Dessert
Jamaican busta candy
Chewy coconut-ginger candy cooked down to a glossy slab. Break into pieces once cool.
PrepPr10 minCookCk20 minTotalTot30 minServesSrv18Ca:PCa:P1:9.8
Ingredients
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 2 cups dark brown sugar, packed
- 1 Tbsp molasses
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 Tbsp grated ginger
- 1 Tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (Optional)
- 1/8 tsp unrefined salt
Directions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Combine sugar, molasses, ginger, lime juice, water, vanilla if using, and salt in a heavy pot over medium heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Add coconut and stir to combine.
- Cook over medium-low, stirring constantly, until thick, glossy, and pulling away from the pan.
- Spread on the prepared sheet. Cool completely, then break into pieces.
Contribution
Seasoned SkilletNutrition Facts
Per serving (1 of 18). Does not change when you scale ingredients.
- Calories 132.22777777777776
- Total Fat 36.3g
- Saturated Fat 33.2g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
- Monounsaturated Fat 1.9g
- Sodium 360.9 mg
- Carbohydrate 494.3g
- Fiber 81.3g
- Sugar 340g
- Protein 38.4g
- Calcium 123.5 mg
- Phosphorus 1211.2 mg
- Ca:P ratio 1:9.8
- Vitamin A 0.3 mcg
- Vitamin C 5.2 mg
- B3 (Niacin) 0.3 mg
- B5 (Pantothenic) 0.2 mg
- B6 0.1 mg
- Folate 3.1 mcg
- Vitamin K 0.1 mcg
- Copper 5 mg
- Zinc 8.9 mg
- Selenium 66.2 mcg
