Pro Tips

• Make sure your hands are damp when you are rolling the balls, it will stop them from getting so sticky and help the coconut to stick

• Adding pink jelly crystals and green coconut gives these balls a festive look making them great for Christmas gifting

• You could exchange the green coconut with green jelly crystals

• You could exchange the pink jelly crystals for coconut dyed pink, however I find the jelly crystals add a nice flavour 

• It helps to chop the cherry ripes into smaller pieces before putting them in the food processor

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Ingredients

250g plain biscuits

3 cherry ripe bars

1 tbs cocoa

¾ cup desiccated coconut

1 tin condensed milk

100g milk chocolate

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Topping

½ cup desiccated coconut

¼ cup desiccated coconut, dyed green

½ cup pink jelly crystals

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How to make it:

Process biscuits in a food processor to a fine crumb

Add cocoa and cherry ripes and process again

Transfer to a large bowl and stir through coconut

In a small saucepan, stir condensed milk and chocolate over gentle heat until chocolate has melted and mixture is smooth

Pour over crumb mixture and mix well until thoroughly combined

Combine all topping ingredients in a small bowl

Using damp hands, roll cherry ripe mixture into small balls  then roll in topping mixture to coat well

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Makes 35 balls

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