Swedish Chocolate Balls (or Coconut Balls)
Description
This recipe for Swedish chocolate balls (or coconut balls) is for no-bake morsels with oats, sugar, cocoa, butter, coffee, chocolate, and coconut.
Ingredients
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4 cups regular rolled oats
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1 1/4 cups white sugar
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1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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1 cup butter or margarine, softened
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2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened baking chocolate, melted
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2 tablespoons strong coffee
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1/3 cup coconut flakes
Directions
1
Combine oats, sugar, and cocoa in a bowl. Add butter; mix, using your hands, until makes a thick dough. Mix in chocolate, coffee, and vanilla until thoroughly blended.
2
Place coconut flakes in a small bowl. Pinch off small pieces of dough; roll into balls (about 1 ½ inches). Roll balls in coconut flakes. Balls are ready to eat, or refrigerate to become firmer, about 2 hours.