Easy coconut drop cookies, dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with toasted coconut and chopped almonds. Quite some time ago, I asked the audience: are you team Mounds or team Almond Joy? I am one thousand percent team Almond Joy, and that Almond Joy granola is one of my FAVORITE homemade granolas to make on the…
sweetened shredded coconut
How To Make Chocolate Covered Easter Egg Candies (4 Different Fillings)
Making your own buttercream eggs from scratch is MUCH easier than you think it is. Classic vanilla, funfetti, coconut cream, and peanut butter eggs or rounds dipped in chocolate are just what your Easter needs! If there is one thing I would love for you to try this Easter, because I know you’ll master it,…
Piña Colada Coconut Macaroons
Easy coconut macaroons filled with crushed pineapple and spiked with a touch of coconut rum. Well, I don’t really know about your neck of the woods, but ours, we got our first legitimate snow this past weekend. Probably only about 2-3 inches, but it was enough to mess up afternoon plans and left mostly just…
Piña Colada Granola
Homemade granola sweetened with coconut palm syrup and loaded with toasted coconut and macadamia nuts, and of course, pineapple! I’m usually very good at following “indulge in moderation.” Usually. Unless granola is involved. Then I can finish an entire batch faster than you can find enough things to put it in/on (umm, your hand, obvious choice)….
Carrot Cake Coconut Macaroons
Crispy on the outside, moist and chewy on the inside, these easy coconut macaroons are filled with all of the flavors and warm spices of carrot cake. Welcome to recipe #5 in my Christmas cookie lineup. This one is a doooooozy! Whenever I make a new recipe, I will often say it’s the best thing…
Toasted Coconut Curry Peanuts
A sweet heat snack that will have you reaching for more. Do you ever make a snack or a treat that you find yourself taste testing until it’s gone? I’m not talking taking some and walking away with it or putting it in a bowl and sitting down to eat it… I’m talking standing over…
Almond Joy Granola
Crunchy and wholesome homemade granola full of almonds, coconut, and chocolate. Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don’t. Is that still the tag line for Almond Joy? I sure hope so, because the jingle (hello, 1990!) has been stuck in my head for daysssss, and it brings back lots of childhood memories. I’ve always…
Soft-Baked Carrot Cake Granola
This soft and chewy carrot cake granola is perfectly spicy and full of the best parts of carrot cake… Without all the guilt! Fun fact about Lynn: carrot cake is one of my top 3 favorite desserts (along with chewy oatmeal raisin cookies and yellow cake with chocolate frosting), and I make an amazing one…