Homemade Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk. (For Iced Coffee!!)
Ooooooh I am so in love.
GUYS.
It’s totally iced coffee season. Nothing makes me happier. Well, except for the fact that I wish I could drink it all the live long day without feeling like garbage.
I savor nothing like I do iced coffee. And I’m kind of an afternoon iced coffee person. Not a morning coffee person. I need the jitters!
I can never get enough of Vietnamese iced coffee, which I think may be made with special beans but more so, is mixed with sweetened condensed milk over iced. GAH. !!!!!
Is it SO freaking good. Really. It’s ridiculously delicious.
Since I’m a coconut freak – and just as much a coconut milk freak – I figured that there had to be a way to do this with coconut milk. Right? And it is SO easy. You can make a double batch and keep it in the fridge all week this summer.
It’s making my life.
Even better: the sweetened condensed coconut milk doesn’t separate like regular coconut milk does in the coffee. Do you know what I mean? There still may be some slight separation after it sits for awhile, but nothing like the separation that I find happens immediately with straight coconut (or almond) milk.
Oh, and in what I like to call the biggest fail of 2015, Starbucks gets everyone worked up about serving coconut milk and it ends up being all gross and full of chemicals and stuff. Why can’t it just be canned? We’re solving that problem!
The cold brew recipe that I use: This one. The grinder that I use for beans? This one. The coconut milk that I think works the best for this? This one. That’s also what I use for coconut whipped cream. I usually buy out every single can in the grocery store because I’m a jerk.
Seriously. Why can’t they just make coconut milk in like 20 gallon drums for me?
Homemade Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk
Ingredients
- 1 (15-ounce) can full-fat coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Add the coconut milk and sugar to a saucepan and heat over medium heat. Whisk constantly until the sugar dissolves and bring the mixture to a boil. Once boiling, reduce it to a light simmer and cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes until it thickens. Stir every 10 to 15 minutes so a film does not develop on top. You want the mixture to reduce by about half and be slightly thick – it will thicken a lot more once it’s in the fridge.
- I find that this homemade version is as thick as store-bought condensed milk, however it doesn’t stay quite as “runny” – maybe due to the lack of preservatives? You can stir in a drop of milk to make it a bit more pourable for coffee.
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89 Comments on “Homemade Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk. (For Iced Coffee!!)”
YUM! I bet it would be perfect in Thai iced tea as well. Can’t wait to try it!!
Am making this today!Looks great!
Looks great!
You totally would make it on one of those survivor shows that are on an Island.
Lots of coconuts!
Yum, this looks so tasty! I’m always looking for something new to add to my coffee!
Jessica! This is brilliant! Definitely, definitely, definitely trying this. Your iced mint coffee is still my most fav thing ever in the summer…I wonder how extra delish it would be with some of this drizzled in!
this couldn’t have come at a better time! my boyfriend has been hounding me to start making iced coffee at home (he apparently doesn’t feel like spending a gazillion dollars to buy it). I didn’t want to have to learn with like a kureig or anything. Your cold brew method seems so easy! and I’m definitely going to have to make the sweetened condensed milk to go with it!
Should the coconut milk be chilled? does that make a difference? I know it has to be chilled to make the whipped cream.
xoxo
Perfect – just perfect. I wonder if this would get weird, if I added it to Italian sodas?
Girl, this is cray cray! And I mean that in the best possible way. I mean, seriously, mind is blown!
This is such a great idea, Jessica! Bring on the jitters!
What brand of coconut milk do you use? Every kind I try tastes like dirt to me, but i love coconut! Not sure if its the brand or just how coconut milk tastes to me…
She has a link in her post for the brand
i use thai kitchen organic full fat!
I would probably just drink this out of a glass… Is that bad??
hubba hubba I need to make me some of this! I remember the days that you didn’t like coffee, and I love that I’ve been following you for that long! Times a changin’ as they say! This looks absolutely magnificent!
LOVE that straw!!
I need to try this, like, now. I even have coconut milk!! :)
WOW! That looks amazing! Making your own, what a great idea! I need to do this ASAP.
I am so making this, when I read the word “condensed” you totally sold this to me. I am an iced coffee person too, and I like my coffee with almond or coconut milk but hate the separation, you just solved my problem, many many thanks!
omgomgomg. this is amazing. and you only need 2 tablespoons of sugar? so its basically health food right???!
