Would you like to learn how to make coconut butter? You are honestly not going to believe how easy it is!
No fancy ingredients (and only TWO of them!), no fancy equipment (just a food processor) and it only takes 15 minutes and you have creamy and delicious coconut butter that is ready to use.
Coconut butter is such a fabulous ingredient but it has one drawback, it can be really expensive! But not if you make it yourself. 
To start with, all you need is some simple dessicated coconut. You can usually get this at any supermarket. I get it in large 18oz (500g) bags and it’s usually quite inexpensive.
So you want to add 3-4 cups of dessicated coconut to your food processor. I started off with 3 cups, but when it had processed down a bit, I added in the 4th cup.
You need enough volume in there for the blades to have something to grab onto so you can’t try and make a small batch, there needs to be enough to move around.
At the point that it starts to look as it does in the second photograph above, that’s when I added in 1 Tbsp of melted coconut oil (the second ingredient). This ingredient isn’t strictly necessary, as you’ll get there in the end even without it, but I made this the same way I make my nut butters and I usually add a Tbsp of oil to those as well, I find it just makes things go a lot faster and easier and why not I say.
So you add the melted coconut oil in while the machine is running and then it starts to look as it does in the photo below.
And you keep going keep going keep going and it starts to turn to liquid goodness as you see in the photo right above! And that’s all there is to it!
You have to stop a few times to scrape down the sides, and the entire thing takes around 15 minutes, but that’s really all there is to it!
If you’re amazed, well let me just say I was too! If you’re not amazed, well you’re heaps cooler than me! I was always savvy to the nut butter making ways of the world but for some reason did not compute that making coconut butter could be this easy! Isn’t it grand?
I hope you will love this recipe for how to make coconut butter! It is:
- Creamy
- Rich
- Coconutty
- So easy!
- Affordable!
Keep it in a sealed jar at room temperature where it will stay good for at least a couple of weeks! Use it wherever some delish coconut butter is needed (some ideas are below!).
It tends to harden unless your room temperature is currently blazing hot, so all you have to do is stand the jar in a bowl of hot water to melt it and then stir it up very well again and it will be perfect for you to use.
So what do you think of this recipe for how to make coconut butter? Going to try it? Let us know in the comments and do rate the recipe too please, it’s so helpful! Thank you so much.
This coconut butter is divine to eat as is, but it’s also used in these recipes:
- 3-Ingredient Vegan Caramel Sauce
- Vegan Cheesecake with Salted Caramel Fudge Sauce
- Caramel Fudge Vegan Chocolates
For more delicious homemade nut butters check out these recipes:
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How To Make Coconut Butter Completely Smooth!
Okay and here’s my final little tip for you (you thought this post was over didn’t you? 
), as you can see in the photos above, the texture of the coconut butter is grainy. This is not a problem at all! I assure you. And you don’t have to do anything about that. It’s totally fine to leave it like that. It’s delicious, it’s perfect, grainy is not an issue in any dimension.
But if you want to have literally exactly what you would get if you bought a jar of coconut butter from the store right now, then…. you can have that too. All you have to do is after you have processed it up in your food processor into the liquid form, then you put it into your blender and blend for about a minute and you get it totally perfectly smooth that way.
You don’t want to make the coconut butter from scratch in the blender though, you want to do it in the food processor as explained above, the blender is just for the final (totally optional, mostly cosmetic) smoothing step! These pics below show the exact same coconut butter as above, just blended up in my Vitamix for a minute. Ta da!
How To Make Coconut Butter
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: ~1 and 1/4 cups
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Learn how to make coconut butter in 15 minutes with 2 easy ingredients and a food processor! Rich, creamy, delicious, and so easy (not to mention affordable) you’ll want to make it yourself all the time from now on!
Ingredients
- 4 cups (320g) Dessicated Coconut
- 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil (Melted)
Instructions
- Add 3 cups of dessicated coconut to the food processor and begin processing. After 3-4 minutes it will start to process down and look a little sparse, that’s when you can add the remaining cup of dessicated coconut in.
- Continue to process, as it starts to form into clumps, add the coconut oil as the machine is running and keep processing until it forms a liquid.
- Stop the machine and scrape down the sides when needed.
- It will take around 12-15 minutes in total to get to the liquid consistency.
Notes
*Once it has reached a liquid consistency in the food processor (as pictured in the blog post), it will still have a grainy texture, this is completely fine and it’s fine to use exactly as is. However, if you want it to be completely smooth, you can move it to your blender at this stage and blend it for a minute or so to get it completely smooth.
*Store sealed in a jar at room temperature, it will tend to harden, stand the jar in a bowl of hot water to let it melt, stir well and it will be ready to use. Lasts at least 2 weeks.
