3 Ingredient Coconut Candy Recipes

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

• Ingredients

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

These quick and easy macaroons are made with flaked coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla extract. They're easy to make and gluten free.

Provided by Diana Rattray

Categories     Dessert

Time 18m

Number Of Ingredients 3

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 130 kcal, Carbohydrate 18 g, Cholesterol 6 mg, Fiber 2 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 67 mg, Sugar 15 g, Fat 6 g, ServingSize 48 servings, UnsaturatedFat 0 g