Coquito

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This is a delicious recipe with the egg yolks and ice cream, but I personally use 1 can cream of coconut, 1 can evap milk, 1 can sweetened cond. milk, 1 cup white rum, 1 cup brandy, 1tsp vanilla and 1 tablespoon of apple pie spice. Mine's a brown color, very good if you like the spice. Not good if you are a purist with only the coconut flavor. Good work Emeril.

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There is a lot of controversy about the eggs! Well i can give my insight on that, my grandmother has been using the same recipe since 1896! Yea i know a very old recipe! All i can say is that the "original" recipe does not call for eggs! But as the years past and the American culture began to sink in, Coquito was compared a lot to Eggnog which is American and thus the 2 recipes mixed in! That's what my grandma told me, that her grandma told her and saw it happen. Some family's put eggs some don't! Personally i dont use eggs in mine. So ill share with you my recipe

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Hi we are from Caguas and Las Piedras, PR.
We use a similar recipe, but instead of vanilla ice cream, we use coconut ice cream... mmmm...
Thank you for sharing your recipe!!! Christmas are around the corner. Parranda, pasteles, coquito y fiestas

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I am from Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and this is the best "Coquito" I have ever made! Simply delicious! Helen

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I'm Puerto Rican so I love this especially during Christmas time, but we don't put in the eggs or ice cream.

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If you are planning on using eggs in the recipe, I would recommend using pasteurized eggs. They are safe and eliminate the risk of salmonella. I have been using them for years from my eggnog recipes to my eggs for breakfast. I believe they taste great and you won't have to worry about recalls.

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I have never had coquito made with ice cream but I would definitely try it.

My mom makes good ol' fashioned coquito which she learned from her mom and there are eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, REAL coconut. It takes mom all day to make her batches.

I will definitely try this recipe as I don't have the time or energy my mom does :

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Those of you that posted that eggs are not used in Coquito are partially incorrect. They can be made with or without eggs depending on which coconut source is used. The old school way of making it is with eggs.

My mother's recipe is the original / classical way of making coquito.

It is an old family tradition at my mother's house to make Coquito for Christmas (as a family. We not only use eggs but we also use real coconuts. Dad breaks the coconuts (discards the water. We remove the meat, clean, and puree it with rum to extract the coconut flavor. We then strain the mix with cheese cloth or a clean white tshirt. Next we mix the rum (flavored w/cococut with the evaporated and condensed milk, egg yolks, and other ingredients. Once cold it becomes nicely thick, which we drink with shot glasses, not like pi?a colados in tumblers or mugs.

I'll guarantee that you'll never have coquito as good as this. Everyone that has tasted it agrees that the flavor and consistency is superior to any they ever tasted.

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i'm not sure who gave this recipe but the original coquito doesnt have eggs or icecream. for us puertoricans when u put eggs is when ur making Ponche. just thought ppl should know that LOL

Amanda, you can put all the ingredents they have there w.out the eggs n it will taste much better. believe i make coquito and sell it. every1 loves it.

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My husband is not a foodie, but he is Puerto Rican and he's never had coquito with eggs or ice cream in it, although it sounds delicious anyway. The recipe we use calls for 30 oz. coconut milk, 14 oz. condensed milk, 1 cup of bacardi, 1 cup of water, a pinch of salt, and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, all blended with ice. We had it ourselves and gave it as a gift last year and everyone loved it. So, no, the eggs aren't necessary - it will still taste great, but you'll probably want to use the ice cream or blend it with ice to thicken it up a bit.