- Category: How To, Vegan Basics
- Cuisine: Vegan
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Tbsp
- Calories: 119
- Sugar: 1.1g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 11.7g
- Saturated Fat: 10.8g
- Carbohydrates: 3.7g
- Fiber: 2.6g
- Protein: 1.1g
Keywords: coconut butter
hi, can I substitute the coconut oil with other oil like corn oil? Since I don’t have coconut oil atm.
I would rather leave it out in that case. It’s not crucial, if you process it longer, you will end up at the same place even without adding any oil. I just think using a different oil could have a negative impact on the flavor.
I only have a nutribullet so couldn’t get to the super liquid stage, but I’m happy with what I was able to get. It is being used as an addition to turmeric lattes mostly so it should blend up well and add a bit of extra fat and sweetness! Great recipe – really can’t find coconut butter locally.
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So glad it worked out Lizzy, thanks for sharing and the great review! 🙂
Do you know if this would still work if I toasted the coconut? Sounds like something that would be great on toast
Hi T, I don’t think so, I think that would dry out the oils so that you wouldn’t be able to process it into a butter. It might be something you could add to the finished coconut butter if you wanted though! 🙂
Hi is it possible to make coconut butter with fresh coconut or should it be dry dessicated coconut?
Hi Van, you can make it with shredded coconut as well as dessicated coconut, not fresh coconut as far as I know.
Thank you I will try it
Hi I’m using a bosh mum 5 and the food processor attachment. But I’ve been running it for half an hour already and nothing happens… The coconut just got finer and that’s it… Any solutions?
Hi, I wasn’t familiar with this machine at all, so just having a look and it seems like it’s pretty large. Larger than the average food processor, you would probably need to do large amount to make this work. It’s super important when making coconut butter that there is enough coconut in there so that the blades have something to grab onto. If you have a large size food processor you may need to double or even triple the amount you make. It needs to look like our pictures look, so if you need to use a LOT more to create that because your processor is large then that will be a crucial part of making this work.
Fanstastic. I will try it.
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Can the coconut butter be kept on the thicker side more like a frosting? I can see a lot of uses with the thinner consistency but I’m really looking for something thick and creamy.
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It gets incredibly thick, in fact goes solid when cold. Like coconut oil. You have to melt it again by standing the jar in hot water, so it is thick. If mixed with maple syrup you get caramel sauce, like used as a topping in our vegan cheesecake.
Hi again Alison, would a Vitamix S30 High-Performance Blender be good for making this recipe? It has a 840watt motor and selling for a good price on the Australian eBay. You can make Nut Butters with it. I love Coconut Oil, Coconut Cream and Coconut Butter – they are all healthy for us including Coconut Cream when homemade – I really don’t trust the properties in the lining they manufacture cans with.
Did you know that Fluoride is used in Teflon and most Non-Stick pans that claim not to be Tephlon, use Tephlon in the chemical composition that is used? Polycarbonate used in many bottles is derived from BPA? So I would not be too trusting of BPA Free cans either – better to make Recipes like this and store in glass containers! Besides that, it is more satisfying. The more practice we have in making Homemade Meals, the less time it takes overall. It’s nice to venture in our kitchens, at-least once or twice a week, hey?
Hi Janet, there are blender recipes for coconut butter and the method is a little different so I would rather follow one of those recipes than this one which was done in a food processor. ?
Is awesome the recipe of making homemade coconut butter thank you for the recipe.
Looking forwards for more healthy recipes
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Very easy recipe I made it twice used it for fillings for sweets the second time I had to put a little more coconut oil really nice taste worth making it and it’s cheap to make
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Wonderful! Yes it’s so much more affordable than buying it. 🙂
I don’t have a hole to put the coconut oil in while it’s running can I stop it and put in but I’m using a food processor
Hi Claire, yes if you can’t pour it in while the machine is running, then just stop it, add the coconut oil and then continue. 🙂
Ok thanks I’m going to try it it’s cheaper to make than buying
Could I use a vitamix for processing? I don’t have a food processor, unfortunately.
Hi! It’s not something I’ve tried, and the method would be a little different, others have done it though, and you could refer to this blog for a vitamix method for making this. All the best! 🙂
Thanks so much! ?
Can i make this with coconut milk residue?
I wouldn’t think so, no.
So easy and tasty!
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Definitely! 🙂
Love this one great and easy keep up the good work. I will definitely make my own from now on.
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It’s totally worth it to make your own and yes, so easy! 🙂
Just exactly what I’m looking for. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Yay! So glad I could help! 🙂
Does it taste of coconut as I think it should, considering that both ingredients are coconut? Maybe it’s good to spread on scones.
Definitely does taste of coconut in a delicious way! It’s very good as a spread or just straight off the spoon! 🙂
Thank you very much for this delicious recipe ! I have a question : I would like to make my own almond puree, since it is quite expensive at the store. Do you think I could adapt your recipe in this purpose ?
Thank you again for your great site and recipes ? !
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Hi Florence! I have made almond butter in much the same way, you can check out the recipe! It’s definitely worthwhile to make it yourself as well. So glad you like the recipes! 🙂