Chocolate Coconut Clusters

photo by recipe author

Servings: approximately 36
Preparation Time: 30 minutes

1 heaping cup dried, unsweetened coconut
Powdered stevia extract
2-4 tablespoons water
2 cups organic whole sugar, or to taste
1/2 cup coconut milk*
4 tablespoons coconut cream concentrate
4 tablespoons coconut oil
3 tablespoons cocoa powder, sifted to remove lumps
1 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 cups dry quick oats
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans

Measure the coconut and stir in stevia extract to your own taste. I use about 1/16th teaspoon of a concentrated powdered extract, but if you are using a liquid extract or packets you may want to use more.

Rehydrate the dried coconut by stirring in 2-4 tablespoons water then allow it to sit and become fluffy.

In a medium saucepan, bring the sugar, coconut milk, coconut cream concentrate, coconut oil, cocoa, and salt to a boil. Stir in the rehydrated coconut, oats, and vanilla and nuts. Drop by heaping teaspoon on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet and refrigerate.

These delicious cookies should be stored in the fridge or freezer, as the coconut oil will melt on warm days!

Recipe submitted by Julie, Houston, TX

* For the freshest coconut milk make homemade coconut milk. (See video at this link.)

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Published on September 9, 2011

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3 Comments

Kelli September 12, 2011 at 9:57 am - Reply

I am wondering if the oats could be left out of these cookies and they will still form some kind of cookie since there are coconut flakes in it. I do not eat any whole grains, oats, etc. as I follow the Primal Blueprint “diet”… Maybe just add a little extra coconut flakes?

Jenny September 10, 2011 at 4:28 pm - Reply

I’m definitely going to make these!  I’m wondering if the stevia to sweeten the dried coconut at the beginning is really necessary since we then add 2 cups of sugar to the recipe?  I will probably omit it and see how they are.

Vickie Sage September 9, 2011 at 8:10 pm - Reply

I am super anxious to try this.  They look just like what we called ‘Mud Pies’ when I was a kid.  They were a no bake chocolate coconut cookie looking like identical twins to these.  I’ll try them ASAP!  Hopefully I can say,”YAY to healthy Mud Pies”!