Nigerian Coconut Candy Bars

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Preparation info
  • One

    8 inch baking pan
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
It's a Sweet World: Recipes from Around the Globe at Bea’s Bakery

By Lenny Rosenberg and Adaeze Nwanonyiri

Published 2025

  • About

Street food has long been a tradition in Adaeze’s ancestral home of Nigeria, especially during masquerades and fiestas where people take to the streets to dance, socialize, eat, drink, and have fun.

Coconut candy is one of the most popular types of street food and is often sold in glass jars before being scooped into paper cups or hollowed out coconut shells. In essence, it is toasted flakes of fresh coconut with a little sugar and salt added and can be eaten by the handful, or spri