Recipes usingCoconut

Coconut Baking Fiesta! Discover a treasure trove of flavorful & tempting recipes starring the tropical star: coconut. From classic favorites like this Chocolate Coconut Bundt Cake to creative desserts like this Tropical Coconut Pineapple Cake, find your perfect bake!

The Most Delicious Tropical Pineapple Cake Recipe


The hunt is over, prepare yourself for The Most Delicious Tropical Pineapple Cake Recipe! I’m in love with this recipe because it’s minimal effort while yielding maximum results. You have one cake cut in half, a cake soak of unsweetened pineapple juice and then it’s slathered in a super simple and hella delicious coconut cream cheese frosting – this easy…

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Soft & Chewy Chocolate Granola Bars


Behold a homemade Soft & Chewy Chocolate Granola Bar that tastes just like a candy bar! Dipping them in bittersweet chocolate makes them a bit more decadent than your typical granola bar, without adding too much to the sweetness profileβ€”LOVE. Did I mention that these are gluten free? And depending on what chocolate you use, they can be dairy free as well.…

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Chocolate Coconut Bundt Cake

Moist Chocolate Coconut Bundt Cake


Bust out your bundt pans people, we’re making our very best Chocolate Coconut Cake!! And before we get too far down the path in making this gem, let me diffuse any divisiveness between Almond Joy and Mounds lovers. First, I’m coming out as a Mounds lover. It was always my preferred Halloween candy growing up. But I’m also having an…

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Chai Spiced Granola Waffles


| chai spiced granola waffles | I waited a wee bit to post this granola waffles recipe because I was on such a chai granola bender several weeks back, I thought we needed a time out. A brief respite to build up the anticipation again. So I paused. Regrouped. Re-tasted several thousand times (expanded my legging collection) and decided that,…

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Chai-Spiced Oatmeal Granola Cookies


chai-spiced oatmeal granola cookies I currently have so much to say that none of it will come out. You ever feel like you have so much to do that it makes it hard to do any one thing? You become immobilized? Yes? Well, that’s me this week. I just wrote a whole post on the myth of having it all…

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Chai-Spiced Granola


I recently spent several days with a good friend. We stayed up late laughing and talking. We talked a lot about DisplacedHousewife and the cookbook I want to write. There are lots of blogs out there. Some are all sweet. Some are only savory. Some have a little mix of both. There are paleo blogs, whole30 and vegetarian blogs. What’s my angle, what’s…

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Chocolate + Banana Granola


double chocolate + banana granola { a chocolate-y superfood party } I love granola. I love to grab a handful to nosh on when I’m hungry. I like to make acai bowls at home for a quick meal. And nothing beats a bowl of granola with cut bananas and milk. I like almond milk in my granola. Don’t know why.…

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Aloha Cookies


I was dreaming of this cookie for quite some time. It all started with thoughts of Frosted Flakes. Hawaii jumped onto the scene by way of shredded coconut and chopped macadamia nuts. Yes. Perfect. Not sad about that. My biggest struggle with this cookie was the name: Stoner Cookies, Wake and Bake Cookies, Jeff Spicoli Cookies, Kauai Cookies… These were the thoughts keeping me up…

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Pecan + Tart Cherry Granola


cherry + pecan autumn granola { pretend sweater time } Somewhere, people are putting on sweaters. Thick, wooly, itchy sweaters. And socks so dense they need to go up a shoe size. These people are thinking about mittens and sleds, knowing that they’re not too far off into the future. As I’m typing this, those same people are prepping all-day-in-the-oven stews, filling the…

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Maple, Oat + Chocolate Granola Crack


maple + oat + chocolate granola crack { sainthood } Hey honies, what’s shakin’? Let’s talk about granola. I have some granola issues. First, I think it’s overpriced. Except a particular pecan one that you can get at Trader Joe’s which is fab. The other one I crave is just shy of $10 a bag, and I get maybe two bowls from it.…

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