These chewy coconut chai latte bars are perfectly spiced with all the flavors of chai tea and loaded with coconut and oats.
Today I have an amazing blogger guest posting for me! I am so happy to introduce all of you to her. She has some amazing recipes and is such a sweet person! This guest post could not of come at a more perfect time. I am taking a final in one of my classes this week and then I will be done with one of my classes! So I am taking a much needed break to study! Thanks so much to Zainab for being her today and guest posting! Here’s Zainab!!
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Hello there! I am Zainab and I blog over at Blahnik Baker. I am very excited to be sharing this recipe for coconut chai latte bars with you today. Like Nancy, I am a student wife and understand how busy it gets trying to balance school and life. But unlike her, I do not have kids so my life is ten times less busier. So when she asked me to guest post once school gets busy for her, I was happy to come over!
I am a big tea fan. I love drinking tea at all times of the day but particularly as the first thing of the day and the last as well. My husband learned very early in our dating days that you don’t mess with this girl before her morning cup of tea. When I do go to coffee shops, I get fancier teas like chai tea latte with soy milk. At Starbucks, where I have most of my coffee dates, it’s one of my favorite indulgences there!
The current dumping of snow has really hindered my ability to make my usual coffee dates so I created these coconut Chai latte bars to help with my cravings of tea latte. These chewy bars are perfectly spiced with cinnamon, cardamom and ginger and I loaded them with oats and coconut for added flavor and chewiness. They are perfect for an afternoon snack, with a cup of coffee or your favorite tea latte.
Thank you Nancy for having me over today!! It was a great pleasure to meet your readers. I hope you will all stop by Blahnik Baker to say HI and check out some of my recipes. Here are a few I think you will love.
Thank you so much Zainab!! These bars look delicious!!
Coconut Chai Latte Bars (Guest Post)
Ingredients
- 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup old fashioned oats
- 3 tablespoons malted milk powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 ¾ cups packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup unsweetened coconut flakes
- 9 ounces white chocolate chip
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Line with parchment paper and then grease the parchment. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, malted milk, spices and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla extract until well combine. Scrape down bowl as needed. Reduce speed to low, beat in the dry ingredients in two batches. Mix until just incorporated. Using a spatula, fold in the coconut flakes.
- Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake until golden brown and edges start pulling away from the sides of the pan, about 20 - 25 minutes. Remove pan from the oven and sprinkle white chocolate chips, then return to the oven until chocolate softens, about 1 minute. Remove from oven and using an offset spatula or bread knife, spread chocolate into a smooth layer. Top with coconut flakes. Let cool completely in pan then lift out of pan using parchment. Cut in squares.
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Cate @ Chez CateyLou
Chai tea lattes are my FAVE drink at Starbucks! And I love coconut too – these bars are perfect!! Great recipe, Zainab. And hope this week isn’t totally crazy for you, Nancy!
Nancy P.
thanks Cate! I made it through! These bars look so good!
Zainab @ Blahnik Baker
Thank you very much Nancy for having me over today. It was fun to share this recipe with your recipes. I am glad I was able to help out in a busy week!! Hope the final exam goes well 🙂
Nancy P.
Thanks Zainab so much for guest posting! All things went well and now I have one class done and under my belt!
Rebecca {foodie with family}
Wow. I could handle a couple of those with my tea this morning! (What a perfect pick-me-up treat!)
Nancy P.
Sounds perfect with a cup of tea!
Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor
I’m a huge tea fan too! And these coconut chai bars are dreamy. I would love one as an afternoon snack. Thanks so much for sharing Nancy & Zainab!
Nancy P.
Thanks Ashley!
Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes
I’m just getting into tea lately. I never was a coffee person at all. These look awesome!!
Nancy P.
I am definitely a coffee person but I do love my tea as well!
Allie | Baking a Moment
These are too pretty to eat, I think! That white chocolate layer on top is so smooth and beautiful! But I could not resist a bite of these, with all the warm spices, oats, and malted milk (<–one of my favorite ingredients!). So tempting!
Nancy P.
Very tempting! Thanks Allie!
Deb@ Cooking on the Front Burner
Love the bars Zainab! Coconut is my favorite…. Hope you are doing well too Nancy!!
Nancy P.
Thanks Deb!
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting
I am drooling over here! I love Chai Lattes, so these bars need to happen
Nancy P.
These are drool worthy for sure!
Gloria @ Simply Gloria
Zainab, these are so creative… especially with the chai latte. Pinning these babies!
miss messy
Two of my favorite things combined! Yum! 🙂
Kelly
I am a tea drinker too and would love a few of these bars to snack on with my tea – the coconut and white chocolate sound awesome in here 🙂 Thanks for sharing Nancy and Zainab!
Nancy P.
Thanks so much Kelly!
Raquel
I am going to have to make these for my daughter – she loves chai lattes!
Jocelyn@BruCrew Life
These bars look and sound incredible!! 🙂 I’m seriously wishing I had like 3 of these bars right now as I finish up some work!
Nancy P.
Zainab did a fabulous job on these!!
Danni
These look so incredible! Some of my favorite flavors all rolled into one yummy bar. Chai latte is the ONLY drink I get from Starbucks, so I can relate to Zainab’s obsession. So glad I stopped over from Wake Up Wednesdays 🙂
Nancy P.
So glad you did Danni!
Indira
These look fabulous! I love tea but actually don’t like chai tea. I do plan to give this a shot though. I think the only item I might have some problem finding is the malted milk powder. Could you recommend a substitute?
Karly
So irresistible! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!