I didn’t mean to hold out on you after that giveaway teaser in my last post. No worries, though, I’m not flaky when it comes to hooking up my readers. Or am I?
Har. Har. I couldn’t resist the pun, sorry. [I almost deleted it, it’s so bad]
How much do I love coconut? Let me count the ways… (1) flakes, (2) shreds, (3) chips, (4) butter, (5) oil, and that’s just the beginning…
They enhance the simplest dishes…cereal, granola, oats, cakes, cookies, bars, pancakes…you get the idea.
Clearly, the common denominator (yeah, math vocab!) in all these delicious recipes is coconut!
Just last month I made Tropical Fruit Power Balls, which have been hanging out in the freezer doubling as cookie dough on the late night. And it’s the rich coconut flavor that makes my taste buds scream for more after each and every bite.
Obviously I want to share. And Tropical Traditions wants to as well. Want to know what’s at stake? Did you see number three up there? Coconut chips. Yeah. Chips. As in, no-need-to-even-add-these-to-a-recipe-they-are-amazing-on-their-own coconut chips. I won’t deny it – I’ve had them plain. It’s hard not to because the smell is intoxicating. One whiff and you’re on a tropical island.
To enter to win TWO POUNDS of Tropical Traditions organic coconut chips, please leave a comment below telling me your favorite dish that uses any form of coconut.
*If you would like an extra entry, tweet about this giveaway mentioning @elisehippie or @Troptraditions and then leave a separate comment telling me you did so.
**If you would like five extra entries (now you’re really upping your chances!), make one of my recipes that use coconut (some a linked above while others can be found in the recipes tab) and then leave a comment here with the link.
I will announce a winner on Monday morning (June 20th) so you have enough time to make something delicious for Father’s Day while also getting extra giveaway entries – multitasking at it’s finest, no?
I love making chocolate-dipped macaroons!
I adore coconut! I love sprinkling it on oats or granola or peanut butter toast or baking it in oatmeal banana cookies, but I’d have to say that my favorite coconut memory was eating a fresh-from-the-tree young coconut in Hawaii. Yum!
I love coconut! Never knew how much I would… I really like the oil in everything that I would normally use butter for, and I love throwing coconut flakes in my cereal!
I, too, used to love fresh coconut when I was younger. My dad would buy them all the time. I didn’t realize the health benefits until just recently though! I haven’t gotten my hands on any coconut butter or oil but plan to very soon. I love sprinkling it on oats, or even having it in the form of ice cream or yogurt, especially lately. Definitely would love having fresh coconut again!
and I just tweeted on twitter! 🙂
one of my coconut obsessions is roasted b-nut squash cubes with unrefined coconut oil, braggs, and thai chili paste. the coconut really takes it to another level – SO good!
and i just tweeted about the giveaway (figureei8ht)
I’m mildly obsessed with coconut. I bake with the flour, add the extract to everything from oats to tea, have replaced cow’s milk with So Delicious coconut milk and love coconut/curry type dishes. My favorite recipe has to be protein pancakes with banana, pineapple and coconut oil. SO good!
And my favorite recipe of yours with coconut is definitely this one: http://www.hungryhungryhippie.com/lovin%E2%80%99-my%C2%A0oven/
(Pumpkin Banana Bread). It’s beyond yummy.
I loveee using coconut milk in smoothies!
Does eating coconut out of my hand count as preparing it in a dish? I love coconut. On everything. I think the only person that loves it more is my boyfriend. We would go through this container in no time… 🙂
these balls are my fave way to use TT coconut, both flakes and oil
http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2011/06/6.html
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lately, i’ve been making coconut water popsicles because it’s been so darn hot!!
Coconut icing on top of a coconut cupcake 🙂 I love coconut and never knew the chips existed!
Iv been eating whole grain wraps with coconut butter and jam grilled on the George Foreman a lot lately- its such a simple YUMMY snack!
Xxx
In granola!
I love using coconut for my raw brownie bites!
in fact…i might go make a bunch right now!
thanks for the awesome giveaway:)
I love coconut macaroons!
I’m a sucker for really good coconut cream pie!
I also love to put coconut butter on anything and everything.
I want two pounds! I love HEAB’s maple nut oaties…I would probably make 200 with this stash if I win.
I love using coconut oil in my raw vegan cookies!
Vegan coconut whipped cream(refrigerate a can of coconut milk until solidified and whip and sweeten the hardened part until stiff) on banana or chocolate cream pie-so delicious!
Tastes so good in bananut nut bread!
I love melting some coconut butter and drizzling it on top of oatmeal, and using coconut oil in baking 🙂 There’s also a recipe for carob coconut pecan cookies by Dreena Burton that I often make!
hey Elise! thanks for holding this AWESOME giveaway. my favorite recipe using coconut has to be coconut macaroons. i love the CHEW!
