Best 3 Ingredient Coconut Candy Recipes
HEALTHY VEGAN COCONUT BLISS BALLS
These 3-ingredient healthy coconut bliss balls are the perfect healthy "bounty"-like bite-sized treats but so much healthier. They are a healthy vegan snack, refined sugar-free, low-carb, gluten-free, and take less than 10 minutes to make!
Provided by Samira
Categories Snack
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- If using homemade shredded coconut, then you can find out how to make it on my blog. Alternatively, use unsweetened desiccated coconut and begin by mixing the coconut with the condensed coconut milk until thoroughly combined.
- Form this mixture into coconut balls and leave to chill in the fridge (use my images for size reference).
- Meanwhile, melt the dark chocolate and dip each coconut ball into it. You can use whatever method you prefer. However, I like to use wooden skewers to dip the balls into the chocolate and then leave to dry on a wire cooling rack. Leave a piece of baking paper underneath to catch any chocolate drippings.
- Chill once more and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Ball, Calories 58 kcal, Carbohydrate 4 g, Fat 5 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 20 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 3 g, Protein 1 g
3-INGREDIENT COCONUT CANDY
Based on a recipe from Heidi Haughy Cusick's book, Soul and Spice, African Cooking in the Americas. This book is chock-filled with Caribbean, Bahia Brazilian, and Louisiana Creole recipes. She says, "Known as tablette in the Caribbean and cocada in Bahia, this confection combines the Spanish and Portuguese penchant for sweets with the African resourcefulness for using available ingredients: sugar from the cane fields and the abundant adopted coconut. Easy to make, these candies have been satisfying sweet tooths in the Caribbean for two centuries." Historical note: Sugarcane came to the Caribbean with Columbus on his second voyage in 1494, when he established the first European settlement in the West Indies on Hispaniola; unrefined brown sugar was most commonly used in households; it came in foots, hard cylinders that were grated for use. I haven't tried this yet.
Provided by mersaydees
Categories Low Protein
Time 40m
Yield 6 candies
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Prepare a baking sheet by lining with parchment paper or waxed paper. Lightly grease it.
- In a heavy saucepan over high heat, combine the sugar and water and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves. Cook until a syrup forms, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in the coconut and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until it register s 234°F (soft-ball stage) on a candy thermometer, or until a small bit dropped into a glass of ice water holds together and is quite soft when pressed between your fingertips. Remove from heat.
- Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet and flatten into 3-inch rounds.
- When cool and firm, wrap individually in plastic wrap.
- Store in an airtight container up to a week.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 352.4, Fat 8.9, SaturatedFat 7.9, Sodium 6.6, Carbohydrate 70.7, Fiber 2.4, Sugar 68.2, Protein 0.9
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