Name: No-bake chocolate coconut cherry balls
Yield: About 50 balls
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 500 g Butter cookies; 3 tbsp Cocoa powder; 150 g Powdered sugar; 200 g Butter; 8 tbsp Jam; 100 ml Coffee (brewed); 50 ml Rum flavoring; 1 packet Vanilla sugar (20 g); 300 g Cherries; 200 g Shredded coconut (desiccated)

Instructions

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Crush the cookies and place them in a bowl. Add the sugar and cocoa powder and mix the dry ingredients thoroughly. Mix in the softened butter and jam to form a thick mixture.
Pour in the brewed coffee and rum flavoring and mix again until smooth and uniform. Shape the mixture into balls, placing a cherry in the center of each, then roll them in shredded coconut.
Tip: If the balls are not for children, replace the rum flavoring with rum and use sour cherries instead of sweet cherries, if desired.
Refrigerate the balls briefly until firm, then serve. They will keep in the refrigerator for several days.

Tip: Pit the cherries and drain them well in a strainer; their juice would make the mixture soggy and cause the balls to lose their shape as you roll them.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per piece, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 131 kcal
Protein: 1.1 g
Carbohydrates: 15 g
of which sugars: 8.0 g
Fat: 7.8 g
of which saturates: 5.4 g
Fiber: 1.0 g
Salt: 0.1 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Koko-čoko guľôčky s čerešňami naloženými v rume