INTRODUCTION

Pink Coconut Ice was only mentioned briefly in the third Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, as “shimmering pink squares.” Perhaps says its entry on the Harry Potter wiki (7300 articles strong, nerd respect).

Ingredients	Quantity
Sweetened condensed milk	800g
Icing sugar	300g
Desiccated coconut	650g
Pink food color	As per use

METHOD

Line a small rectangular baking tray or cake tin with baking parchment. If you don’t have any tin foil also works well.

In a large bowl, mix one tin of condensed milk with 150g of the icing sugar. Mix well, then add 325g of the desiccated coconut and stir again until thoroughly combined (the mixture may be quite stiff and hard to stir, but do persevere.)

Tip into your prepared tray or tin and press down to form a thin layer.

In the same bowl, tip in the second tin of condensed milk and mix with the remaining 150g of icing sugar. Add the food coloring (if using), and stir in until the mixture is a completely pink.

Add the remaining 325g desiccated coconut and stir until combined. Gently tip into the tray and press down to form a second layer over the first.
Leave the tray out to dry over night.

Once the top feels hardened to touch, carefully tip the slab of coconut ice out onto a large chopping board, peel off the baking parchment/tin foil and leave to dry for a few more hours.

Cut into bars, squares or even pretty shapes using cookie cutters and leave to dry a little longer before serving up or packing into pretty cellophane bags ready to gift to your favorite people on festivals.