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Coconut Raffaello Balls Recipe

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Delicious and easy-to-make Coconut Balls, also known as Raffaello Balls, combining creamy condensed milk, crunchy almonds, and a crisp coating of crushed digestive biscuits and cornflakes, all coated in smooth white chocolate for a perfect no-bake treat.

Ingredients

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Main Ingredients

  • 135 g Desiccated coconut (1½ cup) (unsweetened)
  • 160 ml Condensed milk (½ cup)
  • 50 g Digestive biscuits (1.76 oz)
  • 40 g Cornflakes (1.4 oz) (unsweetened)
  • 15 Almonds (peeled)
  • 150 g White chocolate (5.3 oz)
  • 1 teaspoon Coconut oil (for melting chocolate)

Instructions

  1. Prepare Crumbs: Put digestive biscuits and cornflakes in a food processor, close the lid, and pulse several times to get small, even crumbs. Pour the crumbs onto a plate and set aside.
  2. Mix Coconut and Condensed Milk: Combine desiccated coconut with sweetened condensed milk in a mixing bowl.
  3. Form Coconut Balls: With slightly wet hands, take about 1 teaspoon of the coconut mixture, flatten it, place an almond in the middle, and roll into a ball. Adjust the mixture consistency by adding more condensed milk if too dry or more coconut if too thin.
  4. Coat with Crumbs: Roll each coconut ball in the prepared digestive biscuit and cornflake crumbs, then place them on a parchment lined tray.
  5. Freeze Balls: Put the tray with coconut balls in the freezer for 30 minutes to firm up.
  6. Melt White Chocolate: Melt white chocolate together with a teaspoon of coconut oil in a bain-marie (hot water bath) until smooth.
  7. Coat Balls in Chocolate: Dip each chilled coconut ball into the melted white chocolate, coat evenly, allow excess chocolate to drip off, and place back on a parchment lined tray.
  8. Chill Before Serving: Store the coated balls in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes to set the chocolate coating before serving.

Notes

  • Use slightly wet hands to prevent the coconut mixture from sticking while rolling balls.
  • Adjust condensed milk and desiccated coconut to get the right consistency for rolling.
  • If you don’t have coconut oil, you can melt white chocolate alone but coconut oil helps to make it smoother for coating.
  • Store finished coconut balls in an airtight container in the refrigerator to keep them fresh.
  • For a nut-free version, omit the almonds or replace with a seed of choice.

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