Hawaiian Mocha Dream Bars (no Bake)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3/4 cup butter, plus
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons ground espresso powder (fine grind)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1 cup macadamia nuts or 1 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons hot espresso, liquid
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate

Recipe

• 1 coat an 8" x 8" square pan with butter or oil.
• 2 for bottom layer: melt 1/2 cup butter in a bowl in the microwave.
• 3 stir in the cocoa, sugar and 4 tbsp of the ground coffee.
• 4 add the egg and vanilla; mix completely.
• 5 gradually stir in the graham cracker crumbs (mixture will be thick).
• 6 mix in nuts and the coconut.
• 7 press into pan; chill.
• 8 cream 1/4 cup of the butter until soft.
• 9 gradually add the sugar; mix until smooth.
• 10 stir in only enough liquid expresso to make mixture smooth and easy to spread.
• 11 spread the mixture over the bottom layer.
• 12 for top layer: melt the chocolate and the remaining 1 tbsp butter in the microwave.
• 13 stir in remaining of the ground coffee.
• 14 spread thinly and evenly over the second layer; chill.
• 15 after the top layer is set (refrigerate for at least 1 hour), cut into squares and serve.