What Is Coconut, shredded (desiccated) and How Can I Use It?

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What is coconut, shredded (desiccated)?

Coconuts sold in the shops of non-tropical countries often have had the exocarp (outermost layer) removed. The mesoocarp or "shell" thus exposed is the hardest part of the coconut, and is composed of fibers called coir which have many traditional and commercial uses. The shell has three germination pores (stoma) or eyes that are clearly visible on its outside surface once the husk is removed.

Nutrition

Quick facts

Where to find coconut, shredded (desiccated): Coconut, shredded (desiccated) is usually found in the baking supplies section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.

Food group: Coconut, shredded (desiccated) is a member of the Nut and Seed Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.

In Chinese

椰子，切丝（干燥处理）

British (UK) term

Coconut, shredded (desiccated)

en français

noix de coco râpée

en español

coco rallado

How much does coconut, shredded (desiccated) weigh?

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Recipes using coconut, shredded (desiccated)

There are 158 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Olive Oil Brownies with Coconut

Olive oil brownies with coconut, made dairy-free with fruity olive oil instead of butter, deeply chocolatey from cocoa and two chocolates, with a layer of shredded coconut baked right through the middle and on top.

Homemade String Hopper Sweet Rolls

Homemade string hopper sweet rolls, delicate steamed rice-flour noodle disks wrapped around a sweet coconut treacle and cinnamon filling. A soft, lightly sweet Sri Lankan steamed treat for breakfast or tea.

Homemade Milk Rice with Coconut Stuffing

Milk Rice is a traditional specialty food item of Sri Lanka made for special occasions. Some Sri Lankans believe it is a lucky food. It is simple to make and very tasty.

Too-Easy Truffles

Foolproof chocolate truffles made with cream cheese, no tempering or ganache fuss. Just melt, mix, chill, and roll into balls coated in nuts or coconut. An easy, make-ahead candy for gifting or the holidays.

Homemade Pocket Triangles

Buttery shortcrust pockets folded around a caramelized coconut filling studded with dates, raisins, and cashews, baked golden. A Sri Lankan sweet pastry with crisp edges and a chewy, nutty center.

Homemade Sweet Appetizer

An easy to make, simple recipe. Sweet and delicious.

Homemade Coconut Rotti -Srilanka

Sri Lankan coconut roti (pol roti), a rustic pan-fried flatbread packed with shredded coconut, fresh chili, and curry leaves. No yeast, ready fast, and made to scoop up fish or chicken curry.

Crispy Easter Nests

Feel too lazy to bake any cookies or cake for Easter. Make these crispy Easter nests that will for sure satisfy everyone. They are easy to make, and taste delicious.

Rich Orange-Chocolate Truffles

Orange chocolate truffles, a cream-based ganache with fresh orange zest and extract, rolled into four different coatings: ground pistachios, cocoa powder, shredded coconut, and chocolate jimmies. Easy holiday candy.

Key Lime Pie with Tropical Fruits

A light and delicious key lime pie is topped with fresh strawberries and star fruit, and drizzled with key lime syrup. It' not only an eye-pleaser, but also a belly pleaser.

Mound Bars

Sweet coconut-filled bars with a graham cracker crust topped with melted chocolate. So easy and so good.

Double Peanut Snowballs

Crispy and crunchy. These snowballs are made with peanut butter, chunks of peanuts, raisins and puffed rice cereal. They are delicious treats for kids or grown-up :)

Oatmeal Whole Wheat Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Whole wheat flour, oats, most olive oil or grape-seed oil and small amount of butter make these cookies much healthier but still packed with deliciousness.

Homemade Sago Biscuits

Homemade sago biscuits press together just four pantry staples, sago, desiccated coconut, sugar, and breadcrumbs, into crisp, golden rounds. A simple, eggless Sri Lankan teatime biscuit with toasty coconut flavor.

German Chocolate Cake

Three-layer German chocolate cake with coconut-pecan frosting, rich cocoa layers, and drizzled chocolate topping. Classic American dessert for birthdays and celebrations.

Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with shredded coconut and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Brown sugar and shortening give these a soft center with lightly crispy edges.

Bunny Face Easter Cupcakes

These Easter Bunny Face Cupcakes are so cute, and cakes are so moist, coated with vanilla frosting and coconut flakes, enjoy these pretty bunny face cupcakes!

Halloween Witch Cupcakes

These cute wicked cupcakes will definitely impress your kids and the friends, and they are delicious!

Chunky Date, Coconut & Almond Granola

Crunchy homemade granola with dates, coconut, almonds, and cashews baked in honey butter with allspice and cinnamon. Makes ahead and stores for two weeks. Kid-friendly breakfast or snacking.

Easter Basket Cupcakes

Basket cupcake recipe is another popular one at Easter, usually frosted with frosting, coated with colored coconut flakes, topped with a few jelly beans or candy coated small chocolate eggs, using pipe cleaner or licorice laces as handles, cute and pretty!

Whole Wheat Banana-Coconut Bread

Super moist, delicious, and packed with banana and coconut flavor. If you are a big fan of both, this banana bread will be heavenly tasty for you. Definitely should be on your to-bake list.

White Easter Bunny Cake

As you are planning a BUNNY CAKE recipe, this is one of the best, pure white coconut flakes let bunny look fluffy and pretty, also very easy to make, and you are allowed to be creative if you have any interesting idea!

White Easter Bunny Cake

As you are planning a BUNNY CAKE recipe, this is one of the best, pure white coconut flakes let bunny look fluffy and pretty, also very easy to make, and you are allowed to be creative if you have any interesting idea!

Blue Ribbon Carrot Cake

Carrot cake loaded with crushed pineapple, coconut, and walnuts. Soaked with hot buttermilk glaze straight out of the oven and finished with orange cream cheese frosting.

