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#Coconut stripe candy plus#

You can add a teaspoon of vanilla sugar at this point if you have it. Once most of the liquid has evaporated (it should take about 10 minutes) and the coconut has darkened slightly (if you used food coloring) and become sticky, turn the heat down to low or medium-low. At this stage, when the shreds are syrupy and sticky and the color has darkened (if you've dyed it), you'll want to turn the heat down to prevent burning. You can use high heat at first to evaporate all of the liquid quickly. Transfer the marinated coconut to a nonstick pan on medium-high heat, stirring constantly with chopsticks or a rubber spatula. Use your best nonstick pan for the best results. Let the coconut marinate in the sugar water for at least 30 min. Go easy on the food coloring, as the mứt dừa gets darker after it's cooked.

#Coconut stripe candy plus#

I used five cans to make four colors plus one white batch. You can add the food coloring to that liquid and mix it through if you want. Let it sit for about a minute so that the sugar and residual water forms a liquid. Mix the sugar into the drained coconut shreds. You can make as many colors as you want depending on how many cans of coconut you use. Let most of the water drain out before transferring the coconut to a dry bowl.

Strain and rinse the can of coconut shreds. 🔪 Instructions Rinsing the coconut gets rid of any of the residual syrup.

1 20oz can of young coconut shreds in syrup.

It's important to buy only the coconut in light syrup, otherwise the recipe will not work. This is my favorite brand of canned coconut shreds to use. We like the T.A.S brand, which can be found online or at many Asian grocery stores, especially Filipino stores. My family has found that using canned young coconut strips in LIGHT syrup is the takes a lot of the work out of the process, and gives you the best texture in your candied coconut. You'll find some recipes for mứt dừa that use fresh or frozen coconut shreds. In Vietnam, it's a time to spend with family, bringing luck and good fortune into the new year. The Lunar New Year, known in Vietnam as Tết Nguyên Đán, is the most important holiday in Vietnamese culture, and the same holiday is celebrated in many other Asian countries. Pin Vietnamese Candied Coconut Ribbons (Mứt Dừa) to try later! Mứt Dừa is a classic Lunar New Year treat. You'll love these lightly sweet, creamy coconut ribbons. Mứt dừa takes a little patience to make, but is by far one of my family's easiest Lunar New Year recipes. The Lunar New Year is a sugar-filled smorgasbord of different candied fruits and nuts, and some of the traditional foods are quite labor intensive to make. These candied coconut ribbons are always one of my favorite Lunar New Year treats.