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.
(View The Step-By-Step Video Above)
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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Geez Katie! If your recipes get ANY more like my tastebuds, I’m going to eat my screen lol! These are all three of my fave flavors in ONE bite!:) I love these! I’ve decided I could live off chocolate and coconut if I had too:) I actually flavor my green smoothies with espresso beans, coconut and chocolate lol- it’s that bad!:)
I love how glossy the chocolate is in the first photo. Now, if only I could reach through this computer screen and eat them 🙂
These look sooo good. My favorite food combos? Probably chocolate + coffee. Yummm
Chocolate, peanut butter and banana as well as avocado and pineapple. Or just about any sweet-salty pairing.
Looks delicious! I like the addition of coffee, I bet that gives some real depth to the chocolate flavor!
Wow! I just made these for a bunch of friends coming over. Rave reviews! The entire tray was gone in three minutes flat 😛
Just a quick question. Your recipes all look awesome – have tried a couple – and they are keepers. I just made my first batch of coconut milk this morning using shredded unsweetened coconut. I now have a bowl of coconut (that has literally been rung out). Can I still use it for the coconut qualities in coconut dessert recipes? Or should I use it more as a filler in recipes and in my daily smoothies & salads? I would appreciate your input!
Sorry, I’ve never actually done it, myself, so I don’t know.
Made them! Though I forgot the vanilla and didn’t dip them in chocolate..yet. They are really good! Very rich and I love the texture.
I love your Mocha-Coco-Macaroons. Can I Pin it?
Chocolate, coffee AND coconut sound like all my favourite things come together :D! That shirt is pretty cool too haha
Chocolate covered grasshoppers? Your joking…..right? Someone actually devised such an idea?
I love chocolate on chocolate. MMMMMM. But once I did try chocolate covered potato chips and it was disgustingly delicious.
I like peanut butter and dill pickle sand
wiches, carrots and peanut butter, greek yogurt with peanut butter and low sugar jam. Yep, I love peanut butter
Hey Kaite!!! Ive been craving a single serving lemon poppy seed cake like you would find from costco!! Can you PLEASE come up with a recipe for it?! I haven’t had one in years because I cant find a good HEALTHY recipe for one! Hope all is well!!
Can put it on my growing list of things to try 🙂
awww I got so excited when you started putting (gram) measurements after the volumes in your recipes, living in Australia without access to American cup measures, but you didn’t for this one 🙁
Love all your recipes. Will be trying this one , also love chocolate & coconut!!!…You are very inspiring, making people really want to get in the kitchen & have fun & then have something yummy to eat……Thanks for all your hard work~~~~~~
Dark chocolate and orange! My favourite combination in the world. 🙂