Jessica – This looks delicious. I would love to have a glass of iced coffee right now. :D
Fellow iced coffee and coconut fan here but I never thought to make this. Now on my list. And I’m so glad I’m not the only one who hated the starbucks coconut milk. It was sweet! It tasted weird! I didn’t even know it was full of chemicals! Wha?
I haven’t tried asking for coconut milk at Starbucks, now I know that it isn’t a great idea!
Great idea! I’ve only recently started putting coconut milk in my coffee, love it. I feel better about putting that in my coffee versus the chemical filled non-dairy coffee creamers. I bet a splash of vanilla would be great, too, for those who like vanilla!
Fact: you’ve just changed my life! Need this.
This is AMAZING. I usually do homemade coconut milk that has vanilla + dates in it so it has that sweet flavour and if I want to be really indulgent I’ll stir in a scoop of coconut sugar salted caramel, but this sounds like the perfect combination of the two! Love that you have it iced as well :)
Vietnamese coffee is pretty addicting. I never thought of making it myself or using coconut milk instead of condensed milk.
I would be that person to buy 20 gallons of coconut milk; it’s just so good!
Ooh this is so cool! I want to try it with coconut nectar and see how it works out! I stopped drinking coffee back in October because it was actually making me more fatigued, but I’ve started adding in the random afternoon cup here and there. I can’t wait to try this for the summer! I didn’t even know condensed milk in coffee was a thing! You just made a lot of vegan coffee lovers really happy ;)
HI! The coffee Vietnamese restaurants use is chicory coffee. The popular brand is Cafe du Monde in the bright orange can. We get it at the Asian grocery store but I think they have it at Dean & Deluca too. :)
sitting here drinking an iced white chocolate mocha form Starbucks but now I’m totally wishing I had just made my own! this looks so awesome!
Um, hi you are genius. And bring on iced coffee season. Actually, it never goes out of season for me but during the summer it tastes 10x better. And once I make this, someone is gonna have to stop with me drinking 10 cups in a day….
This looks fantastic! I am a big coconut milk fan since I began following the Paleo diet. I’m curious if honey would work as a replacement for the sugar in this recipe?
This is AMAZING, Jessica! I am so giving this a try. <3
Okay, I kind of need this in my life…!
I need this in my life!! This looks so good and I love sweet condensed milk in pretty much anything haha – okay except on actual savory foods like sushi, pasta, lasagna, etc. But this will be something I will try! :3
Lee
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After it boils could you transfer it to a small crock pot? If so, do you think it should be covered or uncovered and also high or low?
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This is brilliant! I cannot wait to try it! As I believe someone else mentioned, Vietnamese coffee has chicory in it. My husband worked at a Vietnamese cafe and they used the Cafe Du Monde stuff in the can. These is also a special method of brewing but we don’t do that at home every time and the difference is negligible.
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This will be GREAT in homemade Thai Iced Tea!!! I cannot wait to try it :)
If you heard that splash–that was me falling in love. Thank you so much for this!!
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You had me at iced coffee. #addicted
How long does this last in the fridge? I mean I realize that you have never let it last long enough to have to throw any away. But for the rest of us?
THANK YOU. We go through 2 gallons of coconut milk and 2 gallons of almond milk (both unsweetened) in our house each week. And i pour a ton of coconut milk in my black tea which I drink all day. I am SO excited to make a batch of this today- I can’t even stand it.
This sounds amazing and your timing couldn’t be better! I am making a couple of coconut tres leches cakes tonight to share with friends and the recipe uses cream of coconut and sweetened condensed milk. Sounds even more perfect to use a coconut sweetened condensed milk with the cream of coconut (and that might change to a coconut syrup recipe courtesy of The Food Charlatan to make it even more “my own”. I’m totally into making my own versions of mixes and ingredients these days vs. pre-packaged items for freshness and fewer chemicals and additives. Thanks!!!! I will be making some of this tonight!!
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Ahh this looks so good! I just started my iced coffee season this week too. Admittedly I’ve never had it with sweetened condensed milk, but I am a huge fan of Thai iced tea and it’s used in there. Will definitely have to try this!
Ohmygoodness! Doing this immediately! And, yes that is the most delicious brand of coconut milk there is, so glad I’m not the only one who clears the shelves of it!