I love that we can earn more entries just by trying one of your recipes because I’ve tried MANY and adore them! I recently fell hard for your chocolate deception brownies. I not only subbed coconut flour for the whole wheat flour, but also added shredded coconut right into the batter. gave it a really nice flavor and texture contrast!
http://www.hungryhungryhippie.com/chocolate-deception/
My favorite thing to make with coconut is homemade granola bars…other ingredients change depending on what we have in the house, but the coconut is a constant!
Whoa, so much coconut! I’ve definitely been known to eat the chips straight up too.
I love so many coconut recipes, but my favorite and most go-to is a simple raw chocolate/cashew/coconut/cayenne pudding. My three favorite “c” foods 🙂
Thanks!!
Coconut cupcakes!! Makes such a gorgeous garnish on the icing.
PS – The font looks great right now!
I love putting shredded coconut on top of ice cream and my oatmeal in the mornings!
My fav is coconut and cilantro rice for the savory and oatmeal, coconut, chocolate, and walnut vegan cookies for the sweet. YUM!!
I love coconut in smoothies and mixing in oatmeal. Eating coconut butter straight from the jar is just fine though. 🙂
I love coconut, chopped walnuts, and chopped dates mixed together and formed into balls.
i recently got back from vacation in aruba where i embraced my coconut love affair through pina coladas at the swim up bar 🙂 when im not on vacation, i love coconut water after i run and especially when it’s added to smoothies!
duuuuuuuuuuuuude tropical traditions like LOVES your face. you always have the most legit stuff from them and they should know you’re excellent at coconut haha
i tweeted about the giveaway too!
I added some shredded coconut to my smoothie the other morning to give it a tropical taste. Yum!
macaroons!
I tweeted!
all of your recipes are making me drool.. literally! also i haven’t tried these yet since i have finals and that means studying.. haha so right now i’m actually [studying?] so here they go!
http://www.hungryhungryhippie.com/purple-fingers/
http://www.hungryhungryhippie.com/whats-in-a-name/
I love making homemade vegan chocolate by mixing coconut oil with cocoa powder and some agave to sweeten. Pop it in the freezer and you have amazing chocolate yumminess!!!!
I made you chocolate coconut fudge. DELISH!
I love putting coconut in homemade granola bars and icing for german chocolate cake! 🙂
Macaroons, granola and just straight up – yum!
I love all things coconut. Coconut on oats, coconut cake, plain coconut, coconut drinks….:) I even have coconut soap!
Coconut in curry — yum!
mmm my mom’s coconut macaroons for Passover are my very favorite coconut food!
Mmm, I love cookies with coconut. Any kind of cookies, not just macaroons 🙂 Especially chocolate chip cookies with coconut added in 🙂
i LOVE coconut oatmeal!!!
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I just recently found out about smoked coconut, it is SO good in sandwiches!
I tweeted!
Coconut macaroons covered in chocolate!
I love making my own coconut butter in the Vitamix! THE BEST EVER!
LOVE coconut. In my oatmeal. On a sweet potato. In almond coconut balls. In MY BELLY.
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It’s not really a recipe, but I love mixing coconut into my oatmeal!
i love coconut oil in anything baked! i especially like homemade granola with coconut oil AND coconut shreds. but I have never tried FLAKES!
Coconut in any baked good is pretty much amazing to me.
2 lbs!?!
my favorite recipe with coconut is a coconut milk based chickpea curry, although i can’t remember the recipe or where i found it. figures.
i just made mama pea’s buckwheat bars and added a lil bit of coconut oil to those, yum!
tweeted! and i’m way tempted to make one of your recipes, not only to increase my chances, but so i can blog about it! 🙂
macaroons! love them!
First, love the new site layout!
I love coconut in all forms. BUT, I recently started making cultured coconut yogurt from fresh young Thai coconuts. All raw, probiotic packed, and omg I’ve never tasted anything so vegan-creamy-licious. A-MAZING. Have you ever played with home ferments? You should totally get into it! Especially considering your love of kombucha. You could save a small fortune if you brewed at home. I have tutorials on my blog, if you’re interested. =) (no that is not a creepy self-promo, just trying to be helpful!)
So simple yet so yummy…savory oatmeal made with unsweetened coconut milk and green curry paste from the asain food market with coconut chips on top…orgasmic: no man needed!!!!
