Coconut Peanut Butter Meltaways

This is my latest creation using our newest product: Coconut Peanut Butter! What is Coconut Peanut Butter? Coconut Peanut Butter is a wonderfully smooth and creamy blend of coconut and peanut butter; a new twist on the old favorite. I never thought the two would be such a perfect match, but they are! The spread is creamier then regular peanut butter and a bit sweeter too.

These delectable little candies are a great addition to any Christmas cookie and candy plate! They’re rich, creamy and very much a candy. They just melt in your mouth! Hence the name: Meltaways. The pretty, creamy peanut butter and coconut swirls go round and round, just begging you to bite into them. Even non coconut lovers will find them hard to pass up, and peanut butter lovers will find them irresistible.

Coconut Peanut Butter Meltaways Close-up recipe photo

The problem is they’re addicting. I mean addicting. They’re dangerous. If you have a wild sweet tooth you’d better watch it around these little candies. Give them away, freeze them until Christmas time, hide them in the back of the refrigerator, make them only once a year, or make sure you’re not the only one eating them. Just don’t let them keep staring at you from their pretty perch on the serving plate.

Next time I make these I’ll add more Coconut Peanut Butter. I used about 1/4 cup per ball of “dough” but next time will probably use about 1/3 of a cup or more. If you use more then 1/4 cup, I’d recommend sticking the whole round into the refrigerator to firm up a bit so that the spread doesn’t all ooze out during the rolling. After it’s firmer, take it back out and roll it up. After that, judge whether you need to stick it back in before slicing. I didn’t refrigerate before rolling the dough into a log so I refrigerated it after it was rolled up and then sliced it after 10 minutes of chilling time.

So that’s that! Be sure to order a jar or two of the new Coconut Peanut Butter so you can make these wonderful little candies yourself! They truly are a must try. They’re rich, creamy, coconutty, peanutty, melty, gluten free and no bake. Can it get any better then that?

Coconut Peanut Butter Meltaways

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 20 – 30 pieces

2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons salted butter, softened
2 tablespoons heavy cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 – 2/3 cup Coconut Peanut Butter, more to taste as needed

Combine all ingredients except Coconut Peanut Butter until a soft but not sticky dough forms. Divide into two balls.

Roll each ball out into a 6 inch circle (or desired size) between two sheets of wax or parchment paper. Spread with at least 1/4 cup coconut peanut butter. Add more if desired. If you used about 1/3 cup of Coconut Peanut Butter or more, refrigerate un-rolled round for about 5 minutes, or until firmer.

Roll dough spread with Coconut Peanut Butter up into a log. Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes or until firm enough to slice.

Take logs out and slice into 1/2 inch pieces. Keep refrigerated.

Enjoy!

Sarah

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Published on November 11, 2009

(6 votes, average: 3.17 out of 5)

23 Comments

ruby January 24, 2015 at 9:31 am - Reply

I don`t know what exactly happened but this recipe didn`t work for me. The dough is completely imposible to roll. It sticks and tears. So I wasn`t be able to roll and form the candies. I ended up making just roses from the dough.

Sarah January 25, 2015 at 11:31 pm - Reply

You sometimes have to play around with the ratio of liquid to sugar to get the texture just right. Sounds like the dough was too moist.

Linda April 8, 2013 at 3:28 pm - Reply

Dental floss is an excellent “thread” to use for cutting a roll of dough into cookies or candies.

Kandy September 12, 2012 at 7:13 am - Reply

I’m a type II diabetic mommy :( and haven’t tried very hard to eat better because I haven’t found any tasteful  recipes to use so far, so I just gave up trying.  I believe Coconut oil is good for me but any ideas on how to use it besides adding it to my Oatmeal?  Most of the “Diabetic” recipes use artificial sweeteners etc.  I only want to eat natural foods.  I need to lose weight but want to eat like a normal human being too.  It’s so depressing, I feel hopeless. Any ideas?

mary jean July 10, 2012 at 2:06 pm - Reply

Lots of sugar, and dairy – two items that many humans, me included could live without.  This much sugar wreaks havoc on my health and I cannot tolerate dairy either.  Has anybody tried to make these or something similar without so much sugar? or with a healthier sweetener and without dairy?  Maybe with coconut milk

Erin March 12, 2012 at 11:35 am - Reply

You can also make your own coconut peanut butter by mixing coconut cream concentrate and natural peanut butter.  I’ve done it this way and it tastes the same.  I like the idea to add coconut oil to PB, also.

