Coconut chocolates
Coconut chocolates (raffaello copycat)
Ingredients
- 2,5 cups Desiccated unsweetened coconut
- 2 cups White chocolate chips
- 4 tbsp Melted unsalted butter
- 40-50 Hazelnuts or almonds toasted (10 minutes on 180 degrees Celsius in the oven)
Chocolate coating
- 1 cup White chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp Coconut oil
- Shredded coconut
Instructions
- Melt the butter and chocolate chips (au bain marie)
- Add the melted chocolate to the coconut and stir well
- Using a tablespoon or a small ice cream scoop take a little bit of the coconut mixture, add an almond to the middle of it
- Try to make the balls as small as possible
- Form a ball with the nut in the middle
- The chocolates could be done now
- Otherwise, melt the chocolate with the coconut oil for the chocolate coating
- Dip the balls into the chocolate and when coated, roll them through the coconut flakes
- Place on parchment paper to harden