Do you ever feel like your kids (or maybe your hubby) deserve a little Christmas Coal in their stockings? I decided to whip up some all natural Christmas coal recipe just for this kind of occasion. I wanted something sweet but not made of refined sugar and something that was easy to make. I used apple juice and vanilla, but you could try other fruit juices and flavor it with extracts like anise, peppermint or even almond.
All Natural Christmas Coal Recipe
Author: Matthew's Puzzle
Recipe type: Dessert
Apple juice is used to make caramel that looks like Christmas Coal
Ingredients
- 4 Cups apple juice (or other juice with high sugar content like pineapple or maybe even prune)
- 1 Tablespoon coconut oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon extract of choice (anise, peppermint, or almond) (OPTIONAL)
Instructions
- In a saucepan over medium heat, bring apple juice to a light boil.
- Simmer for close to ½ hour or until juice is reduced to roughly ½ cup.
- Watch as juice thickens and stir to prevent burning.
- Once juice is thick, and has darkened but not burnt, remove from heat and add coconut oil, salt and vanilla.
- Using a whisk stir to incorporate the ingredients.
- Pour out onto a Silpat or parchment paper.
- Caramel is HOT!
- As it cools you can shape it into nuggets, I like to use kitchen sheers to cut the caramel and form it.
This recipe is based on a recipe I found here
I’ve never heard of this before, sounds very interesting!
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That is so cool looking!
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What a neato recipe that is fun for everyone. I had no idea you could make candy out of juice,
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wow, that’s so cool. I’ve never heard of making your own coal before
What a fun recipe idea!
What a great idea!
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That looks pretty real!
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How fun! I know lots of people who need some coal. 🙂
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This is so creative! I love this idea, I used to buy my daughter the “coal” gum, but this is better!
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How fun. I should make some and stuff it in the boy’s stockings.
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Pretty clever to reduce the juice to candy like this.
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How cool!
I love this!!! I so want to make some for my hubby. 🙂
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Sounds good!!
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How fun and creative!
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Such a fun idea!
What a cute idea!!
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Oh that is neat! I had no clue you could make this.
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That is so neat and clever!
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LOL! That’s a fun idea.
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I have never heard of this but it looks awesome.
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How fun and yummy!!
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What a great idea. I would eat some of this kind of coal.
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ha I love it I’ll have to try this tht’s great
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lol too funny!
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Cool!! Wish I would have had this recipe a week ago as I would have made it for our family get together we had yesterday.
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I’ve never seen anything like this before–what an awesome idea!
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What a great idea!
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that’s really cool! My daughter might find some in her stocking this year!
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ohhh this is very cool!!!
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I’d fill my tween girl’s stocking entirely with this.
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Fantastic!!!!
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That’s the tastiest coal I’ve ever seen.
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What a cool recipe! I like that the kids can eat it!
How cool!
I haven’t heard of Christmas Coal but love how easy this looks!
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How cool is that?!?!
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That’s a great recipe! Wish I had seen it before Christmas LOL.
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That is pretty cool!
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What a cool idea!
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