Coconut recipe collection

Baked vegetarian samosa logs wrapped in whole-wheat chapatis and stuffed with curried cauliflower, peas, coconut, and cilantro. Paired with a ginger-spiked tomato chutney sweetened with grape juice.

Sliced bananas bake with citrus juices, brown sugar, and toasted coconut in this quick West African dessert that's incredible with vanilla ice cream.

Buttery candy fondant base for homemade chocolate-dipped truffles and cream centers. One batch makes vanilla, mint, chocolate, peanut butter, coconut, or cherry cordial variations.

Vietnamese-style coconut flan baked in a water bath with homemade caramel. Silky coconut milk custard with a bittersweet caramel sauce that pools around every slice. Elegant, simple, and make-ahead friendly.

Fresh Chinese noodles nestle in coconut curry broth loaded with tender chicken, red curry paste, turmeric, and fish sauce for a Thai-inspired soup that's rich, spicy, and ready in 20 minutes.

Wendy Lindsey of Wauwatosa sent this winning no-bake cookie, which any date and coconut lover will find irresistible.

Have brought this fruit salad to a few picnics, and everyone just loved it! Half way through, it was eaten up. Definitely my go-to recipe for pot-luck or picnic.

No-bake French cocoa balls rolled in cocoa and powdered sugar. Just five ingredients, no cooking, and ready in 15 minutes. A simple chocolate truffle-style candy with pecans.

Blended pina coladas made with cream of coconut, crushed pineapple, light rum, and milk, blitzed with ice until thick and frosty. A tropical cocktail in 15 minutes.

Goreng pisang are crispy fried bananas in a light rice flour batter rolled in brown sugar. A popular Asian street food dessert served with ice cream.

Thai lobster and scallop curry with coconut milk, red curry paste, and fresh basil. Tender seafood in fragrant coconut broth with sweet pepper, mushrooms, and chili-garlic heat over rice.

Traditional Middle Eastern semolina cake drenched in lemon syrup. This easy yogurt-based dessert bakes golden brown and soaks up fragrant citrus syrup for a moist, tender treat perfect with tea.

No-bake chocolate cookies with melted chocolate chips, crushed graham crackers, coconut, and chopped nuts. Three steps, 15 minutes, zero oven time needed.

No-bake peanut butter drops with oats, walnuts, and coconut. Boil the base for 3 minutes, stir in everything else, drop, and cool. A stovetop cookie that skips the oven entirely.

Peach ambrosia dessert made with fresh peaches, vanilla shake mix, unflavored gelatin, and coconut. A light, creamy, low-fat treat that sets up in an hour.

Porcupine cookies are a 4-ingredient gluten-free retro cookie: eggs, sugar, chopped dates, and walnuts rolled in shredded coconut, then slow-baked until the coconut crisps golden.