DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Coconut Drops
Roberta Muir’s selected Jamaican coconut drops cook diced mature coconut in a brown-sugar toffee with fresh and ground ginger, nutmeg and salt. Small spooned mounds cool and set into chewy sweets.
About Coconut Drops
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Roberta Muir’s Jamaican coconut drops are chewy toffees built around small pieces of mature coconut. Fresh and ground ginger cut through the brown-sugar sweetness, with nutmeg and salt flakes added to taste.
The coconut flesh is removed from its shell and as much of the brown skin as possible is peeled away. The firm flesh is then cut into small dice.
Water is brought to a boil before the coconut and remaining ingredients are added. The mixture cooks over medium heat, with frequent stirring, until it becomes very sticky and almost all the liquid has gone.
Once the pan comes off the heat, the toffee sets quickly. Two spoons are used to drop small mounds onto a paper-lined tray, leaving spaces between them.
The drops are left to cool before serving. Muir also describes keeping them refrigerated with baking paper between the pieces so they do not stick together.
Ingredients in Coconut Drops
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- Coconutbase
- Sugarsweetener
- Wheat flourbinder
- Ground cinnamonseasoning
- Desiccated coconutbase
- Nutmegseasoning
- Gingerseasoning
- Waterother
- Grated coconutbase
- Waterbinder
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Countries & places
- Jamaica
- Cooking traditions
- Jamaican
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.