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Easy Coconut Mocha Vegan Macaroons {Video}

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Vegan macaroons made EASY and QUICK! These Mocha Coconut Vegan Macaroons “cocoroons” are flavored with dark chocolate, espresso, and bourbon vanilla.  A healthy cookie that you will love! Made with a few simple ingredients, these are gluten-free cookies! Plus, a video tutorial, showing just how easy they are to make. 

This mocha vegan macaroon recipe is sponsored by my Better Body Foods Friends! I’m thankful they supply us with such healthy, gluten-free, and organic products.

2 Vegan Macaroons with melted chocolate

OK friends, I’m a little too excited for this recipe, coconut mocha vegan macaroons. They are my new science project. A tasty, yummy, gluten-free vegan macaroons science project. You see, you might’ve noticed that I posted the aquafaba tutorial last weekend. If you didn’t, I highly recommend you check it out. It’s pretty nifty.

That being said, once I started using Aquafaba, I couldn’t stop. They were so much I wanted to check out. Baking season is upon us, and I couldn’t wait to see if this egg white replacer would really work in certain recipes… hence the vegan macaroons and all that fluffy chickpea jazz.

making a batch of aquafaba

Vegan Macaroons with coconut and mocha drizzle

I have a lot of friends and readers who have certain allergies or are on elimination diets. Heck, I’m the same way. Sometimes I have to back off certain foods for a while and other times I’m A-OK. I think this is true for everybody. It really depends on our own unique needs, am I right?

What’s the difference between vegan macaroons and French macarons?

Speaking of unique needs, vegan macaroons with chocolate and espresso. It is a need – a must need. And it is so easy, I just love it. But don’t confuse these mocha vegan macaroons with French macarons.

The coconut macaroon (with two oo‘s) is composed of egg whites, sugar, and dried coconut, and sometimes dipped in chocolate. Although I personally think that “sometimes” should be ALL THE TIME. French macarons are almond flour sandwich cookies. I haven’t mastered those yet. One vegan cookie at a time here, mmm k? Plus I ain’t that fancy yet Y’all!

vegan macaroons with chocolate drizzled on them

OK so back to my Aquafaba story. This was my second time experimenting with it and I really loved the outcome.

All you need is about a cup of the aquafaba (whipped) then gently mix it with your coconut flakes, organic coconut palm sugar, extracts, and a little bit of maple syrup.

I used Better Body Foods Coconut sugar with their Madagascar Bourbon vanilla. Oh my heavens that is such a good combo. It’s nutty and delicious. Organic Coconut sugar an unrefined brown sugar with a deep caramel flavor (but vegan caramel of course). It’s produced from the sap of cut flower buds of the coconut palm.

Organic Coconut Sugar from Better Body Foods

photo looking down into a package of coconut palm sugar

Madagascar Bourbon vanilla (cultivated on the Isle of Bourbon in Madagascar) is also a great vegan cooking extract to use rich desserts.  Madagascar vanilla beans are made with the highest quality and plump moist vanilla beans. Yes, I said plump and beans in the same sentence. But stay with me here…

Now you’re going to combine that with melted dark chocolate or my magic shell and espresso. Like for reals,

These vegan macaroons taste like a toasted coconut dark chocolate vanilla latte.

Did those exist yet? Because Starbucks should really get on the ball with that if so. But we will stick with mocha for the time being.

drizzling chocolate onto gluten free coconut macaroons

Anyway, after making a batch or two, it was time to test out the coconut macaroons on my coconut macaroon loving mother. She is the queen of macaroons. Yep, her favorite. I was hoping she would give the thumbs up, and that she did. I didn’t even tell her that they were vegan macaroons.

Do I get bonus points for trickery? Haha. Maybe.

But I’ll show you just how NOT tricky this vegan macaroons recipe is to make. Mmm k?

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EASY Coconut Mocha Vegan Macaroons {Video Tutorial}

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  • Author: Lindsay Cotter
  • Prep Time: 10 min
  • Cook Time: 20 min
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 12-16 cookies depending on cookie scooper size 1x
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EASY Coconut Mocha Vegan Macaroons {Video Tutorial}

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup or more whipped aquafaba from my recipe tutorial. This is basically just chickpea brine that’s whipped. see notes of alternative
  • 2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Madagascar bourbon vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp almond extract
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp ground espresso or coffee (regular or instant)
  • Pinch of salt

Topping:

  • Dark chocolate (vegan)
  • Or use my vegan/paleo Magic Shell Recipe (see notes)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325F
  2. In a large bowl, mix the aquafaba peaks and vanilla together
  3. Add the coconut and sugar to the aquafaba mixture and stir until all the coconut is evenly coated.
  4. Gently fold in your maple syrup, espresso, and pinch of salt and mix again.
  5. Pack the macaroon mixture into a cookie scoop to form dome shapes.
  6. Place the macaroons on a cookie sheet that has been lined with parchment
  7. Bake for 20 minutes until they start to brown slightly.
  8. Remove and Allow them to cool.
  9. Once the macaroons have cooled, make the chocolate topping.
  10. Melt baking dark chocolate and drizzle or dip on your macaroons. You also use my vegan chocolate magic shell recipe
  11. Place them on parchment to cool completely before eating.
  12. Store in the fridge.

