How To Make Jamaican Coconut Drops
Jamaican Coconut Drops are a sweet treat made from fresh coconut chopped into little pieces that are a sweet, soft, and gummy texture. Traditionally, it’s cooked then the drops are scooped from the pot and dropped on a banana leaf, and left to cool. With easy ingredients added to the drops like sugar, ginger, nutmeg, vanilla, and salt you too can have these deliciously sweet, chewy coconut snacks any time you feel for something tasty.
What is the origin of coconut drops?
Coconut drop, also known as drops, is a sweet Jamaican dessert made with coconut meat, fresh ginger, brown sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg.
Jamaican Coconut Drops Ingredients
- Coconut: the main ingredient of the dish is coconut. diced into small pieces.
- Sugar: sugar is a must in desserts and this is no recipe exception. Turbinado sugar is course and it melts and sticks together making it perfect for this recipe,
- Fresh Ginger: fresh ginger is best to use in coconut drops. But if you can’t find fresh ginger then you can also use ginger powder.
- Vanilla: enhances the flavor.
- Nutmeg: nutmeg brings a nice aroma to the drops. If you don’t have nutmeg around, you can omit it altogether.
- Salt: a pinch of salt always adds depth of flavor to every dish we use pink Himalayan but use whatever you have.
How do you make Jamaican Coconut Drops?
- Dice up coconuts into small pieces
- Put water to boil with Cinnamon Stick
- Add diced coconut, and ginger and boil for 10 minutes then add the sugar and vanilla, nutmeg, and salt, and becomes syrupy (about 30-35 minutes).
- Drop by tablespoons full on a green banana leaf, parchment paper, or a wet cookie sheet.
- Cool on the mat until the drops have fully set.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many calories are in Jamaican coconut drops?
There are 90 calories per 20g of coconut drops.
Can you make coconut drops from dried coconut?
Dried coconut shards do not work for coconut drops, they don’t hold together.
What sort of coconut is used for coconut drops?
Caribbean coconut drops are made from a mature coconut with firm white flesh. Young drinking coconuts with gelatinous flesh won’t work.
Why won’t my drops stick together?
If your drops don’t stick together it might be because you have a lot of extra syrup left or it’s not thick enough. Remember it should be thick and sticky, with a small amount of liquid (if any at all)
How to store coconut drops?
If you’re placing them in a jar, wrap each coconut drop in parchment paper or high-quality plastic wrap. This way, they won’t stick to each other. You can also freeze these coconut drops.
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More Jamaican Desserts
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How to Make Jamaican Coconut Drops
Ingredients
- 4 cups of Water
- 2 Coconuts
- 2 cups Course Sugar turbinado sugar (to taste)
- 1/2 cup Ginger
- 1 tbsp Vanilla
- 1 pinch Nutmeg
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
Instructions
- – Crack open your coconut and dice it up
- – Add water to the pot and the cinnamon stick.
- – Add in coconut and ginger boil for 5 mins
- – Remove Cinnamon Stick
- – Add in Sugar,Vanilla and Nutmeg and let it boil and simmer until sticky
- – Place on parchment paper, a baking pan (whatever you have) make sure to spray the pan
- – Cool and ENJOY!
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March 8, 2023 at 3:49 pm
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Jesús estaría presente, pero es solo una forma de espíritu, en toda la Tierra, eso nos hace iguales, pero la gente se empecina en separar cada una de las diferencias para hacernos extraños, enemigos.
También ese espíritu está en cada uno, la escencia de la vid que todos compartimos, auque nadie se da cuenta que está viva y no es solamente una idea.
Tu esposo se curó solo, pero porque entró en sintonía con ese espiritu que llamarías Jesús.
Cada día se puede vivit y pensar de esa manera. Pero nadie lo ahce, aprece más fácil destruir.
Cuando dijo “el reino de los cielos está cerca” nunca hablaba de tiempo sino de espacio:
está al frente tuyo, delante de todo,s en todo momento, solo basta darse cuenta para entrar.No seas tan cerrada con el tema de la religión que lo espiritual es para ser libre, no para seguir ynedo a algun lugar a rezar y seguir sin dudar a otros humanos.
Libre, no superticioso.
No hables con gente que te hable de Dios.
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April 15, 2024 at 9:11 pm
I love coconut so I am going to try your recipe,I will let you know how it comes out.
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