Coconut cream

(1) Sweetened coconut cream is a liquid distilled from coconut, sugar, and various thickeners. Originating in Puerto Rico, coconut cream was first known as Coco Lopez, named after its creator, Don Ramon Lopez-Irizarry, and it is still produced under this brand name. Coconut cream is often used in cocktails like the piña colada. (2) The thicker portion of canned coconut milk that, being higher in fat content, naturally rises to the top of the liquid.