Coconut Eggnog

Coquito

Preparation info
  • Serves

    12

    makes approximately 2½ quarts
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
La Comida del Barrio

By Aarón Sánchez

Published 2003

  • About

Coconut eggnog, a national treasure of Puerto Rico, is the quintessential holiday drink. Homemade coquito is served to visitors throughout the extended Christmas holidays, which are celebrated in Puerto Rico and throughout much of the Caribbean from early December through mid-January, and it is also a frequent Christmas present in a “from our home to your home” way. I know it may sound strange, but I don’t put egg yolks in this eggnog. I find it to be too heavy, and people are a litt