These coconut dessert recipes range from frosted cakes and chocolate pie to macaroons, filled macarons, chilled fruit salad and coconut milk pudding. The sections make it easier to choose between a baked centerpiece, a small cookie and a spoonable dessert.
- Coconut Dessert Recipes for Cakes and Pies
- Coconut Cookies and Macaroons
- Fruit Desserts and Coconut Chia Pudding
Coconut milk, coconut cream and sweetened cream of coconut are different ingredients in these recipes. Macarons use almond-flour shells, while macaroons are coconut mounds. Mango sticky rice needs a long rice soak, and the chia pudding is thickened in the refrigerator.
Coconut Dessert Recipes for Cakes and Pies
Coconut appears in cooked fillings, a cake soak or frosting in these larger desserts.
1. German Chocolate Cake with Coconut and Pecan Filling
A cooked coconut-pecan filling joins chocolate cake layers, with more filling on top. The cake and filling are prepared separately before the cold layers are assembled.
2. Chocolate Coconut Almond Poke Cake with Milk Frosting
A baked chocolate cake is pierced and filled with condensed milk mixed with coconut. Cocoa frosting and sliced almonds finish the cold rectangular cake.
3. Strawberry Coconut Cream Cake with Coconut Frosting
Coconut milk enriches strawberry cake layers made from a specified dry mix. Coconut-flavored cream cheese frosting provides a second coconut component after the cakes cool.
4. German Chocolate Pie with Coconut and Pecan Topping
Chocolate custard fills a baked crust before a cooked coconut-pecan topping goes on. Each layer has a cooling stage so the filling stays distinct.
5. Extra Moist Sour Cream Coconut Cream Cake
Coconut-flavored layers are soaked with sweetened cream of coconut while warm. Prepared buttercream and coconut flakes complete the cake once the layers are cold.
Coconut Cookies and Macaroons
These small treats use different doughs and methods, so macaroons and macarons are listed separately.
6. Easy Coconut Macaroons Recipe with Chocolate-Dipped Bases
Whipped egg whites lighten coconut and condensed milk mounds. After baking and cooling, the macaroon bases are dipped in melted milk chocolate.
7. Coconut Macarons with White Chocolate Coconut Ganache
Almond-flour macaron shells are filled with white chocolate coconut ganache. Shell drying, separate tray baking and an overnight refrigerator rest make this a longer project.
8. Coconut Almond Chocolate Cookies with a Butter Dough
Coconut, chocolate chips and almonds are folded into a butter cookie dough. Chill before scooping, then bake in spaced batches for a different texture from coconut macaroons.
9. Chocolate Chip Coconut Macaroons with Condensed Milk
Coconut, condensed milk and chocolate chips make compact baked mounds without whipped egg whites. The recipe includes a test mound before portioning the complete batch.
10. No-Bake Coconut Caramel Cookies
Toasted coconut is stirred into melted caramel, shaped and given a chocolate base and drizzle. These cookies set with refrigeration rather than an oven bake.
Fruit Desserts and Coconut Chia Pudding
Choose a chilled fruit mixture, steamed sweet rice with mango or a coconut milk chia pudding.
11. Ambrosia Salad with Fruit, Coconut and Whipped Topping
Drained fruit, coconut, marshmallows and pecans are folded through whipped topping and sour cream. This ambrosia is a cold dessert salad, with no fruit syrup added.
12. Mango Sticky Rice with Coconut Milk and Fresh Fruit
Soaked Thai glutinous rice is steamed, then rested with warm sweet coconut sauce. Fresh mango and the remaining sauce complete a dessert that needs advance rice preparation.
13. Creamy Coconut Milk Chia Pudding
Chia seeds thicken stirred canned coconut milk with a little agave. Toasted coconut is reserved for serving, keeping its texture separate from the chilled pudding.
Before You Choose Your Recipe
Use the coconut product specified in the full recipe and keep separate topping measures aside. Let baked cookies cool before chocolate dipping, and account for chilling or soaking time when planning dessert. Several recipes also contain dairy, eggs, wheat or nuts.
