How to make Coconut Yogurt
My homemade coconut yogurt is creamy, gently tangy, and completely dairy-free. Made with canned coconut milk and live probiotic cultures, it’s an easy, reliable way to make coconut milk yogurt at home using a yogurt maker ~ no gums, fillers, or stabilizers needed.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 40 oz canned full-fat coconut milk, (this is 3 13.5-ounce cans)
- 1 Tbsp powdered gelatin
- 1 direct-set yogurt starter* or 6 oz coconut milk yogurt with live cultures
Instructions
- Pour the coconut milk into a saucepan and heat to 180°F — hot but not boiling.
- Sprinkle the gelatin evenly over the hot milk and whisk until completely dissolved.
- Let the mixture cool to 110°F. This temperature is key: warm enough for the cultures to activate, but not so hot that they’re destroyed.
- Whisk in the yogurt starter (or coconut yogurt) until fully blended.
- Transfer the mixture to a yogurt maker and incubate at 105–110°F for 10–12 hours. Overnight works perfectly.
- Refrigerate the yogurt for several hours to fully set.
- For thicker yogurt, line a colander with two layers of cheesecloth, set it over a bowl, and drain the yogurt for about 1 hour.
Notes
- This coconut yogurt is dairy-free but not vegan, as it uses gelatin for structure. For a vegan option, use a plant-based thickener such as agar-agar instead.
- Full-fat canned coconut milk is essential for good texture.
- Gelatin gives coconut yogurt structure that fermentation alone can’t provide.
- For the most consistent results, a direct-set starter is more reliable than reusing yogurt batch to batch.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5 cup · Calories: 282 kcal · Carbohydrates: 4 g · Protein: 4 g · Fat: 30 g · Saturated Fat: 27 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g · Sodium: 20 mg · Potassium: 312 mg · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 26 mg · Iron: 5 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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