla: Optional but does help enhance the flavor.
Sea Salt: Optional but does take the flavor to the next level.

Variations

Chopped nuts: Rich chocolate and coconut are perfect together but if you like nuts you can add some chopped nuts to give a little crunch to these haystacks like pecans, almonds, walnuts or others nuts you like. Be sure to chop them very finely.
Haystacks white chocolate: If you prefer white chocolate you can use vegan white chocolate in place of the vegan chocolate chips. If your able to find vegan butterscotch chips those create a completely different and unique taste.
Size: You can definitely adjust the size, if you'd like smaller haystacks use a smaller scoop/spoon if you'd like larger us a larger scoop/spoon easily adjust to the size you'd like.

How to make these Chocolate Coconut Haystacks

Prep: Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Toast the coconut for 5 minutes until golden.

Step 1: In microwave safe bowl, add your vegan chocolate chips, coconut oil and vanilla extract and melt in 10-20 second intervals stirring in between until smooth and creamy melted chocolate. (Optional reserve 2 tablespoons to drizzle on top after it hardens/sets for extra fancy appearance)

Parchment papaer lined baking sheet with toasted coconut.

Toasted coconut from the oven!

Glass bowl with toasted coconut being mixed into the melted chocolate.

Step 2: Add your toasted coconut and stir really well!

Chocolate and coconut mixed up!

Chocolate Coconut Haystacks scooped out into balls and placed on a lined baking sheet.

Step 3: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and use a medium cookie scoop or large spoon to scoop out piles of chocolate coconut. (optional sprinkle with sea salt)

Chocolate Coconut Haystacks on a lined baking sheet freshly out of the freezer and fully set.

Step 4: Freeze coconut haystacks for 20 minutes to harden and then remove them to enjoy! If drizzling with extra chocolate then do that now and return to freezer another 5 minutes to set. Store in the freezer up to 1 month or fridge1 week.

Expert Tips

Keep Extras: These are the best Chocolate Coconut Haystacks I like to keep some on hand for a quick tasty afternoon snack or treat like an evening after dinner desert. They stay good in the freezer for 1 month (sometimes longer if stored properly and they don't get freezer burnt).
Customization: You can easily adjust some of these 3 ingredients in this recipe, yes any change you make will affect the flavor and texture of these haystacks but adding chopped nuts, changing the size or even changing the vegan chocolate chips for vegan white chocolate chips should work out well.
Stays fresh for days: These chocolate coconut haystacks stay delicious for 1 week in the fridge in a container and 1 month in the freezer in a sealed container.
Freeze Haystacks: Freeze the Chocolate Coconut for at least 20 minutes to let the form of them set and firm up so they don't fall apart when you pick them up.

Recipe FAQs

What are chocolate haystacks made of?

Generally it's a few ingredients mixed together depending on the recipe you've choose. These ingredients are mixed together and made into the shape of a haystack which combines all ingredients together for a quick easy grab of a treat.

What is the purpose of haystacks?

One reason this recipe is called a haystack is because you mold it into a haystack that's easy to grab as a treat.

Chocolate Coconut Haystacks sitting piled up on a white place sitting on a marble table.

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