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How to Make Coconut Butter at Home (Paleo, Vegan)

Cheryl Malik
Cheryl Malik Posted: 04/06/17 Updated: 12/13/21
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Coconut butter in a small glass jar with a wood spoon.

Every wondered how to make coconut butter? It’s beyond easy and very budget-friendly (unlike the storebought stuff)! Perfect for making my paleo coconut cream eggs or just spreading on toast, check out this article to find out how to make coconut butter with only 1 ingredient and 3 minutes. All you need is coconut and a Vitamix blender. 

Before developing my paleo coconut cream eggs recipe, how to make coconut butter didn’t really ever cross my mind. I’d heard of coconut “manna,” which is something like $4000 per pound at Whole Foods, and just kind of mentally crossed it off my list. Yeah, that doesn’t fit in my budget. Nice idea, though. Byeeeee.

Every wondered how to make coconut butter? It's beyond easy and very budget-friendly (unlike the storebought stuff)! Perfect for making my paleo coconut cream eggs or just spreading on toast, check out this article to find out how to make coconut butter with only 1 ingredient and 3 minutes.

But, a year or two and dozens of homemade nut butters later, it occurred to me that I should, uh, Google how to make coconut butter. It couldn’t be that difficult, right? And it would be just freaking perfect for those vegan coconut cream eggs (spoiler alert: ‘freaking perfect’ is a massive understatement). Turns out? All you need is a ton of coconut and a blender. Coconut manna is a big ruse!

Here’s how to make coconut butter:

  1. Pour 4 cups of unsweetened coconut flakes into your Vitamix or Blendtec blender.
  2. Start blender.
  3. Use damper.
  4. Work up to high speed and blend for 1 minute.
  5. Let rest 1 minute.
  6. Blend on high for 1 more minute.
  7. Eat?

With a Vitamix and seriously just four cups of unsweetened coconut flakes, you’ve got this.

Every wondered how to make coconut butter? It's beyond easy and very budget-friendly (unlike the storebought stuff)! Perfect for making my paleo coconut cream eggs or just spreading on toast, check out this article to find out how to make coconut butter with only 1 ingredient and 3 minutes.
It’s easier than making your own nut butter and, holy moly, so good. I’m actually pretty impressed that I shot this recipe at all, considering how at-risk the props were for my consumption. I ate spoonfuls and spoonfuls on their own in the name of quality control, hoping that my teeth marks wouldn’t show in the photos. Yeah, we’re not delicate over here at the 40 Aprons headquarters.

That’s alright. Coconut butter brings out the beasts in all of us.

Every wondered how to make coconut butter? It's beyond easy and very budget-friendly (unlike the storebought stuff)! Perfect for making my paleo coconut cream eggs or just spreading on toast, check out this article to find out how to make coconut butter with only 1 ingredient and 3 minutes.
So the real question shouldn’t be, “How to make coconut butter?” but “How often can I make coconut butter?”

The answer? Oh, you know, daily is probably good.

4 cups of coconut will yield about 1 cup of coconut butter, so the resulting manna is so rich and creamy, dense yet somehow delicate. It doesn’t taste tropical but simply aromatic, and it’d be fantastic on sweet potato toast or toast-toast, depending on your relationship with gluten.

And seriously, those paleo coconut cream eggs are ? x ?. (That’s a lot.)

Hey – you’ve made it this far, so now we’re basically best friends! If you make this recipe, I’d love for you to give it a quick review & star rating ★ below. Make sure you follow me on Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, and Facebook, too!

Every wondered how to make coconut butter? It's beyond easy and very budget-friendly (unlike the storebought stuff)! Perfect for making my paleo coconut cream eggs or just spreading on toast, check out this article to find out how to make coconut butter with only 1 ingredient and 3 minutes.
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How to Make Coconut Butter at Home (Paleo, Vegan)

Prep:3 minutes minutes
Total:3 minutes minutes
Wondering how to make coconut butter? All you need is 1 ingredient and 3 minutes to make this rich and creamy spread at home. The process goes easily and quickly with a Vitamix
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1 Jar

Ingredients

  • 4 cups unsweetened shredded coconut

Instructions 

  • Place coconut in blender and start processing. Use damper to press coconut down so blender blitzes all shreds. Once all coconut is a consistent powder-like texture, work speed up to high. After 1 minute on high, turn off. Let rest 1 minute. Turn blender back on high and blend 1 more minute. Turn off and scrape coconut butter out of blender. Keep in an airtight container at room temperature. Lasts at least a couple weeks.

Notes

You can use High-speed blender and damper , like a Vitamix.

Nutrition Information

Serving Size: 1g, Calories: 2455kcal, Protein: 26g, Fat: 240g, Saturated Fat: 213g, Sodium: 138mg, Potassium: 2020mg, Total Carbs: 88g, Fiber: 61g, Sugar: 27g, Net Carbs: 27g, Vitamin C: 6mg, Calcium: 97mg, Iron: 12mg

Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.

 

Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.

 

To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.

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Every wondered how to make coconut butter? It's beyond easy and very budget-friendly (unlike the storebought stuff)! Perfect for making my paleo coconut cream eggs or just spreading on toast, check out this article to find out how to make coconut butter with only 1 ingredient and 3 minutes.
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Cheryl Malik is the recipe developer, writer, and photographer behind the healthy, flavorful, family friendly recipes at 40 Aprons. She's been a blogger for 10+ years and is known for her delicious recipes and detailed recipe instructions. Cheryl is a mom of three who lives in Memphis, TN.

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  1. Brooke says

    Posted on 6/20/23 at 11:12 am

    I don’t have a vitamix, I use a shark blender, would this work? I would love to be able to make my own coconut butter!5 stars

    Reply
    • Megan | 40 Aprons TeamMegan | 40 Aprons Team says

      Posted on 6/20/23 at 12:28 pm

      Yes that should work just fine!

      Reply
  2. Natalie says

    Posted on 9/23/21 at 4:39 pm

    Would finer desiccated coconut work for this too? 😊 So eager to make coconut cream eggs!

    Reply
  3. Arielle says

    Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:27 am

    Do you think this is doable in my nutribullet??

    Reply
  4. Lindsay | With Salt and Pepper says

    Posted on 4/11/17 at 2:57 pm

    I’ve never considered making my own coconut oil at home…this is a must try!! I’m so glad you posted this 🙂

    Reply
    • Cheryl MalikCheryl Malik says

      Posted on 4/11/17 at 5:15 pm

      Well, I haven’t discovered how to make coconut oil just yet (trust me, I’m trying, ha!), but this coconut butter is basically like the frosting of coconut oil.

      Clearly I’m hungry…

      Reply

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