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    My Colombian Recipes » Recipes » Appetizers and Snacks » Dulce De Coco (coconut And Milk Dessert)

    Dulce de Coco (Coconut and Milk Dessert)

    Sep 5, 2022 by Erica Dinho · 19 Comments

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    Dulce de Coco is a traditional dessert form the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Colombia. It's a shredded coconut, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and milk. Sweet and delicious!

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    Dulce de Coco (Coconut and Milk Dessert)

    Erica Dinho
    5 from 19 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 40 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Colombian
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories 691 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 4 cups of grated coconut
    • 2 cups evaporated milk
    • 3 cups of whole milk
    • 1 cup of sugar
    • 2 cinnamon sticks
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

    Instructions
     

    • Place all the ingredients in a pot. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to low.
    • Let it simmer uncovered for about 30 minutes or until thickened. Stire often with a wooden spoon to prevent the dulce de coco to stick to the bottom of the pot.
    • Let it cool and serve or transfer to a glass jar.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 691kcalCarbohydrates: 87gProtein: 18gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 27gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 233mgPotassium: 994mgFiber: 8gSugar: 78gVitamin A: 806IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 626mgIron: 2mg
    Keyword coconut recipe, colombian dessert, dulce de coco
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    My grandmother loved to make little homemade desserts, or "dulcesitos caseros", as she called them. Dulce de Coco is a simple and delicious traditional Colombian dessert and one of my favorites.

    There is something intensely satisfying about this Dulce de Coco. It is sweet and creamy, and I love the thick texture and that crunch from the coconut. It's great as a puffed pastry filler, or serve it with fresh cheese, queso fresco, like Mamita did. For me the best way to eat Dulce de Coco is to spoon it straight out of the jar!

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    Buen provecho.

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    About Erica Dinho

    My name is Erica and I was born and raised in Colombia and now live in the northeastern United States with my husband and family. This blog was inspired by my grandmother, Mamita, who was an amazing traditional Colombian cook.

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    Comments

    1. Cheryl

      August 26, 2012 at 9:34 am

      5 stars
      Bingo! Thank you so much for sharing this! I've been wanting and wanting to find a way to make this recipe. 🙂 The summer before my last yr in high school, I spent several weeks out on Bahia Solano helping to run a clinic (about 30 yrs ago, way before any tourism was in the area: we slept on corn husk mattresses, showered in a wood framed open air hut, took dugout canoes to cross the river @ high tide that ran through the middle of the village, waited 'til the tide was out to walk up the beach to get to homes up the coast from the village, and ran generators for light after the sun went down. The kitchens were separate huts, and cooking was all done over wood fires. 🙂 ). One of the ladies made a whole pot of this dulce de coco for me, and sent me home with an overflowing can full! I made it last as long as I possibly could! 🙂 It was darker colored, smokey, caramely and coconutty - and delicioso!! I'm sure I won't be able to reproduce that woodfire taste, but this will come close! 🙂

      Reply
    2. Jenn and Seth

      August 26, 2012 at 12:20 pm

      5 stars
      yummy! this sounds so good!

      Reply
    3. rebecca

      August 26, 2012 at 5:58 pm

      5 stars
      looks like nice sticky goodness 🙂

      Reply
    4. Heather B

      August 27, 2012 at 4:20 pm

      5 stars
      This looks amazing! Just one question... do you use sweetened or unsweetened coconut?

      Reply
      • Erica

        August 27, 2012 at 5:38 pm

        5 stars
        I prefer fresh coconut, but you can use Unsweetened dried coconut.

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        • Heather B

          August 28, 2012 at 8:29 pm

          5 stars
          I dont know why I didnt think of fresh coconut!

          I have a history of struggling with coconuts in the past...so I and possibly others would be open to a coconut tutorial! For example, how to pick a good one, and safest way to open one.

          Thanks for the recipe!

          Reply
          • Dianna

            September 07, 2012 at 5:38 pm

            5 stars
            How long will this keep refrigerated/unrefrigerated?

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            • Erica

              September 07, 2012 at 6:55 pm

              5 stars
              Diana-I usually keep it in the fridge for a couple of days.

    5. grace

      August 28, 2012 at 3:13 pm

      5 stars
      what a treat! this is unique, erica, and completely enticing!

      Reply
    6. Jeannie

      August 29, 2012 at 1:38 am

      5 stars
      Looks so good! I would love to try this sweet dessert too! Love your photos:)

      Reply
    7. Cheryl

      August 30, 2012 at 3:58 pm

      5 stars
      Update: This was SOOOOOOO good! Couldn't stop eating it! 🙂 I only made 1/4 the recipe, and used half&half instead of the evap. milk (cuz that's what I had), and dried unsweetened shredded coconut. Still turned out wonderful! Thank you, Erica!

      Reply
    8. Susan

      September 04, 2012 at 2:32 pm

      5 stars
      I made it today and I can't stop eating this dulce de coco.Wonderful treat.

      Reply
    9. Erica

      September 05, 2012 at 10:18 am

      5 stars
      Thank you for all your comments and feed back!

      Reply
    10. Dianna V

      September 05, 2012 at 3:12 pm

      5 stars
      I don't think I can find unsweetened coconut at the store. So if using sweetened, should I just not use sugar? Also, I want to make it as you suggested, as a filling in a pastry. I'm thinking of frying it in an empanada was some queso rallado. Is that a bad idea?

      Reply
      • Erica

        September 05, 2012 at 5:23 pm

        5 stars
        It sounds delicious and you can use lees sugar.

        Reply
    11. Kim

      November 29, 2012 at 7:32 am

      5 stars
      Hi and thankyou for sharing this easy recipe. I made it to use as a filler on my coconut cupcakes, it was delicious however it did not thicken and it wasnt a sticky like brownish consistency. What did I do wrong. Followed the recipe 3 times to make sure my measurements were correct.
      Thankyou for your advice!

      Reply
    12. Emily

      April 23, 2013 at 12:49 pm

      5 stars
      Sounds so good! Thanks for posting!

      Reply
    13. Sara

      January 25, 2018 at 4:45 pm

      5 stars
      hello Erica, I'm from Colombia, and it's hard to think that our grandmothers had evaporated milk....any suggestions to make the recipe simpler? maybe 4 cups of whole milk instead of three and no evaporated milk? I need a suggestion cuz I don't have evaporated or half and half where I live.

      Reply
    14. Shirley hurlbert

      May 11, 2020 at 5:35 pm

      5 stars
      I need recipe for semi firm coconut balls like they sell on the beaches of mexico

      Reply

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