Coconut ice squares

Coconut ice squares

This recipe was re-tested and updated on 05 April 2011. It now uses 250g of sweetened condensed milk and works beautifully.

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Approx 30 pieces

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Method

  1. Using a wooden spoon, mix together the condensed milk and icing sugar in a large bowl. It will get very stiff. Work the coconut into the mix until it's well combined - use your hands, if you like.
  2. Split the mix into two and knead a very small amount of food colouring into one half. Dust a board with icing sugar, then shape each half into a smooth rectangle and place one on top of the other. Roll with a rolling pin, re-shaping with your hands every couple of rolls, until you have a rectangle of two-tone coconut ice about 3cm thick.
  3. Transfer to a plate or board and leave uncovered for at least 3 hrs or ideally overnight to set. Cut into squares with a sharp knife and pack into bags or boxes. These will keep for up to a month at least, if stored in an airtight container.

Per square

739 kcalories, protein 1.0g, carbohydrate 10.0g, fat 4.0 g, saturated fat 4.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 9.0g, salt 0.0 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2005.

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  • Binder photo crazii_c

    05 January 2011

    crazii_c rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    after reading the other comments i was concerned about the amount of liquid to use. i just went by eye and it turned out well.

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  • Binder photo babybump

    17 April 2011

    babybump commented on this recipe

    have just tried this recipie i have put it in the fridge hope it turns out ok if not will try th eother method :)

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  • Binder photo Ashie Ranathunga

    08 May 2011

    Ashie Ranathunga rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    This is kind of an ''okay'' recipe. But I also had the problem of sticking the two parts together. But I made it into two colors and served separately... After that it was good... :)

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  • Binder photo Cynthia

    19 June 2011

    Cynthia rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Hi I made this recipe this morning with my son using the same ingredients advised.It turned out perfect was really easy to put together & it taste great.It was our first time making coconut ice,we are now planning to make these delights for the school fete coming up on the 9th July.

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  • Binder photo dave156

    27 June 2011

    dave156 commented on this recipe

    Hi I made this recipe and my family loved it. But the second time round I made it a little different. I used 340g icing sugar, 340g dessicated coconut 400g condensed milk. I made one batch plain white and a second batch by weighing out the cond. milk and mixing in the colouring first. When finished I pressed out the two mixes to about the same size making sure the top of each mix did not come into contact with any icing sugar, flipped one on top of the other and rolled out to size ready for cutting. This may look really long winded but the finished result means lots more "diet freindly"? coconut squares.

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  • Binder photo SamPancheri

    16 October 2011

    SamPancheri commented on this recipe

    We've just made this with the new measurement of 250g condensed milk and so far it looks and tastes brilliant. Can't wait for it to set so we can have a proper nibble!

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  • Binder photo jellycat

    23 October 2011

    jellycat rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used 200g of coconut, 200g of sweetened condensed milk and 250g of icing sugar and it was perfect, it was moist enough to stick together and tastes amazing :-) will make this again for sure.

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  • Binder photo pinkprincess

    13 December 2011

    pinkprincess rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Recipe was really easy to follow, sticking the two colours together was a bit fiddly though as they kind of blended into each other too much! But once cut you can tell them apart. Taste very yummy too!

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  • Binder photo Twigs

    16 December 2011

    Twigs commented on this recipe

    Today for the fisrt time in my life I made Coconut Ice using your recipe. I must say I had no problems with it whatsoever and the finished sample worked well and tastes delicious. Thank you I will use it again.

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  • Binder photo Janice

    21 December 2011

    Janice rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This recipe worked really well :)

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  • Binder photo buzzybee

    31 December 2011

    buzzybee commented on this recipe

    I am making this recipe out of 101 delicious gifts, which still shows 50g of condensed milk instead of the new version 250g, so when the book gets reprinted you need to edit this recipe or add a note some how! But the 250g version works a treat. cheers buzzybee.

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  • Binder photo skye emily

    15 April 2012

    skye emily commented on this recipe

    i made it following the recipe and it turned out perfect no problems at all it tastes really good too

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  • Binder photo Eva and Archie

    22 April 2012

    Eva and Archie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This little treat was great ,we tried one it was yum , we are going to bring the rest to our cousins lets hope everybody loves them!

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  • Binder photo littlealpaca

    31 October 2012

    littlealpaca rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Added roughly 50% extra of everything so that i used up the whole tin of milk and it was fab. 400g condensed milk, 400g icing sugar and 300g coconut. Easy to make with a very helpful 3 year old. TIPS............. I stuck it in the fridge overnight before cutting. Also I split the ingredients at the start and added the colouring to the con milk so that it gave a more even pink colour.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Approx 30 pieces

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

This recipe was re-tested and updated on 05 April 2011

Ingredients

  • 250g sweetened condensed milk
  • 250g icing sugar , sifted, plus extra for dusting
  • 200g dessicated coconut
  • pink edible food colouring , optional
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Per square

739 kcalories, protein 1.0g, carbohydrate 10.0g, fat 4.0 g, saturated fat 4.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 9.0g, salt 0.0 g

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