What is the difference between coconut cream and coconut milk?
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The Differences Between Coconut Milk Coconut Cream and Coconut Cream 🌴🥥
Sarra Sedghi has over 10 years of experience as a food writer. She writes about cooking restaurants and food culture as well as travel design and lifestyle.
If you’re a fan of piña coladas or have ever made coconut cake then you’re familiar with coconut cream. It adds a divine sweetness and smoothness to drinks and desserts and is the defining factor in many tropically inspired (or based) cocktails. Coconut cream is also easy to confuse with other coconut products primarily coconut cream and coconut milk since their names and packaging are nearly identical. It’s almost as if they’re purposely designed to confuse us. Read on to learn the basics of coconut cream including what it is how it’s different from coconut cream and coconut milk where to find it in the grocery store coconut cream substitutions how to make your own coconut cream at home and how to use coconut cream in recipes.
Cream of coconut is coconut cream that has been sweetened and processed to a thick syrupy texture. It is primarily used as a mixer for drinks and cocktails and can be found with other non-alcoholic mixers such as margarita mix and bloody mary mix but it is also used in desserts or as a vegan alternative to milk or cream.
