Making the super yummy coconut berry delights made me want to play around with other ways of enjoying coconut oil. I love lemon, so the next thing that sprang to mind was lemon coconut delights. They did not disappoint! If you like lemon, you absolutely must give these a try. Tart and flavorful, these are another delicious way to get in your daily coconut oil.
I use expeller-pressed (also known as refined) coconut oil in this recipe because I don’t care for the strong taste of virgin coconut oil when not countered by an equally strong flavor such as chocolate or mint. So, although these are lemon coconut delights, they do not taste like coconut. If you do want your delights to taste coconutty, however, feel free to use virgin coconut oil instead of expeller-pressed.
I like tart lemony flavors, so this recipe is rather sour (although not overwhelmingly so). If you prefer your lemon treats sweeter you can easily add extra honey to taste before cooling in the freezer.
Lemon Coconut Delights
Ingredients:
1 cup expeller-pressed (refined) coconut oil (find quality coconut oil here)
2 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest (about one medium lemon’s worth)
1/4 cup lemon juice (about one medium lemon’s worth)
2 tablespoons honey
Method:
Gently melt about half of the coconut oil on the stove.
While the oil is melting, zest your lemon. Add the zest to your food processor.
Use a reamer to juice your lemon, then add lemon juice (minus any seeds) to your food processor.
Add melted and unmelted coconut oil to your food processor, then add the honey.
Process until all ingredients are evenly mixed.
Scoop finished mixture into molds (such as these Silikomart molds, or even ice cube trays). If you don’t have/don’t want to use molds, you can also let mixture firm up in the refrigerator for a while, then spoon out morsels onto a parchment-paper lined surface such as a cutting board.
Put molds or parchment paper-lined surface into the freezer to firm up the delights. After half an hour or so, or whenever they have become solid, remove from the molds/parchment paper and store in a container in your freezer. Enjoy whenever you feel like you need (or want!) some coconut oil.
Note:
I wouldn’t eat more than one or two of these at once (at least starting out), as eating too much coconut oil all at once can cause intestinal upset. (Something I’ve experienced firsthand.) How much is too much seems to vary from person to person, so I recommend experimenting gradually if you don’t yet know your own tolerance level.
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How do you eat your coconut oil?
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Hello,
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Thanks for sharing.
These look delicious! I have been eating a lot of coconut oil lately, and I swear it’s helping me with my energy and mood. I will be trying these tonight!
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Interesting recipe. I will have to give it a try. I think I need to read more about the health benefits of coconut oil. Thanks for sharing.
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Cynthia
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These sound good.
Why do you put the ingredients in a food processor instead of just mixing them? I understand why you do for your berry ones to get the fruit blended in well. With the lemon, is the food processor step necessary?
Thanks
Hmm. I have not tried it without the food processor so can’t say for sure, but I think that you’re right that you could just do it by hand. I guess I just don’t really like hand mixing, but it would probably work for this recipe.
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Is there a reason why you use refined coconut oil rather than unrefined? These look fantastic.
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Nevermind I just saw you addressed that! I skipped ahead at first. Thanks.
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Yes, there is.
As I mention above in the post, I don’t really care for the taste of unrefined coconut oil unless countered by an equally strong flavor like chocolate or mint. Refined coconut oil is tasteless (but nearly as good for you) so the lemon flavor really shines. If you enjoy a strong coconut flavor, though, feel free to substitute unrefined in the recipe. I hope they turn out well for you!
I had trouble with the coconut separating from the lemon. It seemed like all the lemon sunk to the bottom and the coconut oil rose so it was like eating straight coconut oil. Any suggestions about what I did wrong?
Hmm…did you let the mixture sit out for a while before pouring it into your molds? Or perhaps your mixutre was too liquid so the lemon didn’t really emulsify? I haven’t had this happen to me, so I’m not totally sure what went wrong in your case, but you might experiment with keeping the mixture thicker and pouring it into the molds right away.
All of your coconut candies look amazing. Now I am craving these. Thanks
You were featured on Natural Living Monday! Thanks for sharing. I am excited to see what you have to share this week 
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Ooh, tried your berry candies today (what my 2 year old called them) and I hope to try these tomorrow!
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I hope you like them, Sara!
Hi – I love the Chocolate Coconut Butter Bites, so want to try this recipe as well. Can you make these using the unsweetened shredded coconut the same way as in the Chocolate Coconut Butter Bites?
Sandie, in theory you could use the same method to make these as you did for the chocolate coconut butter bites. I have never tried it, so I can’t comment on exactly how well it will work, but I’d think it would be worth a try. You’ll probably have to play around with the amount of lemon juice, zest and sweetener to get the taste right, because the shredded coconut will be a much more dominant flavor than the unrefined coconut oil that’s in the original recipe. If you give it a try, let us know how it turned out for you!
These sound great and easy to make. I am hoping that I can sub in my Vita-mix for blending rather than the food processor. I suppose these kind of melt as you eat them?
Your Vitamix should work fine, although you may deal with more oil separating from the lemon juice/zest because your mixture will be more liquid.
hi there,
really keen to give these a try…I live in the UK, and was wondering what 1 cup coconut oil converts to in grams or ml/oz? as I believe the cup measurements are different over here…1 cup here is 250ml. Would appreciate it, if you could clarify for me please, thanks alot!
Simone, I’m afraid I have no idea. I’m guessing a Google search would turn up some useful answers for you, though. Good luck!
I tried without food processor as one reviewer asked about and discovered why you do need the food processor even though zest and juice don’t need it – you cannot mix the oil with the honey juice mixture without the food processor – it will separate with tasteless oil going up to the top in the molds and honey-lemon part will stay at the bottom. So don’t skip the food processor!
Thanks for sharing your experience, Dina. I really appreciate you coming back to tell us what you learned from trying the blender.