Coconut Drops
A traditional Jamaican coconut sweet made by cooking fresh coconut with brown sugar and warm spices until thick and glossy. The drops set into chewy, rustic candies with a deep caramel flavor.
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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- Antigua & Barbuda
- Jamaica
- St. Lucia
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Ingredients
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- 10mlCoconut Oil
- 400gCoconut Meat (finely chopped)
- 200gBrown Sugar
- 120mlWater
- 15gFresh Ginger (grated)
- 5mlVanilla Extract
- 2gCinnamon Powder
- 1gNutmeg Powder
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Method
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- 01
Lightly grease a tray or sheet of parchment with the coconut oil.
- 02
Place the brown sugar and water in a saucepan and cook until the sugar dissolves and the syrup begins to bubble.
- 03
Add the coconut meat and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the mixture becomes thick and glossy.
- 04
Stir in the fresh ginger, vanilla extract, cinnamon powder, and nutmeg powder, and cook briefly to blend the flavors.
- 05
Spoon small mounds of the mixture onto the greased tray and let them cool completely until set.
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