Crispy Coconut Cups

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Christmas, North American

Prep Time: 5

Chill Time: 1

Total Time: 1 5

Servings: cups

Calories: 137kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

Excuse the alliteration; it couldn't be helped! Crispy Coconut Cups just might be my newest no-bake confection obsession. If you can use a microwave to melt chocolate, then you've got this one in the bag! Make this recipe your own by easily switching up the ingredients to create new flavours too!

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Ingredients

1 1/4 cups white chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vegetable shortening
1 cup Rice Krispies Cereal
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut

Instructions

Lightly coat a mini muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray and set it aside. You do not need a lot of non-stick cooking spray at all!
Place the white chocolate chips and the vegetable shortening into a microwave-safe bowl. Whenever you microwave chocolate, you should microwave on medium power for 30 seconds. Then, if it’s still not silky smooth, microwave in increments of 5 or 10 seconds, depending on your microwave, stirring with a rubber spatula after each increment.
Once the chocolate is fully smooth, add in the Rice Krispies and the coconut. Stir well with a rubber spatula until the mixture is well combined.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared mini muffin tin. Evenly distribute the mixture between the muffin tin cavities. You should get 12 cups, so feel free to use a spoon to gently push the mixture down into the cups.
At this point, you can top them with a sprinkling of Rice Krispies. I only did this because I had Christmas-themed red and green Rice Krispies and I wanted the cups to be more colourful. Alternatively, you could use candy sprinkles too.
Once done, transfer the muffin tin to your fridge. Allow the mixture to firm up in the fridge for at least one hour.
To remove the cups from the pan, use a butter knife or a mini offset spatula and gently push it between the cup and the side of the muffin tin cavity. This will loosen the chocolate from the sides of the pan and you can pop them right out.

Notes

This recipe will make 12 cups. You can easily double the recipe should you need more.

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