I was introduced to my favourite coconut recipe this Christmas at a hostel in Prague by a couple of Australian girls! I present: snowballs! (Sorry, it’s got cream in it)
1. Melt 500g white chocolate with 200g of cream, mix well
2. Add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
3. Let set in fridge for a couple of hours
4. Shape into little inch-wide balls and roll in coconut
Coconut is great! I love adding it to oatmeal, but recently I started makiing a vegan bean chilli with coconut flakes and it is delish!
i love making raw coconut macaroons. though they last about 387 seconds…
i also have made your tropical fruit power balls. i love me some balls. of the sweet, edible variety that is…
My favorite thing to eat with coconut is a granola bar I came up with : oatmeal, banana, protein powder, almond butter, raisins, coconut flakes, and unsweetened chocolate. SOO GOOD!
a 2 lb bag of coconut sounds like 2 lbs of heaven. i’ve actually never tried a recipe with it but i’d probably use it in pancakes or cookies? maybe even make my own coconut butter instead of shelling out an arm and a leg for an already made jar.
Coconut in a banana-blueberry-cacao smoothie! 2 pounds is a lot, eh?
i love coconut icecream !!!!!!!
My favorite thing to make with coconut is overnight oats breakfast cookies.
After that, it’s coconut bacon.
Maybe its just the bag I bought, but coconut doesn’t seem to have much flavor to me! If I put it in something, I have to really really search for it before I find it… but I love coconutty things. My favorite coconut recipe would have to be those chocolate cookie dough ball things rolled in shredded coconut. We have them around Christmas time and call them Snowballs! They taste great with almost any cookie dough… I especially love oatmeal-cranberry. Yumm.
my fav recipe with coconut is my homemade granola. the house (and me) smell so good after it bakes!!! YUM! thanks for doing a giveaway!
muffins! my boys and i make muffins every weekend, banana coconut and chocolate coconut are our faves!
My favorite is pancakes made with coconut flour and coconut oil!
I make a mean seven layer bar that is studded with coconut!
I love coconut so many ways (coconut peanut butter, granola, in baked goods, smoothies, ice cream….), but my very favorite way to eat coconut is to toast it a bit and then roll a ball of ice cream in it and top it with hot fudge & strawberries. It. Is. Amazing.
I tweeted as well! 🙂
Must be honest, I have only had cocunut flakes and I like it in granola.
I tweeted the giveaway.
I’m obsessed with coconut butter. Especially on chocolate chip pancakes 🙂
You’re going to think this is weird, but I love putting bananas on cottage cheese, and then sprinkling shredded coconut on top. So delicious!!
I used to love coconut in my mom’s 7 layer bars (graham cracker crust, coconut, chocolate and butterscotch chips, sweetened condensed milk, etc…yum!) and now it’s always one of my favorite additions to make to my protein “cookie dough”!
OMG I would LOVEE to win this giveaway. I seriously am OBSESSED with anything having to do with coconut (and not just because my name is Coco…ha!). Favorite way to eat it would definitely be coconut butter drizzled over ice cream…puts magic shell to shame!
Just tweeted about your giveaway! Now I follow you too :).
I love your Coco-Nana pancakes! Since I don’t work on Fridays I made them this morning for breakfast…I wish I could attach a picture to this post. Although this time I even made them with coconut milk instead of almond milk. HOLY DELICOUSNESS.
http://www.hungryhungryhippie.com/purple-fingers/
I love adding coconut and coconut oil to vegan “snowballs”! Delish 🙂
I like to make macaroons for my mom 🙂 She loves coconut!!
Courtney
Okay, so, I don’t have a blog, but I *did* make my mom your hippie-roons last week when she was visiting me. She loved them! I can’t link to them, though, since I don’t have a blog…does that still count? I swear I made them! Do you want me to have her tell you about them, lol?!??
Courtney
I love coconut in my oats, any kind: flakes, butter, shredded, whatever!
I tweeted!
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Coconut is my absolute favorite flavor ever!!! If I had to pick one dish that is absolutely the best it would have to be coconut bubble tea! YUMM!
I love using coconut in muffins, sweet breads, and oatmeal!
I love making 7 layer bars with coconut…with 2 pounds of coconut I could probably make enough 7 layer bars for the entire blog community haha
Just tweeted 🙂
I love coconut water! There’s nothing like mango flavored Zico after a tough work out!
Just tweeted too! 🙂
any soup or curry w/ coconut milk… yummm! or sweet potatoes w/ coconut butter on top! or desserts. i can’t decide.
I love coconut ice cream! yum! That being said, I could just eat bowls of shredded coconut plain. 🙂
i love coconut in everything! probably coconut milk in curry is my favorite.
also i’ve already made one of your recipes w/ coconut in it! your granola… and it was dee lish us.
http://thefirstkitchen.com/2011/03/24/quinoa-buckwheat-granola/
Pumpkin Oatmeal topped with COCONUT, bananas, and maple syrup. So yummy!
I put coconut on everything!
