Coconut snowballs

AUTHOR
Sheila Zhang
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 30
  • 250 g white couverture
  • 1 cube (25 g) Coconut oil (e.g. palm oil)
  • 1 tin(s) (236 g) Pineapple Rings
  • 200 g Wholemeal butter biscuits
  • 150 g Coconut flake
  • 7-10 Tbsp Freezer bag
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Chop 100 g chocolate coating. Melt the coconut oil in a hot water bath with 1⁄2 cubes. Drain the pineapple. Puree finely with a hand blender. Put the biscuits in a large freezer bag, seal it and roll a pastry roll over them until the biscuits are finely crumbled.

  2. 2

    Place in a mixing bowl with pineapple puree and 50 g coconut flakes. Mix in the melted chocolate coating well. Form cherry-sized balls with slightly moistened hands. Chill for about 1 hour.

  3. 3

    Put the remaining grated coconut in a deep plate. Chop the rest of the chocolate coating. Melt with the remaining coconut oil in a hot water bath. Dip the balls into the chocolate coating using a praline fork (or wooden skewer).

  4. 4

    Drain well and turn immediately in the coconut shavings. Put them on baking paper and let them set in the fridge in about 1 hour.