3 Ingredient Coconut Cookies (Vegan)

I wasn’t expecting these results. It wasn’t really a cookie, it was basically just cooked coconut that was sweet and fell apart when being picked up. It did taste good though.

For everyone saying that their cookies fell apart, don’t worry because that’s what happened with mine when I made these for the first time, even though I did follow the exact recipe (sugar, sweetened shredded coconut, and coconut milk high-fat). I had noticed something was strange when I rolled them into balls and they kept falling apart, but I ignored it and managed to clump them together and bake for 18 minutes. By the end, the tops and some sides were almost burnt but when I tasted it, the texture was completely off– not at all crunchy and rather crumbly.… Read more »

The taste was nice but, as other commenters, I had to use much more coconut milk than the recipe called for to achieve similar texture to the batter in the video. Once the cookies were baked they very easily fell apart.
I wonder if it would be possible to use something else for extra binding… honey instead of sugar? But that might burn too quickly. Maybe some coconut oil? Flax egg?

Thank you anyway, as we have enjoyed many recipes and tutorials off of your site, Gemma.

I added coconut flour to hold it together, and it turned out good! It held together well, and i dipped the bottom of it in dark chocolate

Sadly, my batter was NOT a batter, just damp coconut. After baking, just a pile of wam coconut.

I made these and the mixture looked quite dry- but i stuck to the measurements as recommended I added lemon zest and a little vanilla extract and they turned out amazing! Very happy with these/1

I substituted normal milk for coconut milk because I didn’t have any. When I added in the 1/4 cup of milk, it was not sticky at all despite lots of mixing. So I added in more milk. I made 2 batches – one I cooked for 15 mins on 180C fan forced oven. They fell apart and were like toasted coconut. The other batch I cooked for 25 mins and it started to go brown like the video and held together much better. But still very crumbly. I think these would be nicer with something to bind the ingredients together… Read more »

I tried to make these twice and both times they fell apart. A total waste of ingredients!

Hi Gemma, my macaroons cracked and fell apart during baking and I wonder why. I’ve used 250g coconut and canned 100g coconut milk and I think they became too oily.