How To Make No-Bake Chocolate Coconut Snowballs
Enjoy these amazing chocolate snowballs made with rolled oats, cocoa powder, and sweetened coconut for chewy no-bake sweets that freeze incredibly.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3cupsold-fashioned rolled oats
- 3cupssweetened coconut,shredded, divided
- ½cupunsalted butter,(1 stick)
- 1cupgranulated sugar
- ½cupmilk
- 6tbspcocoa powder,unsweetened natural or dutch-process
- ⅛tspsalt
- 1tsppure vanilla extract
Instructions
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Place the oats and 1 cup of shredded coconut in a large bowl. Set aside.
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Combine the butter, sugar, milk, cocoa, and salt together in a large saucepan over medium heat. Whisk until the butter melts, then bring to a boil. Allow to boil for 1 minute without whisking.
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Remove butter mixture from heat, stir in the vanilla extract, then pour over the oats-coconut mixture. Stir until combined. Cover tightly with aluminum foil or plastic wrap and chill for at least 45 minutes and up to 2 to 3 days.
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Meanwhile, pulse the remaining coconut in a food processor to break it down.
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Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. And make sure there is enough room in your refrigerator for the baking sheets.
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Using a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop (or simply a spoon), roll into 1 tablespoon balls. The mixture may get a little sticky but just form it into a ball.
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Roll balls in coconut and place on the baking sheets. Refrigerate for at least 30 to 60 minutes to “set.”
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Serve and enjoy.
Nutrition
- Calories: 116.27kcal
- Fat: 6.58g
- Saturated Fat: 4.57g
- Trans Fat: 0.12g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.15g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.34g
- Carbohydrates: 14.18g
- Fiber: 1.87g
- Sugar: 7.51g
- Protein: 1.73g
- Cholesterol: 8.54mg
- Sodium: 14.00mg
- Calcium: 11.85mg
- Potassium: 80.20mg
- Iron: 0.72mg
- Vitamin A: 27.75µg
- Vitamin C: 0.26mg
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