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Dubai Chocolate Bar
A thick chocolate bar filled with crispy toasted kataifi folded into creamy pistachio butter and tahini. Crackly, nutty, and every bit as good as the viral original.
Ingredients
- 2 ounceswhite chocolate chips
- 12 ouncesmilk chocolate chips · divided
- ¼ cupunsalted butter
- 8 ounceskataifi shredded dough · finely chopped
- 2 jarspistachio butter · 7-ounce jars
- ¼ cuptahini
Steps
- 1
Place the white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave at 30-second intervals, stirring between each interval, until fully melted. Drizzle it with a fork into two 16-ounce chocolate molds and set aside in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- 2
Place 10 ounces of the milk chocolate chips in another microwave-safe bowl and microwave at 30-second intervals, stirring between each, until mostly melted. Fold in the remaining 2 ounces of chocolate chips and stir to combine.
- 3
Pour about half the melted chocolate over the white chocolate drizzle and use a pastry brush to evenly coat the bottom and sides of the molds. Let set at room temperature for 5 minutes, then freeze for 20 minutes.
- 4
Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the kataifi and cook, stirring constantly, until browned and crispy, about 10 minutes.
- 5
Turn off the heat and stir in the pistachio butter and tahini. Let the filling cool in the pan for 10 minutes while the molds freeze.
- 6
Divide the pistachio filling equally between the chocolate molds and spread it evenly to the top of the mold.
- 7
Pour the remaining melted chocolate over the pistachio filling and use an offset spatula to spread it flat with the top of the mold. Freeze for 20 minutes.
- 8
Remove the bars from the molds, cut into pieces, and enjoy immediately. Store in the fridge for the best texture.
Creator's notes
Feel Good Foodie made this her recipe cooking challenge of the month and links her favorite mold, kataifi, and pistachio butter in her bio.
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