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  6. Desserts To Make If You're Crazy For Coconut

Desserts To Make If You're Crazy For Coconut

August 27, 2019
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These healthy coconut recipes taste like pure paradise. From decadent pineapple coconut layer cake to creamy and refreshing coconut yogurt pops—these recipes will make anyone loco for the coco.
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Lemon Icebox Pie with Coconut-Graham Cracker Crust

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Light and delicious, this easy old-fashioned lemon icebox pie takes dessert up a notch thanks to coconut in the crust, which boosts both flavor and texture. For the brightest hit of citrus use fresh-squeezed lemon juice. Look for graham crackers made with 100% whole-wheat flour to get the most fiber. Seeing graham flour on the label? Good news--that's coarsely ground whole-wheat.

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Vegan Carrot Cake with Coconut Cream Frosting

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Classic carrot cake goes vegan in this easy recipe, and gets covered with coconut whipped cream to replace the traditional cream cheese frosting. A mixture of flax and water makes a sturdy substitute for eggs in this vegan cake. Plus, sweet crushed pineapple helps to make this cake delicious with less added sugar.

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Peach-Blueberry-Coconut Trifle

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This stunning fruit-filled trifle is a perfect make-ahead dessert for summer barbecues and dinner parties. Resist the urge to dig in until the trifle has chilled for at least a few hours--that time lets the flavors mingle and allows the cake to absorb the rum and fruit juices.

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Oatmeal-Coconut Cookies with Cranberries & White Chocolate

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Our classic oatmeal cookie recipe gets a flavor twist with coconut, white chocolate chips (which have a more delicate flavor than milk or dark chocolate) and tart dried cranberries. The result is a chewy, sweet treat that's sure to leave you coming back for more.

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Coconut Cream Pie

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This luscious cream pie recipe, made with low fat milk and just a little sugar, is the perfect guilt-free dessert.

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Coconut Yogurt Pops

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Who doesn't love popsicles? In these coconut yogurt freezer pops, yogurt and coconut are blended together and frozen to make a cool, healthy snack or dessert.

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Tropical Coconut Custard

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A classic sweet custard flavored with coconut, ginger, and vanilla is served in individual cups and topped with pretty slices of star fruit.

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Bunny Butt Cake

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You won't believe how easy it is to assemble this adorable bunny-butt-shaped cake. You don't even need any special baking pans--just a round cake pan and a muffin tin are used to make the cute bunny butt and little bunny feet. Shredded coconut and fresh berries complete the look in a snap for an Easter dessert everyone will rave about.

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Pineapple-Coconut Layer Cake

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In this stunning dessert recipe, two layers of coconut cake, made with white whole-wheat flour for extra nutrition, are filled with sweet pineapple curd and topped with creamy coconut frosting, chunks of fresh pineapple and toasted coconut.

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Coconut Cream & Fruit-Topped Vanilla Cake

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This delicious fruit-topped vanilla cake with coconut-cream frosting is perfect for a birthday or holiday party.

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Mango Coconut Chia Pudding

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Switch up your morning oatmeal routine with this so-easy chia pudding recipe. Creamy mango and coconut combine in this healthy breakfast recipe for a taste of the tropics.

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Coconut Peanut Butter Balls

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All you need are four simple ingredients to make healthier coconutty peanut butter balls that kids and grownups will love. Make this easy recipe for a bite-size treat, on-the-go snack or easy homemade gift. You can swap the peanut butter for almond butter or even sunflower seed butter if you need a nut-free snack for school.

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Pumpkin Coconut Energy Balls

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These easy pumpkin-spiced coconut oat balls make a great, packable afternoon snack or a delicious party appetizer.

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Frozen Chocolate-Coconut Milk with Strawberries

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In this quick dessert recipe, fresh strawberries top nondairy chocolate “ice cream” for a cooling treat.

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Banana-Coconut Bread

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A unique take on banana bread, this recipe introduces the banana-coconut flavor combination. This creative, diabetic-friendly recipe is the perfect solution for using over-ripe bananas and is easy to make.

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Coconut Whipped Cream

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Coconut whipped cream, also known as vegan whipped cream, is the perfect topping for any dairy-free or vegan dessert. It's light, creamy and entirely plant-based. Like regular whipped cream, you can also add flavoring--citrus zest, espresso powder or a different extract--to this basic recipe to customize the flavor. Refrigerating the can of coconut milk or cream overnight allows the fat/cream to separate from the liquid and solidify.

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Tropical Coffee Cake

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Mango and coconut give this low-calorie coffee cake island flair. Yogurt and just a small amount of oil keep the cake moist yet low in fat.

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Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

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These airy coconut cookies get an upgrade with a simple dark chocolate drizzle in this healthy dessert recipe.

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1 of 18 Lemon Icebox Pie with Coconut-Graham Cracker Crust
2 of 18 Vegan Carrot Cake with Coconut Cream Frosting
3 of 18 Peach-Blueberry-Coconut Trifle
4 of 18 Oatmeal-Coconut Cookies with Cranberries & White Chocolate
5 of 18 Coconut Cream Pie
6 of 18 Coconut Yogurt Pops
7 of 18 Tropical Coconut Custard
8 of 18 Bunny Butt Cake
9 of 18 Pineapple-Coconut Layer Cake
10 of 18 Coconut Cream & Fruit-Topped Vanilla Cake
11 of 18 Mango Coconut Chia Pudding
12 of 18 Coconut Peanut Butter Balls
13 of 18 Pumpkin Coconut Energy Balls
14 of 18 Frozen Chocolate-Coconut Milk with Strawberries
15 of 18 Banana-Coconut Bread
16 of 18 Coconut Whipped Cream
17 of 18 Tropical Coffee Cake
18 of 18 Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

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