Notes

  • Dark Chocolate Magic Shell Recipe for topping, recipe is from this post – chocolate magic shell recipe
  • You can try using agave nectar but it might not be as thick to hold macaroon together as maple syrup. It’s best to use a cookie scooper to pack the coconut mix in then place on baking sheet.
  • Egg replacer alternatives- Aquafaba alternative If you are paleo, 2-3 egg whites whipped works great. IF you are vegan and don’t want to use aquafaba, you can try adding 1 -2 tbsp of a pea protein or another egg replacer. I’ve also heard that you can use Agar Powder – For each egg white, dissolve 1 tbsp plain agar powder in 1 tbsp water. Whip, chill and whip again.
  • Category: dessert
  • Method: baking
  • Cuisine: french american

Keywords: macaroon, mocha, coffee, dessert, vegan, gluten free, easy recipe

NUTRITION  FACTS: 

Well, I wish I knew the calories for the aquafaba, but either way, these vegan macaroons are light and healthy! Estimated around 80-100 calories each. 

All right guys, here’s a short video tutorial to motivate you to make these easy vegan macaroons.

Honestly, go grab make some aquafaba, grab some coconut, coconut sugar, vanilla, and let’s test out more vegan goodness!

Vegan Macaroons Video Tutorial

hand holding a coconut macaroon covered with coconut and chocolate

vegan macaroon cookies covered in chocolate

P.S. These vegan macaroons will be an EASY vegan “cookie” for the holidays.

You know when you have a ton of people over with so many different allergies and you want to accommodate them all?  Yep, that’s me… Food allergy people pleaser. Maybe I should start a blog like that.

Signing off, because I’m thinking way too much now.

Ever made macaroons or French macarons?

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Vegan Macaroons made EASY and QUICK! These Mocha Coconut Vegan Macaroons "coco-roons" are flavored with dark chocolate, espresso, and bourbon vanilla. A healthy cookie that you will love! Made with a few simple ingredients and are gluten free! @cottercrunch

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Photo of Lindsay Cotter of Cotter CrunchHi, I’m Lindsay!  Gluten Free Nutrition Specialist, food photographer and author of Nourishing Superfood Bowls, and meal plan guru! I’d love to know you more! Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and drop a comment below.

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  7. Shashi at RunninSrilankan says

    September 14, 2016 at 8:35 AM

    Thank you thank you thank you for introducing me to whipped aquafaba! LOVE that tutorial and gosh-farn – so LOVE these cocoroons! Hey, so I’m trying to cut my sugar intake for the next week or so and have been seeing a lot of articles on substituting with stevia and xylitol in baking/treats etc – and was wondering what your take was on xylitol for a temp period like say in making these cocoroons? Thanks lovely!

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  8. Les says

    September 14, 2016 at 8:36 AM

    Hi there

    That’s a great recipe – looks totally yummy, I will definitely try these! I have a page – similar subjects, perhaps you want to check it out? It’s slimtrim.com, it is workouts, health advice and recipes, I think you’ll enjoy it – perhaps you want to do an article for us and we can do one for you? Guest posting in other words, think about it and let me know 🙂

    Les

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  13. Laura says

    September 14, 2016 at 5:25 PM

    These macaroons look amazing! I love the addition of mocha flavor! Bourbon vanilla is one of my favorite pantry baking staples….and sign me up for all things coconut! This recipe truly looks perfect!

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  14. GiGi Eats says

    September 14, 2016 at 6:28 PM

    While magicians are not supposed to break their code and discuss their secrets… I really must know how you friggin’ take such AMAZING PHOTOS. You may have blogged about this, but I clearllllyyyyy missed that one!

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  19. Cassie says

    September 15, 2016 at 6:56 PM

    I LOVE macaroons! The chocolate drizzle looks DIVINE. And food allergies kind of work the same for me–if I have too much peanut butter I have to back off of it because it will hurt my stomach!

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      • Alisa Fleming says

        September 16, 2016 at 9:15 AM

        So far I’ve just used it in savories for the magazine I work with – for them recipes need to be free of the top 11 allergens, so I’ve been using it where it fits. One was in an obvious place – veggie burgers! That issue is already out. I can’t say on the next one 🙂 I still haven’t tried it in sweets or as a meringue, like I’ve often seen it. For some reason, I thought you used eggs in your baking Lindsay, but cool that you are working with alternatives, too! We can use eggs in our home, but I have a lot of vegan and allergen-free requests, so I need to play around with this more!

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  22. Laura says

    September 16, 2016 at 6:21 AM

    Macaroon + coconut + mocha all in one . . . but can it be true!?!? These look dreamy and delicious, and anything with chocolate magic shell is a win for me!

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  25. Kathy says

    April 13, 2019 at 5:06 PM

    I just have a question, do you add the espresso powder to the coconut mixture? I watched the video but didn’t see it added or listed in recipe. Thanks, I’m planning on making them soon.

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