Glazed Cottage Cheese Bars with Chocolate and Hazelnuts
Glazed cottage cheese bars with chocolate and hazelnuts, a quick homemade dessert with a creamy center and crunchy shell. Perfect for kids, snacks or coffee breaks, ready in just 30 minutes.
Ingredients
For the bars:
- 10.5 oz cottage cheese or farmer’s cheese
- 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
- 6 tablespoons shredded coconut
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
For the chocolate hazelnut coating:
- 6 oz milk chocolate chopped
- 2 tablespoons neutral oil
- 1/2 cup finely chopped hazelnuts
Instructions
- Mash the cottage cheese with a fork until smooth.
- Add the vanilla sugar and mix.
- Add the shredded coconut and stir to combine.
- Add the melted butter and mix again.
- Add the powdered sugar and stir until the mixture is smooth.
- Mix the mixture until everything is well combined and slightly sticky.
- Shape the mixture into small bar‑shaped logs and place them on a parchment‑lined board. Freeze for 30 minutes.
- While the bars are chilling, finely chop the hazelnuts.
- Break the milk chocolate into small pieces and melt it over a double boiler, stirring until smooth.
- Pour the melted chocolate into a mug and add the oil, then stir to combine.
- Add the chopped hazelnuts to the chocolate and mix well.
- Take the bars from the freezer, insert a wooden skewer or toothpick into each one and dip it into the mug of chocolate.
- Rotate each bar so it is coated with chocolate on all sides, then let the excess drip off.
- Place the coated bars back on the parchment paper and freeze for 20 minutes.
- Serve the glazed cottage cheese bars chilled and enjoy.