Coconut Ice
Coconut Ice
Easy Coconut Ice – 4 ingredients, no baking, no special equipment required. Extremely addictive!

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups Desiccated Coconut
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla essence, optional
  • 7 ounces of sweetened condensed milk (half a can)
  • A drop or 2 of food coloring of your choice

TIP:  You can use vanilla extract if you don't have vanilla essence.  Just make sure you use less of it.  Vanilla extract is much stronger in flavor so you don't need as much.

DIRECTIONS

  1. Oil up your baking pan
  2. Line with parchment paper
  3. In a large bowl mix together the confectioners sugar, coconut, vanilla and sweetened condensed milk.  Stir well.
  4. Make into a smooth ball and divide into two.
  5. Transfer one half into the pan and smooth out.
  6. Mix food coloring with the other half in your bowl.
  7. Once all mixed and colorful transfer into the pan and smooth it out.
  8. Sprinkle the top with a bit of coconut.
  9. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
  10. Take it out and cut it up.  Enjoy!

 

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