COCONUT DROPS

This recipe is the perfect one pan Jamaican snack that you need in your life. It's super easy to make and you only need a helpful of ingredients to make this sweet treat.

Coconut drops also known as drops is a sweet snack made from fresh coconut that is cut into small pieces, sugar (typically brown sugar is used) fresh ginger and water.

INGREDIENTS

– coconuts – coconut sugar – cinnamon – almond essence – vanilla

STEP 1

Line a baking tray with parchment paper/if using banana leaves have them ready and set aside. Pour the water into a large saucepan and bring to the boil.

STEP 2

Add the chopped coconut, coconut sugar along with the ginger and stir.

STEP 3

Around 50 minutes into simmering add your almond essence, cinnamon and pink salt. Add some ground ginger if you like a strong taste in ginger.

STEP 4

Continue to simmer the syrup until it recedes and sticks to the coconut pieces and there's very little syrup left, it should be very sticky.

STEP 5

Use a spoon (you may need two) to scoop out the coconut and place onto the parchment paper leaving a few inches gap between dropping the next one.

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