It’s not really a dish, but when I’m craving something sweet, I melt chocolate chips and almond butter in the microwave and stir in coconut.
Chocolate + coconut oatmeal cookies! Oh yes.
I love Date, Walnut & Coconut Energy Truffles. Mmmmmmmmm!
makes about 15 balls, vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar-free
1 cup dates
1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
1 cup desiccated coconut (unsweetened).
I just tweeted 🙂
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Just entered @elisehippie coconut chips giveaway 🙂
I love coconut on just about anything! Homemade mounds balls might take precendence, though 🙂
hands down favorite = mango sticky rice! has coconut milk in it. yum yummmmm
coooooooooookies! and oatmeal 🙂
Coconut gelato! Perfect for summer heat
i love coconut date balls! that stuff is awesome. or coconut creme pie larabars- but i don’t make those. i just eat them 😀
My (current) favorite coconut recipe is one from the vegan cookbook “Appetite for reduction”, it is a spicy black eyed pea curry that uses coconut milk and a WHOLE habernero… delish, but while chopping it I accidentally rubbed my eyebrow, and received an instant spice burn. Oh well, it was well worth the curry!
no worries, i appreciate the link. ive mentioned to kyle that i wanted to get into making my own kombucha and the look on his face was priceless…i think brewing my own cultures would save a fortune but cost me a husband! haha. we will see…
haha, i guess i believe you 🙂
so yes, this counts as an extra 5 entries.
Oh yeah, my husband has a super sensitive stomach and is paranoid like woah. He won’t drink my home brew. Or my water kefir, or eat my sauerkraut or kimchi or anything else that sits on the counter at room temperature for days (put like that, can you blame him?). He ate some of my cultured dill pickles but honestly, I don’t think he knew they were homemade. Ha!
ive been eyeing that cookbook…do you like it? recommend?
agreed.
2 lbs is definitely a lot! you’d have enough for a life time of smoothies.
no! you must have gotten a bad brand. coconut is the most flavorful and aromatic thing ever. its out of control on its own, but when its baking….holy sweet heaven. either way, your snowballs sound excellent.
mine too!!
Yay–thank you 🙂
Courtney
coconut macaroons – covered in chocolate, preferably 🙂
Omg, I have to come up with ONE favorite?? It’s really hard to believe that I used to hate coconut because now I can’t ever seem to get enough! Does a spoonful of coconut butter straight out of the jar count as a “favorite dish”? If not, then I totally put it on a “dish” and ate it! 😉
Chocolate Coconut Smoothies are fantastic! As are the chocolate coconut chew larabars. Basically chocolate+coconut is just perfect. Like those bird nests you buy at Easter with the jelly beans. Those are great!
Just tweeted!
My favorite thing with coconut are macaroons!
I love chocolate coconut berry smoothies with cacao bliss and fresh coconut water!
I tweeted about your giveaway!
If I make your quinoa granola on a regular basis, but can’t link to a blog, does that count? Either way, I should tell you that dried cherries and pistachios (if you like them) are great nuts to sub in!
My favorite thing to make with coconut is chocolate chip coconut pecan pie! yummy!
My favorite way to eat coconut? Spoon + coconut butter! But I also like putting coconut shavings on top of oatmeal with cocoa powder. It’s like Mounds oatmeal. 😀
I treat coconut the same way as hummus and cinnamon these days: I throw it on just about ANYTHING! My favourite way is in my breakfast of overnight oats: cinnamon and oats (in that order), greek yoghurt, more cinnamon, coconut, banana, more coconut, more cinnamon, peanut butter and raisins. Then top with coconut. and a little more. Happy tummy!
my favorite way to eat it lately is to mix it in yogurt with cocoa nibs! yum 🙂
I love coconut in smoothies, on my oats, or really in anything! YUM.
Woot woot! FIVE extra entries to me, to me, to me!
http://www.kissmybroccoliblog.com/2011/06/20/rhubarb-raspberry-coconut-oh-my/
7 layer bars!
i loooooove macaroons!
Love love love using it in smoothies!
I love using it in Cocoa coconut chili
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I am a huge fan of coconut and I love it in everything! My favorite way to have it would be in baked goods, especially cookies! Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway, Elise 🙂
Very much so! It has definitely introduced me to a whole bunch of foods I would have never have known what to do with before, (I tried her mashed Yuca with lime, I was intimidated by the weird looking root when I picked up at the store, but it was amazing!) and I think you might be interested in some of her hummus variations (pizza, jalapeno- cilantro, roasted red pepper & katalmata… yum!). The recipes are all very creative, delicious and her attitude and comments are sure to bring a smile. If you can find it I would recommend picking it up, I think you would enjoy it!
great! thanks for the review. i think ill check it out.