Ingredients
The following ingredients have 6 Servings
- 1 (14 ounce) sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 heaping cups powdered sugar, more if needed
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1-1/2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1 (1 pound 8 ounce) package chocolate flavored almond bark OR
- 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips plus 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening (like Crisco).
Instruction
- Combine everything but the dipping chocolate ingredients and mix well. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Remove from the refrigerator and roll into balls about the size of a large marble and place onto parchment or wax paper lined baking sheets. Place balls into fridge while you melt the chocolate.
- Using a double boiler, or microwave choice of coating in a microwave safe glass bowl, at 15 second intervals, stirring each time.
- Working in batches of about a dozen at a time, and leaving remaining balls in the refrigerator, quickly drop the balls, one at a time, into the melted chocolate and toss with a fork to fully coat.
- Lift out, letting excess chocolate drain off, and scraping bottom of fork across bowl rim before transferring back to the wax or parchment paper to set. May also use toothpicks to spear and dip.
- Makes about 6 to 7 dozen, depending on how large you roll them.
