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    Home » Recipes » Homemade Candy

    Candy Christmas Trees

    Published: Dec 15, '15 · Modified: Aug 2, '23 · By: Beth Klosterboer · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Make deliciously creamy coconut Candy Christmas Trees to serve for dessert or to give as gifts. Decorate with gold candy stars and ornaments to make these cute candies look even more festive.

    triple coconut candy Christmas trees with gold ornaments and a gold star on top.

    Making these candy Christmas trees using a creamy coconut candy recipe is super easy using just a few ingredients.

    These candies will make a wonderful addition to your Christmas dessert table. They can also be packaged and shared as gifts.

    To make the trees, I used my favorite coconut candy recipe which is easy to scoop and shape and is bursting with coconut flavor. Many coconut candy recipes call for sweetened condensed milk, but mine uses Cream of Coconut, which adds the needed sweetness, but more importantly, adds another layer of coconut flavor.

    Coconut Cream Candy Christmas Trees arranged on a bed of coconut with a snowy blue background.

    In the past, I've used this coconut candy recipe to create Red, White, and Blue Coconut Stars, Pink Ombre Coconut Hearts, and Coconut Candy Ice Cream Cones. It tastes so good all on its own that it doesn't need to be dipped in chocolate, although that is pretty amazing too.

    To make these Christmas trees, you simply shape the coconut candy into cones, roll them in sweetened coconut, decorate them with gold dragee ornaments, and top them with a gold star.

    So, let's make some candy trees!

    Ingredients

    creamy coconut candy ingredients including unsweetened coconut, cream of coconut, and white chocolate.

    Coconut candy:
    Cream of Coconut
    White chocolate
    Unsweetened coconut
    Decorations:
    sweetened coconut
    white chocolate
    gold dragees
    gold star-shaped sprinkles

    Instructions

    white chocolate chips in a mixing bowl.

    Pour white chocolate chips into a microwave-safe mixing bowl.

    cream of coconut in mixing bowl.

    Pour Cream of Coconut over the white chips.

    white chocolate mixed with cream of coconut in mixing bowl.

    Stir the two together. Heat in the microwave for 30-second bursts of high power, stirring after each, until melted.

    stirring coconut into the melted white chocolate and cream of coconut.

    Remove, and stir in the unsweetened coconut.

    shape creamy coconut candy into balls then into cones and roll in coconut to create candy Christmas trees.

    Remove and scoop out tablespoon-sized balls.

    Roll into cones and roll into sweetened coconut.

    decorate coconut candy Christmas trees with gold drages and star-shaped sprinkles.

    Use melted white chocolate as glue to attach gold dragee ornaments all around the coconut candy Christmas trees.

    Attach one gold candy star to the top of each tree using melted white chocolate.

    Mix coconut with coconut cream and white chocolate to make these sweet Triple Coconut Christmas Trees.

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    You might also like these other coconut cream candies. Be sure to check out all my fun Christmas Recipes too.

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    Recipe

    This Christmas package up a forest full of snowy Triple Coconut Candy Christmas Trees for friends and family.
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    Triple Coconut Candy Christmas Trees
    Prep Time
    40 mins
    Cook Time
    2 mins
    Total Time
    42 mins
     
    Creamy coconut candy shaped into Christmas trees and decorated with gold dragees and candy stars.
    Course: Candy
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: christmas desserts, christmas tree candy, coconut candy
    Servings: 28 -32
    Calories: 198 kcal
    Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    Triple Coconut Candy:
    • 15 ounces (1 can) Cream of Coconut
    • 10.5 ounces white chocolate, finely chopped (or chips)
    • 10 ounces unsweetened coconut (do NOT use sweetened)
    Decorations:
    • 14 ounces sweetened coconut
    • 1 ounce melted white chocolate
    • gold dragees or other small candies or sprinkles
    • gold star sprinkles
    Instructions
    1. Pour the cream of coconut into a microwave-safe bowl and stir until combined.

    2. Stir in the white chocolate.

    3. Heat in the microwave on high for 30-second increments, stirring after each, until melted.

    4. Or melt in a double boiler set over an inch of simmering water.

    5. Stir in unsweetened coconut.

    6. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

    7. Remove and scoop out tablespoon-sized balls.

    8. Roll into cones and roll into sweetened coconut.

    9. Use melted white chocolate as glue to attach gold dragee ornaments all around the coconut candy Christmas trees.

    10. Attach one gold candy star to the top of each tree using melted white chocolate.

    11. Store in an airtight container for up to several weeks.

    Recipe Notes

    Store your candy Christmas trees in an airtight container for up to a week. 

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    1. Lisa

      December 22, 2015 at 9:42 pm

      I got to taste these and wow! They were spectacularly yummy and so creative! 🎄

      Reply
      • Beth

        December 23, 2015 at 7:43 pm

        I'm so glad you liked them Lisa. Have a very Merry Christmas. 🙂

        Reply
    2. katie@katherinescorner.com

      December 17, 2015 at 11:01 pm

      these are fantastic! I invite you to share this yumminess at my Thursday blog hop ( you can link up until midnight Sat)
      Hugs!

      Reply
    3. The partiologist

      December 16, 2015 at 12:33 am

      They are beautiful, I love coconut and I wish I had this little coconut tree farm! Right now I do have a white Christmas, we just had s snow storm!

      Reply
      • Beth

        December 16, 2015 at 7:39 am

        I hope the storm wasn't too bad and that you can look out the window and enjoy the winter wonderland!

        Reply
    4. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

      December 15, 2015 at 9:35 pm

      This weather is perfect for me as I love to wear my flip-flops year round! BUt i do agree with you, it would be wonderful to wake up Christmas morning to snow. I can only recall that happening once way down here in Georgia!

      You have created a beautiful winter wonderland with your coconut candy trees! I love the gold accents.

      Reply
      • Beth

        December 15, 2015 at 10:26 pm

        I'd be happy wearing flip flops all year long too! We just spent a week at Disney enjoying nice warm weather then came home to find the cold has finally arrived. I wont be surprised to see snow falling soon.

        Reply

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