Yeah, that’s a heckuvalotta coconut oil for this 5th day of Christmas Giveaway! Think of all the cookies, cheese balls and grasshopper brownies you could make! Or, you could bathe in it, use it as a moisturizer, remove your makeup with it or whatever you want! In the meantime, here’s the recipe for the cookies!
Radical Chocolate Chip, Coconut and Almond Cookies
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour or gluten free flour
- 1/2 cup raw or organic sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground golden flax seed
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/3 cup melted virgin coconut oil
- 1/4 cup plain soymilk
- 1 teaspoon unsulphered molasses
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1 cup vegan chocolate chips
Method: Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, ground flax seed, baking powder, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk. Add the wet ingredients: the melted coconut oil, soymilk, unsulphered molasses and the almond extract. Stir together until combined. Then add the shredded coconut, sliced almonds and the chocolate chips. Stir until well mixed. Drop by heaped tablespoons onto a large baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are golden. Let cool on a wire rack before eating (this will also help the cookies to set and not crumble).
- Tropical Traditions Home Page: http://www.tropicaltraditions.com
- Gold Label Product Page: http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/virgin_coconut_oil.htm
- What is Virgin Coconut Oil: http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/what_is_virgin_coconut_oil.htm
- How to Use Coconut Oil: http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/how-to-use-coconut-oil.htm
Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.
Win 1 Gallon of Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil! Retail $120 Value!
Tropical Traditions is America’s source for coconut oil. Their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is hand crafted in small batches by family producers, and it is the highest quality coconut oil they offer. You can read more about how virgin coconut oil is different from other coconut oils on their website: What is Virgin Coconut Oil?
You can also watch the video they produced about Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil:
Tropical Traditions also carries other varieties of affordable high quality coconut oil. Visit their website to check on current sales, to learn about the many uses of coconut oil, and to read about all the advantages of buying coconut oil online. Since the FDA does not want us to discuss the health benefits of coconut oil on a page where it is being sold or given away, here is the best website to read about the health benefits of coconut oil.
For a chance to win a your own jar of Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil, Click on the link below to enter the Giveaway! This contest is open to entrants in the USA and Canada only. Mandatory: you must subscribe to the Tropical Traditions Newsletter and follow this blog by email or RSS feed to qualify. You have until Friday the the 20th of December to enter! I will notify the winner by email on Monday December 23rd. GO!!
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I use coconut oil for cooking and baking. On the rare occasion I wear mascara, I use coconut oil to remove the mascara.
I use a small amount of coconut oil for cooking, but mostly I use it as a skin and hair moisturizer.
I love using coconut oil in baking… such great flavor!
I use coconut oil from head to toe on my body. I also love to cook with it.
I love coconut oil for so many things- baking, moisturizing, sometimes just eating a bit extra that comes out of the jar with what’s needed for a recipe. If I won this giveaway I’d definitely be using it more, and I’d love to try making my own hygeine products with it!
Coconut oil has so many wonderful uses! I especially love to use it as a lotion and while baking!! I’m all out, so this would be GREAT to win, thanks!
I want to start using coconut oil in my cooking!
I use coconut oil on my hair. It keeps it moisturized and smells great.
Oh, this would be such a handy and helpful win! I use coconut oil daily. I use it in the morning for oil pulling and I use it daily in our green smoothies. I have an illness that effects my brain and since I have used coconut oil in my smoothies my brain function is better…less symptoms!
Baked goods are my favorite way to use coconut oil.
I love cooking with it and also use it as a moisturizer
Being from India we use coconut oil a lot – for cooking, baking, hair care and skin care.
Love using it in place of butter!
I have never tried it but I’m so impressed with it’s uses and health benefits. I’d love to try it in baking. 🙂
Those cookies look divine! You and your kitchen magic. 😉
Oh, I would be bathing in this!
I am probably the only plant-based person who has not used coconut oil yet in cooking or as a moisturizer. So, as a newbie, I have a question: Do you guys feel it rubs in well and isn’t greasy when used as a moisturizer? Somer, here is another question I have been wanting to ask you . . . health-wise, is it terrible to use regular semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of vegan ones? I haven’t made the switch yet. Hope your holidays are awesome!!
Laurie, many brands of semi-sweet chocolate chips are accidentally vegan. Just check the label 🙂 ghirardelli is one I can find at most grocery stores, but they may two varieties, so just make sure to get the one without milk or butter in the label. Smith’s grocery also has a “whole foods sort of line” forgot what it’s called. Their semi-sweet chocolate chips are also vegan, as is the Kirkland signature brand 🙂
Coconut oil may feel greasy for a bit when it’s first rubbed in, but then it absorbs and it’s lovely 🙂
You are awesome, Somer!! Thanks so much!
I use coconut oil for cooking – especially when using a wok! I also use it on my body and face – love it!
Coconut oil is my new favorite oil for baking!
I love using coconut oil in raw vegan desserts!
I like to use coconut oil in baking., I have a great chocolate Zucchini muffin recipe.
I’ve just started using coconut oil and it’s so amazing! I love coconut and I’ve been loving the subtle coconut flavor it gives to everything!!
I love coconut oil for cooking, baking, and skin care. My favorite cooking use has to be sautéed brussels sprouts!
I love making raw chocolate with coconut oil!
I love to cook with coconut oil as well as use it as makeup remover
I love using coconut oil to oil pull
i prefer to use coconut oil over any other oil. i use it for cooking, baking, eating with a spoon or with my finger, applying to dry skin, and more 🙂
I have recently completed a 45 day chemotherapy treatment on my face for pre-cancer spots. It was incredibly painful & I ended up with 30% of my face covered with sores…followed by scabs! I use coconut oil for most everything, however, it was a real life saver during my treatment. I used it to soothe my face during the day. Now that my face is healing I apply coco oil several times a day and I’m convinced that;s why my face is healing so quickly!!! 🙂
Um, what can I say? Yummy!
I use it for everything but it is the only thing I will use to moisturize my skin~
I like to use it for baking
I used coconut oil to cook and bake with
We use coconut oil for everything! lotion, chapstick, cooking, our dog’s ear infections, you name it 🙂
I use it in baking as I enjoy the slight coconutty flavor it brings.
I use coconut oil for my hair and cooking. It’s great stuff. I’ve always wanted to try the Gold Label by Tropical Traditions. I’ve had their coconut butter and it’s delicious.
I love to use it for pie crusts. Great for apple pie!
I love it for cookies! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love using coconut oil to make popcorn and on my skin and so many more things!
thanks
not sure if my first reply went through, but I like to use coconut oil to make popcorn and on my skin and hair!
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at the moment my favourite use is in all my cooking – we have replaced all our other oils with the coconut oil
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I use coconut oil daily not just for my human family but also for our 4 K-9 kids I put a Tablespoon of it on top of their food not only does it make their skin and coats healthy and shiny but they love it they will do any trick I ask of them to get their coconut oil!