Have you ever visited Chocolate Covered Katie? She shares all kinds of treats every day and there is always something there to catch your eye. When I saw her coconut crack bars I knew I’d have to make them since they are made in a matter of minutes, no cooking involved. They are so good! And then I came across a recipe for Coconut Snowballs from The Kitchn. This recipe is a combo of the two for the best of both worlds.
Coconut crack is one of those why didn’t I think of that recipes so simple and easy like 2 ingredient chocolate magic shell, refrigerator oatmeal and my favorite peanut butter banana smoothie- good enough for an ice cream store . These little balls of coconut goodness are a simple mix of coconut, coconut oil, cinnamon and a few other things. They are definitely going to be making an appearance in the lunchbox as a simple, somewhat healthy, portable treat. Dip them in chocolate and add an almond and it would be a homemade almond joy… yum!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut, unsweetened
- 1/4 cup honey or pure maple syrup
- 1 tbsp virgin coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons yogurt or coconut milk
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extractmake your own
- dash of salt (real salt is my favorite)
- a few extra tablespoons coconut for rolling
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a food processor and process just until well mixed and the mixture sticks together. Form into balls and roll in coconut if desired. Chill in freezer for at least an hour. Serve cold.
Love that you use unsweetened coconut. I was looking for a substitute for my favorite coconut cookies. Saw these on Food Friday.
I love quick coconut oil treats! This will be a must try. Thanks for sharing it with us.
My pleasure, France. I love coconut oil too! I’m getting ready to post a round up and info on why coconut is so awesome :)
so easy and no bake,love it,had to “pin” saw you at Rattlebridge Farm #61.
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LoblollyLane
Yum! These sound so delicious and easy too!
So simple but I can see by the name, this would be dangerous to make. Irresistable!
Thanks, Belinda :)
These do look good. Am I the only person who has a hard time finding unsweetened coconut. I can only find the sweetened kind at the stores. Maybe I am not looking in the right area.
You definitely aren’t, Jenna. You can get it from a health food store or order from amazon. I use this one.
These are amazing….have to double or triple the recipe because we just cant get enough. My kids are on GAPS so they cant have them because of the maple syrup so Im about to try them with honey to see if they’re still good. Will let you know :)
Yay, Alexis! Love hearing when you make the recipes and enjoy them. I bet they’ll be fabulous with some raw honey! Thanks so much for stopping in and I hope that you have a blessed day.
Ok so they are just as good with honey! Mmmmmmmmm, mmmmmmm, mmmmmmm!!!!! Thanks Katie!
Good to know, Alexis. Thanks for reporting back :)
YUM!! This looks and sounds so incredibly delicious! I can’t wait to try it – luckily I happen to have all ingredients at home :)
These looks so good… I love coconut! I think I have all the ingredients so these may get made today! Pinned :-)
Those look amazing! Thanks for sharing! http://moresisterstuff.blogspot.com/
Hi Katie! I’ve made these before, too, and they are really good! I’d love for you to share this on my new blog hop, {Wheat-Free Wednesday}! Hope to see you there! :)
http://www.annemariecain.com/wheat-free-wednesday-blog-hop-party/
These sound amazing! This may be a silly question but do you use grade A or B maple syrup?
I always use grade b :)
I’m so totally in.
Cant wait to give these a try….. they look delicious!!
Would it be possible to sub the maple syrup for something else? I hate maple syrup but love coconut
Sure. Honey would work very well.
Finally! Now I have something to do with that huge bag of shredded organic coconut I bought. These look delicious though, thank you for the post.
You’re welcome, Joshua!
quick, easy, and coconut oil..SOLD! Thanks you to both of the Katies! I am featuring this on AFW this week!
Thanks, Tessa!
I’m going to make these tomorrow since I have all the ingredients and post with a link-back to, guess who? YOU!! I love simple goodies like this :)
Hope you are well, dear friend :)
Jaqueline,
Thank you so much. You are always so sweet and considerate. I hope that you’re having a blessed week!
Katie
I have a friend who makes something similar, but also adds hemp hearts for nutrition value. Also, sometimes instead of vanilla, she uses lime juice and lime zest so they’re little balls of coconut lime deliciousness!
these were fabulous….super sweet, so one ball goes a long way. I wonder how they would taste with a little lemon zest?
Oh, that sounds like a good idea! Yum :)
Love coconut. Have to try these. Bulk food stores also have unsweetened coconut! Thank You!
You are very welcome. I usually buy unsweetened coconut online or at the local health food store. So many uses and so good :)
If we can’t find unsweetened, would the sweetened coconut work?? I really want to make these for an event in two days! Thanks
You can definitely use sweetened coconut. It will simply yield a sweeter finished product.
I adore coconut. I would probably end up hoarding these all for myself!
These look great, I LOVE anything coconut. I haven’t tried coconut oil yet, but this recipe might push me in that direction.
The term “Crack” in anything food related is so incredibly insensitive.
These are amazing!! I added a tablespoon of Chia seeds to the recipe (always finding ways to squeeze them in!) and they turned out just great! Thank you for the recipe!
I don’t have vanilla extract or coconut oil.is their anything else I could use because I’m dying make these.
I don’t know of anything… anybody else have a suggestion?
These sound really good I heart coconut! I’m
going to dip these in some high quality dark
chocolate and see how they turn out!
Haha I just read above you recommend dipping in them
in chocolate! I thought I was being so clever!
Hi Katie,
I sent you a message. Please let me know if you didn’t receive it, so I can re-send :).
Hi there,
Can I get any suggestions as to which style recipe tastes the BEST? Which do you prefer – using honey or maple syrup? Also, yogurt or coconut milk?
Thanks!!!
Would you know the nutritional values of this recipe?
I don’t keep track of those types of things, but you can enter the ingredients on the spark people recipe calculator for an exact figure. HOpe that helps!
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