20 Sweet Coconut Recipes to Try
Stop what you’re doing and bow down to the high priestess of the food trend world: Ye Holy Coconut. We like it mixed into our donuts, slipped into our cocoa and adorned righteously atop our colorful springtime salads. We like the stuff so much that we’ve actually been known to keep a case (or two) of coconut oil on quick reserve. You know, in case of emergencies. Here are 20 of our favorite coconut-filled recipes for the very sweetest of sweet teeth because you’re hungry and we get it.
1. Coconut Kaya Jam on Toast: This sweet Asian-inspired coconut jam is spreadable magic. Get on it. (via I am a Food Blog)
2. Cardamom Coconut Ice Cream With Cinnamon Swirl: This is a two-scoop-minimum kind of ice cream. (via A House in the Hills)
3. Paleo Coconut Macaroons: The only thing easier than making these five-ingredient treats is eating them. (via Leaf Parade)
4. Orange Coconut Pull-Apart Bread: Your new party trick: Making pull-apart bread disappear. (via Pastry Affair)
5. Homemade Coconut Milk: Dream big with a homemade how-to and make store-bought coconut milk a dark and distant memory. (via The Healthy Foodie)
6. Coconut Creamsicle Margaritas: And this is what all your dreams coming true looks like. (via How Sweet It Is)
7. Browned Butter, Caramel and Coconut Skillet Apple Crumble: Come for the coconut. Stay for the browned butter. (via Top with Cinnamon)
8. Homemade Oreos: These coconutty, Oreo-inspired cookies are gluten-free and vegan. You can thank us later. (via Minimal Eats)
9. Totally Addictive No Bake Peanut Butter Coconut Bars: These guys will put you in dessert rehab. (via Brit + Co.)
10. Toasted Coconut Lemon Bread With Salted Honey Butter: Plain Janes need not apply. This junked-up hunk of yum is for wild ones only. (via Half Baked Harvest)
11. Coconut Cream Truffles: Coconut cream? More like coconut dream — amirite? (via Crazy for Crust)
12. Toasted Coconut Shortbread Cookies: Think outside the shortbread cookie box with these out-of-the-ordinary treats. (via Smitten Kitchen)
13. Coconut Panna Cotta With Blackberry Syrup: Does the idea of a dairy-free panna cotta make you wary? Watch this one wiggle and wipe your worries away. (via A Favored Life)
14. Coconut and Rose Petal Frozen Lollies: Edible flowers and ripe berries make these popsicles the prettiest in pink. (via Capture by Lucy)
15. Caramel Delight Milkshake: We support any milkshake that is garnished with Girl Scout cookies. (via Living Better Together)
16. Samoa Muddy Buddies: Speaking of Girl Scout cookies, this recipe appeals to everyone in big and beautiful ways. (via Beyond Frosting)
17. Springtime Coconut Cups: A perfect treat for springtime — or any other time of year you can think of. (via Brit + Co.)
18. Slow Cooker Coconut Milk Hot Cocoa: Your hot cocoa cup will runneth over with this recipe. (via How Sweet It Is)
19. Green Tea Coconut Milk Ice Cream: Go green with this tea-spiked coconut milk ice cream. (via The Roasted Root)
20. Mango Chocolate Coconut Bites: All healthy snacks should be this inspired. (Carrot sticks, we’re talking to you.) (via Give Me Lemons)
Coconut milk? Coconut water? Coconut flour? Coconut butter? How do you coconut? Talk to us in the comments.
