Toasted Coconut Ice Box Cake

An easy to make, no-bake Toasted Coconut Ice Box Cake that’s filled to the brim with delicious coconut – from coconut milk, shredded coconut, coconut cookies, and coconut chips. If you’re a coconut fan, this is for you!

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Quick and easy dessert

Looking for a quick and easy dessert recipe? Try my delicious Toasted Coconut Ice Box Cake.

Just whip up some coconut whipped cream, layer it on coconut cookies, and top it with beautiful coconut chips. The hardest part is waiting for it to set up in the fridge.

There’s very little preparation involved in this recipe, which makes it great for busy day.

Or, it’s perfect for the heat of summer when you still want something sweet. You can make up this cake when you have time, and it’ll be ready and waiting for you in the refrigerator when you want a sweet treat!

What’s an Ice Box Cake

An ice box cake is a simple dessert consisting of whipped cream and cookies. I believe the dessert originated with the Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers (you can still find that recipe printed on the package).

I’ve made a version of the classic chocolate wafer ice box cake for the blog (a LONG time ago). You can find it here, but please forgive the pictures, as it is really old.

After stacking cookies and whipped cream, the cake is left overnight in the fridge or “icebox”, and the cookies absorb the moisture from the whipped cream. The cookies take on a cake-like lightness and consistency.

Voila! You can have your cake without any baking!

Recipe Notes

Canned coconut milk

Have you tried making whipped cream from canned coconut milk before? It’s so easy and so delicious! I’ve used it before in my Cherry Yogurt Cloud Pie with Granola Crust.

The only thing about it is that different cans of coconut milk will make different amounts of coconut cream solids.

I’ve noticed that it doesn’t matter what brand you get, or how old the can is. Sometimes I get a lot of coconut solids, and sometimes I get less.

If you feel the amount of whipped cream you make is too small, feel free to add in a little more heavy cream, and boost the volume.

The nice thing about ice box cakes is that they are very flexible, and a little more or a little less will be just fine.

Coconut cookies

I wanted to build my icebox cake with coconut cookies. You know, because … coconut!

But, I understand that not everyone will have the same cookie selection at their store.

You want to get plain coconut cookies – no icing or filling.

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After looking at all the cookies available, I decided to get Mother’s brand Coconut Cocadas. They worked perfectly! (And, no this isn’t sponsored by them).

If you can’t find any simple coconut cookies, go with a nice shortbread. Lorna Doone’s or Sandies will do nicely.

Coconut chips

Coconut chips are so fun, beautiful, and tasty. I have been able to find them just about everywhere I shop. I’ve seen them at Trader Joe’s, Sprouts, my grocery store, even target.

They are the beautiful slices of coconut you see on top of the icebox cake.

You can eat them alone like a snack. They are light and crisp. My favorite brand is {affiliate link} Dang; they’re already toasted and ready to eat.

If you can’t find coconut chips, feel free to use shredded coconut, which is typically sweetened, so it’ll make the cake a little sweeter. But, after all it’s dessert, right?

How to toast coconut

Oh, and if you need to toast your own coconut – shredded or chips – take a look here for stove top or oven instructions.

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