Making Samoan Lolepopo

Mrs Folu has been teaching us a lot about Samoa.  On Friday she helped us to make 'lolepopo'.  It is a sweet treat made out of sugar and grated coconut.  She brought a strange looking equipment called a 'tuai'.  A tuai is like a huge grater which is used to grate coconut.

Amera's writing on how to make lolepopo

Making Lolepopo

A lolepopo is a type of Samoan lolly.

First we cracked a coconut.  Then we grated the coconut flesh.  We then put some brown sugar in the pan. After that we stirred the brown sugar and we waited for it to melt.  Next we poured the coconut flesh into the pan and we tried to cover the brown sugar with the coconut.  We mixed the brown sugar and coconut.

Charle's writing

Making Lolepopo

A lolepopo is a type of Samoan lolly.

First, we cracked the coconut and we scraped the coconut with a tuai.

Next, we put the sugar with the coconut. The sugar looked like caramel.

Lastly we put the coconut with the brown sugar in the electric fry pan.


We all tasted the lolepopo, some of us thought it was really yummy while others were not so sure.