I tried this recipe and it is a great! It is a delicious dessert, however Pani Popo is of Samoan origin which is another island in the South Pacific. I've also seen it listed as a Polynesian desert which is more broad but not inaccurate. So this is purely informational. Thank you for posting this recipe.

We made these to cook like our homemade cinnamon rolls. Coat bottom of the pan with 1 stick of softened butter. We use 12 of the Rhodes frozen rolls. Use the sugar in the recipe to roll the dough in. Place them in the pan and let rise. Meanwhile mix the coconut milk with 4 TBS of the sweetened condensed milk, pour only half of the mix over the rolls and bake accordingly. When you take them out of the oven use a fork to seperate the rolls and flip them over, so that the tops are facedown in the sauce. Remove rolls from pan and pour remaining coconut milk into the pan to "deglaze it" pour this over the rolls and serve.

I'm making this recipe using my own recipe for dinner rolls (they're rising right now).. and i just made the sauce. I sampled it (I shouldnt have - BAD idea) and its SO good, it made me feel all happy-funny inside...i had to double check all the ingredients were alcohol free (they were) haha i just know this is gonna be good

I followed the recipe exactly and it was wonderful! Gooey on the bottom as it is supposed to be!

this is wonderful... im definitely making this every week... i used 1/4 cup sugar as was suggested and low fat condensed milk... it made it out to 150 calories per serving instead of 190. edit: i made this again, but with frozen dough i let rise on its own instead of pre-fromed frozen rolls and it turned out a million times better. i made 8 HUGE rolls and it was great.

Gooooooood and easy! It is sticky on the bottom and tastes very good if you drizzle a bit onto the roll before serving. I used light coconut milk and since the only can of coconut milk available was 13.5 oz., I used that, increased the condensed milk to about 4 TBS and decreased the sugar a tad below 3/4 of a cup. I used 12 rolls and that seems like a good amount.

I made these to taste test, and also to take to a couple from Sunday School. They were fabulous! I used 13.5 ounces of coconut milk, 1/2 cup of sugar and five tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk. Yum! The "sauce" is almost like haupia (Hawaiian coconut pudding).

After reading the reviews I wasn't sure if I should use coconut milk or cream of coconut. Hmmm. Ended up using cream of coconut and Bridgeford frozen dough (do not use canned biscuits). Didn't want to waste a whole can of condensed milk so I just added some corn syrup and maybe a tablespoon of sugar to a half a can of cream of coconut. Made a smaller pan with 8 rolls just in case we didn't care for these. Wish they had a bit more coconut flavor but they are really good and soooo easy. They are gooey on the bottom and kind of crunchy chewy on the top. Will be making a full batch for Mother's Day dinner. I know I didn't follow the recipe exactly but if you love bread, donuts, etc you will love pani popo.

Deliciuos! Omitted the sugar as the condensed milk is sweet enough. Wish I could have remembered to top it with the coconut!

My family loves this recipe!... I like to put about 5 tbsp of sweetened condensed milk instead of just 3... I have also tried this with thawed out frozen yeast roll dough and with frozen yeast rolls that were already cooked... both were yummy... definitely try this recipe if you like coconut.

These were amazing! I used Rhodes white rolls and just let them thaw and rise according to the package - I also used 20 rolls in a 9x13 pan. To make them a little more figure friendly I used light coconut milk, the fat free condensed milk and only 1/2 C of sugar. We had a luau this weekend and these were an awesome finish.

Very tasty. Yes the bottoms are soggy, but they are meant to be. These are delicious. Made them for Easter and all 12 got gobbled up by 6 people!

I made 16 rolls as I was having 8 people over and wanted everyone to have seconds. Did not double the coconut sauce and it was perfect. These are fantastic, everyone loved them!

Good recipe. This is in fact a Samoan recipe and for it to be authentic the rolls are usually made with flour, sugar, water, and yeast. The frozen rolls are a good alternative.