If you couldn’t tell, I kind of really love coconut
Just kind of.
Coconut: the other white meat
In my world, coconut could be its own food group; I love it almost as much as I love chocolate. Please note, I did say almost.
Let’s not take things too far.
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Anyway it’s not like I must choose between the two.
Today’s chocolate macaroon recipe incorporates both of my favorites into one seriously good cookie.
If Starbucks were to turn their famous Mocha Coconut Frappuccinos into a macaroon, it might look and taste something like this:
What are some of your favorite food pairs?
PB&J? Spaghetti and tomato sauce? Strawberries and cream? Biscuits and gravy?
Along with chocolate coconut, chocolate peanut butter and chocolate mint are right up there for me.
But let’s be honest, almost anything with chocolate will rank pretty favorably among my favorites.
Mocha Macaroons
- 1 tbsp flour of choice or almond meal, or protein powder
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp instant coffee powder, decaf or regular
- 1 cup shredded, unsweetened coconut (not low-fat)
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp milk of choice or canned coconut milk
- 3 tbsp agave or pure maple syrup (for keto, use 4 tbsp coconut oil instead, and sweeten with stevia to taste)
- pinch stevia or 1 additional tbsp agave or maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- just over 1/16 tsp salt
- melted chocolate chips or sugar free chocolate chips
*The keto version can be no-bake. Simply scoop into balls and freeze to set.
Combine all ingredients except chocolate chips in a tall dish. If using a microwave, heat two minutes. Stir, then microwave one more minute or until firm enough to scoop out into ball shapes. (Or cook on the stovetop until it’s firm enough to scoop out.) Scoop into balls on a cookie tray—I used a melon baller, but a spoon or ice-cream scoop will also work. Cook at 360 F for 14-16 minutes. (You might be able to “bake” the cookies in the microwave, but I have not tried this.) Let cool before removing from tray. Line a plate with wax paper. Dip each cookie in melted chocolate, place on the wax paper, and refrigerate or freeze to set. Makes 12-22 cookies, depending on the size cookie scoop you use.
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My fave food pairs…tomatoes & balsamic vinegar, bananas & peanut butter, dried cranberries & kale.
I don’t drink coffee, wondering if something like eco (similar to postum, but they don’t sell postum anymore) would work to replace instant coffee?
Caf-Lib is what you want: http://www.caflib.com/en/
I love coconut too, and would you believe we’ve got 4 sitting in our kitchen right now! Using them for these for sure – they look delicious 🙂
I LOVE THAT COCONUT SHIRT! Hahaha it really is perfect. And this cookie looks DIVINE!
Oooo this would be a perfect dessert to bring to one of my bookclub meetings! and my favorite pairing would probably be chocolate and peanut butter… just can’t go wrong.
These look awesome!
Your coconut obsession rivals mine (my favorite pastime is making coconut butter in my vitamix)! I actually love coconut butter and peanut butter (I got the idea to add peanut butter and coconut butter from you, since you do banana peanut butter and banana coconut butter, seems logical). Chocolate and cinnamon are also really delicious together – like in a mousse or one of your tofu puddings 🙂
Also I laughed out loud at “opportunity(?)” comment.
Oh my goodness! Where can I buy that shirt??? Recipe looks great too of course 🙂
I need that shirt like I need a chocolate dipped macaroon! Please who is the manufacturer?
Yum! I love: PB + banana, PB + chocolate, almonds + dried cranberries, sweet potatoes + cumin, and so many more combinations.
PB&J is my favorite. One of my favorite questions to ask people is : if you could eat just one meal what would it be? My answer is PB&J – wheat bread, smooth peanut butter, grape jelly.
Thanks, as always, for your awesome posts, Katie.
anunrefinedvegan did PB&J themed recipes for Oct 2013’s Vegan MoFo. Sweet and savory!
*meant Sept.
Wow! Thanks for letting me know. I checked it out and will be using some of those recipes.
Yum, sounds great! Some of my favorite combos are: cereal and yogurt, fruit and yogurt, veggies with hummus and coffee and flavored syrup!