Easy Chocolate Coconut Balls. A no-bake cookie treat that’s like a coconut candy bar. A popular Holiday treat too!
Chocolate Coconut Balls
These easy chocolate coconut balls are a coconut and chocolate lovers dream. Sweetened condensed milk makes for a moist coconut centre you’ll love.
Here’s one for Nancy, my friend who by her own confession needs, “a coconut intervention” and what’s better to add to a coconut lovers confection than chocolate?!
These are oh so easy to make and use just a few simple ingredients to make these wonderfully soft centred coconut wonders. Freezing the soft coconut centres makes it super easy to dip them in the chocolate too.
Chocolate Coconut Balls
The only problem after that is waiting the hour or so for the centre to that and the chocolate to set! These are always on my Holiday treat list particularly because they freeze so well.
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Chocolate Coconut Balls
Like this recipe? You may also like our Cherry Marshmallow Balls:
- 2 cups icing sugar powdered sugar
- 1 300 ml can sweetened condensed milk This is the 14oz size in the US.
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups fine unsweetened dried coconut
- 2 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp butter
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Mix together the icing sugar, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract ans dried coconut.
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Chill and roll into one inch balls.
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Place the balls on a parchment lined cookie sheet and freeze completely.
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In a double boiler, melt together the chocolate chips and butter.
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I use two forks to dip the coconut balls, one at a time. After rolling in the chocolate, I lift the dipped chocolate ball and let the excess chocolate drip off before placing them back onto the sheet to let the chocolate set.
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Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
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These freeze well too.
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Cathy T
December 22, 2012 at 9:08 pmI think I will be trying these ones tonight.
Thank you!
Gabrielle
December 22, 2012 at 9:23 pmHey! I love coconut and I’m making these for christmas. I just wanted to know how many coconut balls does this recipe make?
Barry C. Parsons
December 23, 2012 at 12:34 pmAbout 2 dozen, Gabrielle.
Cathy T
December 28, 2012 at 1:39 pmI made these over the holidays. Rather than rolling them into balls, I pressed them into a parchment lined pan and then cut them into fingers for dipping. They sure are yummy!
Cheryl
June 4, 2013 at 3:15 pmWhat is icing sugar?????
Barry C. Parsons
June 4, 2013 at 4:07 pmPowdered sugar (confectioners sugar)
Anonymous
June 5, 2013 at 9:08 pmI use tooth picks to dip them it’s a lot easier.
Linda gallon
September 19, 2014 at 7:17 pmBeautiful recipes
Barry C. Parsons
September 21, 2014 at 9:38 amThanks very much.
Ashley Campbell
November 9, 2014 at 3:37 pmMaking these right now. Easy and delicious!!
Barry C. Parsons
November 18, 2014 at 3:34 pmOne of my son’s favs too!
Tauja Shockley
November 25, 2014 at 3:49 pmGreat easy to make sending them in x mad tons to family members out of state they will love them thanks so much happy holidays to all
Barry C. Parsons
December 12, 2014 at 12:11 pmGlad you liked them…so easy and uncomplicated. I love them too.
Elizabeth
November 25, 2014 at 11:01 pmMaking them right now…trying with white chocolate, instead of the milk chocolate. ..so yummy!
Brenda
December 8, 2014 at 1:40 pmI make these and I add a cherry in the centre of the coconut ball and then add my chocolate to them sooo good . They freeze well also
Barry C. Parsons
December 12, 2014 at 11:56 amSounds delicious.
Don
December 13, 2014 at 9:19 amI did this only wish I had used a smaller pot so the chocolate mixture would have been deeper
Sherrill Campbell
December 20, 2016 at 8:05 pmI made these exactly as written and they were so good that I made a second batch. This time I replaced the vanilla with mint flavouring and they were also fantastic. These will assume a prominent place in my Christmas baking from now on. Thanks Barry.
Barry C. Parsons
December 21, 2016 at 10:16 amThat sounds good!
Donna
December 23, 2017 at 7:26 pmJust made these. Were fantastic. Family loved them. So easy to make. .
Ritika Yuvraj Ahiwale
December 21, 2016 at 5:21 amHi, i juz wanna ask dat..can we use coco powder for the dip instead of chocolate chips???? n foil paper instead of parchment lined paper?????
Barry C. Parsons
December 21, 2016 at 10:12 amThe foil is probably fine but the centres hare too soft to just roll in cocoa.
Heather
April 16, 2017 at 3:06 pmWow! I made these (it’s Easter) because I had some extra melted chocolate I needed to use up. “Easy” was key in my decision to make these, plus coconut and chocolate are fantastic together. These were so very easy to make. I just sampled them and they are so good they will be making my must make list from now on. I even made some shaped like little eggs!
Linda Moore
October 24, 2018 at 9:46 amHello Barry,
Do I use the whole tin of condensed milk…..14oz.
Thanks
Barry C. Parsons
October 24, 2018 at 12:24 pmYes, the whole 14 oz can. In Canada this product is sold by volume which is about 10 fluid ounces. In the US it is sold by weight which is 14 oz. Either way, it is the same size can but it does cause confusion for many of our US readers. I have added a note to the recipe ingredients to clarify.
vv
December 7, 2018 at 9:34 amsound delicious. Can’t wait to try. I have enjoyed every one of your recipes.
Thank you very much.
Joan
December 29, 2018 at 11:42 amI make a similar recipe but it calls for a can of fussell’s cream, 1/4 cup of butter and 4 cups of coconut instead of 3. My recipe came from a recipe book I bought back in the 70’s from Bell Island. We love them !But, I will definitely be trying this one too. Thank You !