378 cocoanut recipes

Seven-layer cookie bars with a chocolate graham crust, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut, and nuts. Makes 36 bars with just 10 minutes of hands-on work.

Polynesian pineapple spread with cream cheese, crushed pineapple, dates, and a touch of coconut. A tropical no-cook spread for crackers or celery sticks.

Quick apricot kolachky filling with apricot preserves, shredded coconut, and chopped pecans or walnuts. Three ingredients, five minutes, refrigerate until ready to fill your pastry dough.

Autumn fruit salad with dried California figs, orange slices, and apple over lettuce, drizzled with a cardamom-honey yogurt dressing and toasted coconut.

Masoor dal: creamy Indian red lentils simmered with cumin, coriander, turmeric, cardamom, and fresh coconut milk. A vegetarian, gluten-free classic ready in 40 minutes.

No-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies with coconut, dropped on wax paper and chilled to set. The classic stovetop fudge cluster, no oven required.

Sri Lankan curried cashew nuts simmered in coconut milk with turmeric, fenugreek, curry leaves, and fresh chili. A traditional kadju curry that's vegan and richly spiced.

Mom's cocoa macaroons: chewy coconut mounds with a soft cocoa note, bound with whipped egg whites instead of condensed milk. A simple seven-ingredient drop cookie that makes four dozen.

Khao niao mamuang, the classic Thai mango sticky rice with coconut cream-soaked glutinous rice, ripe mango slices, and toasted sesame seeds. Sweet, creamy, and tropical.

No-bake peach pie with a raw almond-date crust, fresh sliced peaches tossed in maple syrup and almond extract, topped with shredded coconut. Naturally sweetened and gluten-free.

Salmon tagliatelle in a spicy tomato-coconut sauce with pimentos, chillies, paprika, zucchini, and coriander. A fusion pasta dinner for two using pantry-friendly canned salmon.

Wheat-free Italian cream cake made with rice flour and buckwheat flour, loaded with coconut and nuts, topped with honey cream cheese frosting. A naturally sweetened, gluten-friendly Southern showstopper.

Khao Niaow Ma Muang: steamed glutinous rice soaked in sweetened coconut milk and topped with ripe sliced mango. Thailand's most beloved dessert, made from just 5 ingredients.

Bread machine banana bread loaded with macadamia nuts, flaked coconut, and lemon zest. Tropical, buttery, and ridiculously easy with just 5 minutes of hands-on prep.

Apple dessert bars with a buttery shortbread crust, cinnamon-lemon apple layer, and a rich coconut-nut custard topping that bakes into chewy squares.

Three-layer German chocolate cake with mashed potatoes in the batter for a tender crumb, German milk chocolate, and a cooked pecan-coconut frosting that's stirred for 12 minutes until golden.