"M & M’s"® Bird's Nest Cookies

These little nests filled with colorful chocolate "eggs" are perfect for spring baking treats or your Easter party.

Chocolate Pecan Rum Balls

No-bake chocolate pecan rum balls rolled in shredded coconut. Ground pecans, crushed chocolate wafers, dark rum, and honey make 100 bite-sized holiday treats.

Oats, Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cookie Balls

These addictively delicious cookie balls are made with oats, creamy peanut butter, cocoa powder, coconut flakes and honey. Unlike those store-bought unhealthy cousins, these cookie balls not only taste great, but also good for you.

Baby Chicks Cupcakes-Easter

Yellow colored coconut flakes make these Easter chicks cupcakes look fluffy and cute, this is a great recipe to make with your kids, they will love these cutest chick cupcakes!

Homemade Coconut Macaroons

Coconut macaroons with crisp golden edges and a soft, chewy middle, made from just egg whites, sugar, and desiccated coconut, with a hint of almond. Naturally gluten-free and quick to bake.

Almond & Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

Almond and coconut add some delicious nutty and tangy flavor, made with oats, whole wheat flour and olive oil. Addictively delicious but good for you, and they are perfect for breakfast as well

Coconut, Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies

Coconut flakes, peanut butter, chocolate chips, whole wheat flour and olive oil make these delicious yet wholesome cookies.

Chocolate, Coconut & Pecan Meringue Bites

Instead of a rich butter cookies, make some macaroon made of egg whites, coconut, pecans and chocolate. They are so chocolaty and delicious, a little bit crunchy at the inside and slightly chewy on the outside. Perfect sweet treats at holidays.

Chocolate Chip Yummies

My son brought this recipe home from work one day some years ago and asked me to please make these cookies for him. His friend Brian had given him the recipe. Brian's mom had made the cookies and he would bring them in to work and give my son some. My son William said that they were so good that he wanted me to make some for him, so I made them and I loved them as well as my husband, my daughter, my sisters, and everyone else who ate them. Well, then my daughter's friends wanted me to make some cookies for them, so I just gave them the recipe and said go for it yourselves, they are so easy to make. I know you will love these cookies too because they are not the regular chocolate chip cookie variety. They melt in your mouth and you can't eat just one. Thank you to my son's friend Brian and Brian's mom for sharing this delicious recipe with me, wherever they may be.

Fresh Hawaiian Ginger Banana Bread

Hawaiian flavors of ginger, coconut and banana give this easy quickbread great flavor.

Crispy Crunchy Peanut Snowballs

Crispy and a children pleaser. A very quick and easy no-bake recipe that the kids can help make.

Ring of Coconut Fudge Cake

The fudge cake batter is nice and fudgy, keeping it moist and the filling is perfect;not too sweet or heavy or dense.

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Crispy Bars

These delicious three layer bars are made with chocolate, peanut butter, coconut flakes, and puffed rice. They are perfect for breakfast or a tasty snack.

4 Ingredient Almond Joy Cookies

These are so easy to make and are delicious!

Fish in Sweet & Sour Sauce Wih Coconut-Rice

Fish and shrimp in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple, ginger, and soy, served over homemade coconut rice. A complete seafood dinner with bright Asian-inspired flavors.

Coco-Oat Snowballs

These buttery and flavorful no-bake cookies are the perfect bite-sized sweet!

Coconut & Linseed Rice Flour Pancakes

Coconut and linseed rice flour pancakes that are both gluten-free and dairy-free, with shredded coconut and flax meal folded into a rice flour batter. Light, wholesome pancakes for special diets.

Master Chef Double Chocolate Cookies

Double chocolate oat cookies in the Aussie Anzac style: cocoa dough studded with chocolate chips, oats, and coconut, bound with golden syrup, then finished with a dark chocolate drizzle. Crisp, chewy, and deeply chocolatey.

Zucchini-Kuchen (Zucchini Cake)

An elegant German zucchini cake with coconut, candied cherries, rum, and lemon, lightened with whipped egg whites and finished in a glossy chocolate glaze. Baked in a traditional Rehruecken mold for a stunning presentation.

Zucchini-Kuchen (Zucchini Cake)

An elegant German zucchini cake with coconut, candied cherries, rum, and lemon, lightened with whipped egg whites and finished in a glossy chocolate glaze. Baked in a traditional Rehruecken mold for a stunning presentation.

Coconut Sour Cream Delight Cake

Four-layer coconut sour cream cake with a fluffy whipped topping filling and shredded coconut all around. Make-ahead Southern dessert that gets better as it sits.

Candy Bars

Gluten-free candy bars made from dates, cashews, and almond butter topped with dark chocolate. These no-bake energy bars taste indulgent but pack natural sweetness and healthy fats.

Easter Brownie Cupcakes

Make these delicious brownie cupcakes for your Easter party, not only kids will love them, but also grown-ups.

Shrimp Calypso

Caribbean shrimp sautéed with a warm spice rub, fresh mango, white wine, orange juice, cilantro, and toasted coconut. Tropical, vibrant, and on the table in 35 minutes.

Creamy Cashew Coconut & Chocolate Tart

Creamy toasted cashew nuts and coconut fills into a chocolate crust, and it is rich, creamy, chocolaty and so delicious.

Pan-fried fillet of Seabass with Nobilo Regional Collection Sauvignon Blanc

Delicious Pan-fried fillet of seabass on grilled asparagus with mustard seed, mango and toasted coconut salad, served with a glass of Nobilo Regional Collection Sauvignon Blanc, 2008, £8.49 from Asda, Thresher, Morrison's, Sainsbury's, Somerfield, Tesco

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