Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting

Raven
Raven @ShugieSweetz143
Decatur, Alabama

This is like german chocolate cake frosting only in candy form. You can cook longer if you like it more firm. You can also use it as German Chocolate Cake frosting.

Coconut Pecan Candy or Frosting

This is like german chocolate cake frosting only in candy form. You can cook longer if you like it more firm. You can also use it as German Chocolate Cake frosting.

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Ingredients

  1. For Candy:
  2. 2 1/2 cupsgranulated sugar
  3. 1/2 cupevaporated milk
  4. 1/2 cupcorn syrup
  5. 1 stickreal butter
  6. 2 cupsshredded coconut
  7. 1-2 cupspecans. Put as little or many as you like
  8. 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
  9. Notes:
  10. You can drop like a cookie or pour into pan and cut into squares

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Line a baking sheet or pan with wax or parchment paper. Set aside.

  2. 2

    In a heavy bottom saucepan, mix sugar, evaporated milk, corn syrup and butter.

  3. 3

    On medium high heat, stir until mixture comes to a rolling boil.

  4. 4

    Without stirring, let mixture boil 5 minutes or to 235 on a thermometer. Soft ball stage.

  5. 5

    After time is up, remove from heat and add vanilla.

  6. 6

    Stir then add coconut and pecans.

  7. 7

    Stir off heat about 5 minutes until mixture starts to thicken some.

  8. 8

    Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper lined baking sheets. Or you can pour mixture into pan and cut.

  9. 9

    When completely cool, store in layers with wax paper between to keep from sticking.

  10. 10

    If using for frosting, let cool stirring occasionally until it thickens and is spreadable. Put in between layers of cake or frost 9x13 cake.

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Comments (4)

Bmoorefood🧁
Bmoorefood🧁 @cook_15145078
Wow this looks so good!! 👍! What is the consistency supposed to be like tho? Like thick fudge or custard?

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