Homemade Dubai Chocolate Bar

Name: Homemade Dubai Chocolate Bar
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 3 portions
Cuisine: Emirati
Ingredients: 150 g · 5 oz kunafa (kataifi) pastry, chopped; 40 g · 3 tbsp butter; 200 g · ¾ cup pistachio cream; 20 g · 1 tbsp tahini; 300 g · 11 oz milk chocolate; 100 g · 3½ oz dark chocolate; 30 g · 1 oz white chocolate and food colouring, for the decoration; 1 g · ¼ tsp salt

🍽 Serves 3⏱ Prep 40 min🔥 Cook 15 min⏳ Rest 60 min🌍 Emirati

Crisp toasted kunafa and pistachio cream sealed in a tempered chocolate shell.

📍 Dubai · United Arab Emirates

The story of the dish

Sarah Hamouda created the bar at FIX Dessert Chocolatier in Dubai in 2021; a TikTok video in 2023 made it a worldwide viral sensation.

Ingredients

Ingredient	EUg · ml	UScups · spoons
kunafa (kataifi) pastry chopped	≈ 150 g	≈ 5 oz
butter	≈ 40 g	≈ 3 tbsp
pistachio cream	≈ 200 g	≈ ¾ cup
tahini	≈ 20 g	≈ 1 tbsp
milk chocolate	≈ 300 g	≈ 11 oz
dark chocolate	≈ 100 g	≈ 3½ oz
white chocolate and food colouring for the decoration	≈ 30 g	≈ 1 oz
salt	≈ 1 g	≈ ¼ tsp

≈ amount suggested from similar recipes

Tools & equipment

Item	UAEamazon.ae	USamazon.com
Uwillion Chocolate Bar Mold Deep Dubai 1 Inch	🛒 Buy	🛒 Buy
KitKat Chunky in Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate B	🛒 Buy	🛒 Buy
Sunbulah Whole Wheat Puff Pastry 400g	🛒 Buy	🛒 Buy
Cuisine Art 13 Oz / 380ml Squeeze Sauce Bottl	🛒 Buy	🛒 Buy
Dji Osmo Pocket 4 Creator Combo	🛒 Buy	🛒 Buy
Laser Thermometer	🛒 Buy	🛒 Buy

Also used: chocolate bar moulds · frying pan · spatula · bain-marie

Method

Toast the chopped kunafa in butter until golden and crisp; cool.
Mix with pistachio cream, tahini and salt.
Colour the white chocolate and splash it into the bar moulds; let set.
Temper the milk and dark chocolate together (melt to 45°C (115°F), cool to 27°C (80°F), rewarm to 30°C (85°F)).
Coat the moulds, pour out the excess and chill 10 minutes.
Fill with the pistachio kunafa and seal with more chocolate.
Chill 1 hour, then unmould.

🌡️ Chocolate: 45°C (115°F), 27°C (80°F), 30°C (85°F)

👨‍🍳 Chef’s tips

Toast the kunafa well: the crunch is what makes the bar.

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Nutrition per portion estimate · 1 of 3

980kcal

16 gprotein

90 gcarbs

62 gfat

Allergens

MilkTree nutsSesame

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