32 Sweet and Savory Ways to Cook With Coconut Oil

These coconut oil recipes range from savory to sweet—and are proof it's maybe even better than butter.

By Rochelle Bilow

February 4, 2016

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Love coconut oil? You're in luck: These recipes all feature the heart-healthy ingredient.

Alex Lau
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Don't Even Try to Control Yourself Around This Coconut Kettle Corn
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Yossy Arefi
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Carrot-Coconut Soup with Harissa and Crispy Leeks
Coconut oil adds nutty, aromatic flavor to this creamy, sweet soup. If you can't find harissa to garnish with, drizzle it with hot sauce or sprinkle with a pinch of chili flakes instead.
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Christopher Testani
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Vegan Chocolate Tart with Salted Oat Crust
You don’t have to use a vegan chocolate to make this decadent tart—any bittersweet baking bar will be great.
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Alex Lau
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BA's Best Key Lime Pie
Using coconut oil in place of some of the butter suggests hints of the tropics
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Peden + Munk
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Puffed Rice and Coconut Crunchies
Coating the "crunchies" with a little melted coconut oil before baking them helps them turn a golden-brown color.
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Ditte Isager
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Chocolate-Coconut Pound Cake
The fragrant richness of coconut oil and the tenderizing power of buttermilk make this the ultimate chocolate pound cake.
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Alex Lau
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Pumpkin Bread with Toasted Coconut
Make sure your eggs and coconut oil are at room temperature: Cold eggs can make the oil seize, making the batter uneven.
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Alex Lau
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Maple, Pecan, and Sour Cherry Granola
Coconut oil adds flavor and helps aid in big, chewy clumps.
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Jeff Luker
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Blistered Green Beans with Garlic and Miso
Don’t rush to shake the pan and toss the green beans before they blister; they need a little time to char. Learn how to make this recipe and more in our online cooking class with Sur la Table.
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Condé Nast Entertainment
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Erin McKenna's Thin Mint Cookies
These cookies are both vegan and gluten-free, but you’d never know it.
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Peden + Munk
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Roasted Veg with Nutritional Yeast
Nutritional yeast, coconut oil, broccoli… this recipe has strong hippie vibes.
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Peden & Munk
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Coconut-Lime Snowballs
Caramelized white chocolate forms the base of this rich ganache confection; the snowballs are more like truffles than cookies.
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Danny Kim
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Spiced Popcorn with Pecans and Raisins
This is seriously addictive—salty, sweet, and crunchy at the same time. We like to pop the popcorn in coconut oil for an extra-nutty note.
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Peden + Munk
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Crunchy Cashew-Sesame Bars
These homemade energy bars are bound together with a mixture of coconut oil and maple syrup.
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Senior Associate Web Editor. When she’s not torturing herself by grinding coffee beans by hand and making her own butter, Rochelle writes about cooking techniques and seasonal eating for bonappetit.com. She comes to BA by way of a small farm in Central New York, where she worked as a farmhand ... Read More