Candy & Confectionery Recipes > Uncooked Coconut Ice

How to make uncooked coconut ice:
A classic coconut ice recipe for the sweet candy that used to be sold at Fairs in England.





Ingredients

4 tablespoons condensed milk
2 1/4 cups icing/confectioners sugar
6 tablespoons desiccated coconut
a few drops natural food coloring
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Mix together the condensed milk and icing sugar and stir in the coconut
- When the mixture becomes stiff divide into two parts.
- Color one half of the mixture with a few drops of natural food coloring.
- Shape the mixture into two identical bars and press firmly together.
- Dust a tin or plate with icing sugar and leave the coconut ice on this until firm.