Coconut Drops
Chunks of dry coconut cooked in ginger sugar syrup and dropped to set.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 45 min
- Serves
- 10
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Course
- Dessert
Ingredients
- Dry coconut, diced400 g
- Brown sugar300 g
- Water250 ml
Preparation
- 1
Simmer coconut, ginger, sugar and water until the syrup thickens and darkens.
- 2
Stir constantly at the end to avoid burning.
- 3
Drop spoonfuls onto a greased surface and let set.
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving · Calculated
- calories
- 212 kcal
- protein
- 1.6 g
- carbs
- 32 g
- fat
- 9 g
- fiber
- 2.8 g
- sugars
- 29 g
- sodium
- 24 mg
Coconut
Caribbean PantryMilk, water, oil and flesh — one fruit feeding four different techniques.
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific, established across the Antilles for centuries
- Flavour
- Sweet, milky, faintly nutty with a rich mouthfeel
- Calories / 100g
- 354 kcal
- Seasonality
- Year-round
The story behind this ingredient
Coconut milk gives rice and peas its silk, callaloo its body and countless curries their sweetness. In many islands, grating coconut by hand remains a Sunday morning sound.
This ingredient means something to them
Shelly-Ann Boyce
Trinidad & Tobago · Callaloo, curries and doubles
“Callaloo is the one pot where every island ancestor sits together.”
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Callaloo & Coconut
A four-session course on Caribbean greens, coconut extraction and one-pot cooking.
- Sat, 3 Oct 2026, 16:00 · 240 min
- Port of Spain, Trinidad · In person · TTD 850
