These easy and delicious Chocolate Coconut Cookies are the most amazing cookie recipe. Soft with a great texture, a traditional great dessert!
Chocolate Coconut Cookies
With only a week until Christmas, I’m officially in baking overdrive. I put off making holiday treats until now, so that they last until the big event.
Unfortunately now I’m rushing like mad, trying to get it all done in limited time. This is the time when I’m thankful for easy recipes, or else my holiday baking wouldn’t exist all I’m sure.
I discovered a recipe for Chocolate Chunk Macaroons, and after reading through the ingredients and instructions, I decided the simplicity yelled ‘make me!‘. Yet I wanted more of a cookie taste, so I adapted the recipe that I found.
After baking, I wasn’t left with the classic ball-shape of macaroons. Instead they had spread and flattened into cookies. I did omit the pecans, but I don’t think that would have caused the drop. In any case, cookie were made. And they were still super-good, so that’s a victory! It goes to show that baking is hit and miss, and we all have our fails now and then.
So this is how the Chocolate Coconut Cookies recipe came to be. If you really want that macaroon shape, I’d suggest using only half the can of milk, and maybe 1/3 cup more coconut.
That might bulk it up enough to give it some sticking power. Either way, they’re good in cookie form, because, cookies!
These easy and delicious Chocolate Coconut Cookies are the most amazing cookie recipe. Soft with a great texture, a traditional great dessert!
- 4-1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
- 6 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate chopped
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk 300 mL
- 2 tsp vanilla
- Heat oven to 350ºF.
- Combine coconut, chocolate and flour in large bowl. Add milk and vanilla; mix well.
- Drop tablespoonfuls of coconut mixture, 2 inches apart, into 60 mounds on parchment-covered baking sheets.
- Bake 10 to 12 min. or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheet 1 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
Judy Cowan says
12/17/2015 at 10:56 amYum! Adding these to my list of things to bake this weekend! Thanks for the recipe.
kristine ewald says
12/17/2015 at 5:06 pmThese look amazing!
Lynda Cook says
12/17/2015 at 10:59 pmFor being a fail they look super good, I am going to try these!!
NickyJ says
12/18/2015 at 7:45 amthese look great! will have to try them
Gwen Morrow says
12/18/2015 at 6:16 pmThese look FANTABULOUS!! I have to make them for our Family Christmas Dessert table!! Thank you for sharing Tammi!
Soozle says
12/19/2015 at 5:52 amYum! These sound delicious .. I really like the idea of some coconutin there! Simple yet it asdds a real twist
ChrisBa says
12/19/2015 at 7:46 amawesome!!
Lee-Ann says
12/19/2015 at 9:46 amI am hoping to get in a little baking tomorrow, and since I have all the ingredients for these, may give them a try! Thanks!
InezbyDesign says
12/19/2015 at 11:07 amThose look amazing! I really miss being able to use Sweeten Condensed Milk, or rather miss being able to eat all that goodness.
Jenna D says
12/19/2015 at 1:56 pmoh man, these look SO good! Sometimes the best things happen by accident!
Cheryl Grandy says
12/19/2015 at 6:17 pmYou’re right – those ingredients do yell “Make me!” Bet they tasted delicious.
Jenn says
12/19/2015 at 6:36 pmThis looks amazing. We love coconut so we will try this recipe for sure this December!
Maureen Anderson says
12/19/2015 at 9:03 pmI tried this recipe and everyone loved it.
Cheryl says
12/20/2015 at 6:50 amSounds like a great cookie recipe!! Anything with sweetened condensed milk usually is yummy 🙂
Melissa M says
12/20/2015 at 7:32 amThese look delicious. I have a bag of coconut, I may have to try the recipe! 🙂
kathy downey says
12/20/2015 at 9:37 amThey look really good to me,we have our baking day tomorrow will add these
Deanna Barkley says
12/20/2015 at 11:01 amChocolate and coconut – two of my favourites. They sound delicious.Since my husband died 10 days ago, I am not in the mood for baking, but these do sound delicious for another time.
Kat Est says
12/20/2015 at 11:16 amOh Tammi, those look really good! I love anything with coconut! I’ve saved the recipe and will make some this week! Thanks! 🙂
Suzie M says
12/20/2015 at 1:47 pmI love coconut in anything these sound great
Wanda Tracey says
12/20/2015 at 4:36 pmThese are going on my list of goodies for my Christmas cookie exchange I do with some friends.
They look very yummy!
salexis says
12/20/2015 at 4:57 pmOnly 5 ingredients – how simple is that? These look fantastic and crispy around the edges – I can’t wait to try them!
Sarah @ Smile & Conquer says
12/20/2015 at 9:31 pmChocolate and coconut, how could these not be delicious! I tried to make macaroons a couple of weeks ago and they didn’t turn out that great. I’ll have to test these out to make up for it.
Anne Taylor says
12/20/2015 at 9:38 pmYum, these cookies sound unique and delish! Thanks for the recipe!
Tara Gauthier says
12/20/2015 at 10:55 pmThese look really good, will have to give them a try!
nicolthepickle says
12/21/2015 at 5:55 amThese look delicious, round or flat. You could let the “dough” sit for a bit so the coconut absorbs more moisture and they’d be rounder. Also all coconut and sweetened condensed milk isn’t created equal. So a different brand might just do the trick.
heather wesley says
12/21/2015 at 7:26 amthese cookies look amazing… I’m going to add them to my list of cookies to bake this xmas. thanks for the recipe!
Kirsten G says
12/21/2015 at 7:48 amThose look delicious! I’m always on the lookout for easy cookie recipes to try with my kids. Thank you for sharing.
Carol M says
12/21/2015 at 8:30 amThose look great, yum!
Viv Sluys says
12/21/2015 at 9:01 amI left a lot of my baking until this week too. I need to bake a bunch of pies for family get togethers but I might leave that until the 24th. I have a potluck brunch to go to this morning…I think I’ll try making these Chocolate Coconut Cookies for it!
Sherry K says
12/22/2015 at 10:41 amThanks for the recipe – it looks perfect for our family.
Jamie hall says
12/29/2015 at 9:16 pmYumm these look very tasty
Debbie Bashford says
12/30/2015 at 4:30 amI love hpw simple these are and have all the ingredients on hand!
Treen Goodwin says
12/31/2015 at 6:06 amyummy these look and sound delish thanks for sharing , i will def be trying them out 🙂
Elizabeth Vlug says
01/13/2016 at 9:09 amI wouldn’t call this a miss. They still look absolutely delicious and I might just give them a try. Thanks for your hints too. Once again your photos are drooling worthy!!
Treen Goodwin says
01/17/2016 at 9:00 amthey look and sound super delish , thanks for sharing the recipe , a must try !
Victoria Ess says
02/11/2016 at 5:50 amI love how simple this recipe is! I’ll be making this soon!
Tiffany says
03/15/2016 at 3:16 pmLol, I failed your fail! Mine look like only slightly fallen macaroons. Oh well, they still look like they’ll be tasty 🙂
Jo-anne Retallick says
06/11/2016 at 4:53 pmMade these up they were delicious but mine never flattened out and stayed more like a macaroon shape. Did not have Bakers Semi sweet squares so just used chocolate chips.
Debbie White Beattie says
09/25/2016 at 8:43 pmI’ve never used coconut in my cookies because but it’s such a great idea and these cookies look really good so I’ll have to try them