Classic sweets like coconut ice are perfect for celebrations and picnics! It's super easy to make and very yummy. With only 5 ingredients- it's an great recipe to make with stuff you've probably got in the pantry. This is the best coconut ice you could possibly make! Perfect for bake sales and fetes.
Why you're going to love this recipe
This is a delicious treat that just sings Christmas to me! Got two large bowls? Then you've got everything you need to make this delicious sweet treat! A couple of spatulas come in handy too and you need either a silicone square pan or baking paper to line any other type. Here's why you're going to love this coconut ice recipe:
- no bake
- yummy flavours and ALL NATURAL
- deliciously sweet and yummy
- perfect for sharing
- freezer friendly
- great for bake sales and fetes
- easy to make
What goes into the recipe
- desiccated coconut- unsweetened desiccated coconut
- icing sugar- or confectioner's sugar
- condensed milk- or read below how you can swap for condensed coconut milk
- vanilla- you can use vanilla bean paste like me, or vanilla extract
- raspberry powder (or you can use red food colouring)
How to make this recipe
- divide the condensed milk between two large bowls
- divide the coconut between the two bowls
- divide the icing sugar between the bowls
- add vanilla to one bowl and raspberry (or red food colouring) to the other
- mix and stir with a spatula until all is well combined
- place the white mixture layer into the square cake tin squash out to the edges
- place the pink mixture layer on top and smooth out
- refrigerate until fully set- approx 3 hours
Expert tips and FAQs
Did you know you can get coconut condensed milk? It has a deliciously sweet coconut flavour and is the perfect substitute in this dessert as it already contains coconut! So the coconut condensed milk just enhances the already delicious coconut flavour.
This will store for up to a week in the fridge, in an airtight container .You can also freeze this for up to three months. Defrost overnight in the fridge
Yep! It's entirely freeze dried raspberries. Perfect for helping out a farmer who doesn't get to send all the fruit to market. It's turned into a powder and stores in the fridge. I use it in anything that requires food colouring. It also comes in strawberry plus they make an awesome little fruit crunch that is literally the best thing ever! If you don't have it- swap for red food colouring.
There is literally nothing simpler that you could make with the kids! It's a divide, mix set dessert, no heating required at all! Put one kid in charge of each layer if you've got two and away you go! So many of our festive desserts are perfect for making with kids like these No bake mini cheesecakes, perfect for sharing, this yummy white Christmas and this amazingly delicious rocky road!
Some cellophane and a ribbon makes it look super cute, or baking boxes lined with parchment paper.
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Coconut ice
Ingredients
- 395 grams sweetened condensed milk
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoon raspberry powder or you can use red food colouring
- 250 grams desiccated coconut
- 400 grams icing sugar
Instructions
- Divide the condensed milk between two large bowls.
- Add vanilla to one bowl and raspberry (or red food colouring) to the other.
- Divide the coconut between the two bowls
- Divide the icing sugar between the bowls
- Mix until all is well combined
- Place the white layer into the square cake tin squash out to the edges
- Place the pink layer on top and smooth out
- Refrigerate until fully set- approx 3 hours.
Shirley says
We make this for easter here. So glad to have found this recipe, I'm going to buy some raspberry powder.