5 Reviews of Shuku Shuku (Nigerian Coconut Balls)

From: Omm

On Nov 12, 2008

Wonderful! I'm a coconut lover and always enjoy finding new coconut recipes. Because another reviewer said the cookies seemed not to be sweet enough, I used sweetened coconut instead of unsweetened. I doubled the recipe but because I so often forget egg whites sitting in my refrigerator I decided to use three whole eggs rather than six egg yolks. I also substituted powdered sugar for caster sugar. Because the white of the egg is bigger than the yolk I found it necessary to add quite a bit of coconut to make it possible to form balls from the dough. Lots of changes, I know, but the result was terrific. When I make them again, and assuming I double the recipe, I will use only two whole eggs instead of three which would make them not quite as runny and difficult to manipulate. Even though the cookies were obviously sweeter than they would have been with unsweetened coconut they still were not overly sweet. I made them for a grown child who doesn't eat much sugar and I think they'll be just right. Thank you for a great recipe.

From: Chef #686576

On Dec 13, 2007

I simply love it!

From: justcallmetoni

On Jun 25, 2008

I selected this for the ZWT4 African dessert challenge which called for preparing a dish without white sugar. Replaced the caster sugar with 3 tablespoons of barley malt and reduced the yolks by one because of the liquidity of the malt. This substitution gave me a confection quite different in taste and appearance from the original recipe. Barley malt is darker than honey and while sweet has a slightly smoky flavor, though nothing compared to molasses. The results of my kitchen experiment were met with mixed reviews; I liked them but my coworkers did not. I suspect honey - milder and sweeter - would have worked better for them.

From: Nasseh

On Jun 27, 2008

I was undecided as how to rate this recipe. These balls had a nice taste but they weren't very sweet. I sprinkled some powdered sugar on top of them once they cooled. Made for ZWT 4

From: Heydarl

On Jun 29, 2008

These were lovely & so easy to make. I made them for the ZWT4 African Dessert challenge, so used sweetened coconut flakes, added 3 tbsp honey & left out one egg yolk. The taste was great. Thanks for sharing this recipe Mandy.