Alison November 17, 2011 at 12:28 am - Reply
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Thanks for a great candy Recipe
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Alison November 11, 2011 at 2:17 am - Reply

Thanks for this amazing coconut and peanut butter meltaways

Angie November 10, 2011 at 3:47 pm - Reply

Thanks so much Tammy for giving the advice on using regular peanut butter and replacing the oil with coconut oil. I was wondering about that, as I don’t have any coconut peanut butter.

Polly February 19, 2011 at 5:34 pm - Reply

Thank you SO much! (for BOTH responses!)

Sarah:) February 19, 2011 at 2:59 pm - Reply

Polly: The only sugar that will work in this recipe is powdered sugar. I use organic, unbleached powdered sugar. However for other sweets and baked goods whole sugar (“real brown sugar”) is a great sweetener. You can buy it from Tropical Traditions here: http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/organic_sugar.htm

Polly February 19, 2011 at 12:15 pm - Reply

All of these suggestions are awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Tammy, could you tell me more about the Sucanat or Rapudura? I’ve never heard of it. Great idea, though! I’m thinking you could do that with Turbinado as well, eliminating the unknown factor in the processing of powdered sugar.

I make this as the old fashioned “Potato Candy”, but cannot wait to try it this way. LOVE the thread cutting suggestion!! I probably will never use a knife again!

tammy February 10, 2011 at 12:30 pm - Reply

a great way to “slice” this is with a piece of thread.  pull the thread under the log and bring the ends to the top.. criss cross them and “slice”.. BEAUTIFUL!!!

Tammy February 10, 2011 at 10:55 am - Reply

the cocoa powder suggestion was EXCELLENT!!!!!  Also, i used coconut cream concentrate with warm water as a substitute for the heavy cream.  for powdered sugar, i just took my sucanat (or rapudura) and put it in my high powered blender and made powdered sugar.  TASTE IS AWESOME!!!!!

Tammy December 9, 2010 at 2:26 pm - Reply

If u don’t have the coconut peanut butter, get all natural peanut butter, pour of the oil and replace it with cocnut oil. I do it all the time and it’s great!

Sara September 15, 2010 at 12:20 am - Reply

Great recipe idea!  I made my own version with a few tweeks, that turned out great.  I used 1 cup of powdered sugar and 1 cup of cocoa powder, so my dough was chocolate and lower in sugar.  I didn’t have any heavy cream on hand so I used whole coconut milk.  I also haven’t yet ordered coconut peanut butter, but I will soon, so I used almond butter instead.  They turned out great!  Can’t wait to actually follow the recipe and make that version next time.

jimmyt May 24, 2010 at 12:59 pm - Reply

Thanks for the recipe.  My grandmother made these years ago and I’ve never knew how.  Thanks!!!

Sarah March 6, 2010 at 12:40 pm - Reply

Melina: You don’t. It’s the base, the “flour” for the candy. :)

Melina March 6, 2010 at 9:02 am - Reply

Mmmm…that looks so yummy. What could you use to sub the powdered sugar though?

Pam March 1, 2010 at 8:48 pm - Reply
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Genius….pure and simple!

xoxo
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Miss Rachel January 18, 2010 at 7:28 pm - Reply

oh good, because I’m going to make these. We happened to have powdered sugar and no other sugar, and I wanted something sweet. something to make with my AWESOME new coconut peanut butter from you all. That stuff is great. :)

Sarah December 31, 2009 at 11:41 am - Reply

No, just add a pinch of salt if you’re using unsalted.

Miss Rachel December 30, 2009 at 10:51 pm - Reply

does it have to be salted butter? we don’t buy salted.

Coconut Peanut Butter Meltaways