Paletas de Coco Recipe (Coconut Popsicles): a very delicious dessert that requires no cooking and one that even your children can prepare.
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It’s always summer in the Dominican Republic: Time for some refreshing paletas de coco (coconut popsicles)
I know that it’s not literally summer year-round, and that — much as we’d like to pretend they don’t — the laws of nature also apply to our two-thirds of an island. But for all practical purposes, it’s always summer in the DR.
For some living on the upper half of the planet, this winter proved to be one of the harshest in years, so we had relatives and friends taking a short exile here from snow, darkness and below-freezing temperatures.
We who live in this tropical island were just grateful for the temporary respite from the heat, but for them, our winter was just like summer. Sometimes we overlook some of the simple pleasures of island living just because we are not exposed to the hardships of winter in northernmost countries every year.
But it was warm this week here, the temperatures rose to nearly-summer levels, and I decided to make coconut ice pops for our family.
For those who spent their childhood in the Dominican Republic a couple of decades ago this is a reminder of some of the things we lost, it evokes memories of summer fun, simple pleasures and carefree childhood: Like kids being able to roam the neighborhoods safely, being able to play on the streets, or buying coconut ice pops in baby food jars from neighborhood ladies for a few cents.
Let’s welcome the era of smart cell phones and stupid, careless drivers, the era of unparalleled communication and caged, apartment kids, the era of convenience and industrial food.
This is not a rant against modern life, trust me, I like the 21st Century very much, it’s just that unfortunately for everything that we gain we lose one. Except for summer. We’ll always have summer.
Nobody can take away our year-round summer.
Paletas de Coco Recipe (Coconut Popsicles)
Ingredients
- 2 cups of evaporated milk
- 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract (optional)
- 2 cups of coconut milk
- 3/4 cup of sugar (or to taste)
Instructions
- Mix milk, vanilla and coconut milk. Add sugar to taste.
- Pour the mix into popsicle molds, insert sticks and freeze.
- When frozen hard remove from the molds and enjoy instant summer!
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Hi, I’m Puerto Rican and I grew up eating coco helado as a child which I haven’t had in a very long time since I moved out of New York. I have an alarming question, I bought Chaokoh Coconut milk but I’m wondering is it supposed to smells so disgusting? As soon I open the can it had this awful odor and I really wanted to make paleta de coco pero no pienso que puedo 🙁
Throw it away. It’s not supposed to have a foul odor.
What kind of coconut milk? Sweetened or unsweetened? Or should i use canned coconut milk?
Unsweetened. I have never seen sweetened coconut milk, to be frank.
CAn I use regular milk ??
You could, the taste won’t be the same though.
These are the best! I could eat them every day!
i made this with evaporated milk that was one month over it’s expiration date and gave the popsicles a slight brown tinge but they were delicious none the less 😀