Coconut Mound Balls

Submitted by Marsha D.

"My DH always gets a container of these every year during the holidays from one of the ladies in the office at one of his clients. I asked him to get the recipe from her and now I have it. OH! I love them! Thought I would share the recipe too."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 10 dozen

ingredients

• 1 cup margarine
• 1 (14 ounce) can Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
• 1 (14 ounce) bag mounds coconut
• 2 lbs powdered sugar
• 1 cup almonds, chopped finely
• 2 (12 ounce) bags nestle's milk chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening

directions

1. In a medium to large pot, melt the butter.
2. Add Eagle Brand milk and stir well.
3. Remove from heat and add coconut,almonds and powdered sugar. Stir well.
4. Let cool down 15 minutes; shape into small to medium balls.
5. Place on a lightly greased pan and put in freezer for 30 minutes to harden.
6. After 30 minutes or the balls have harden, remove from freezer and set aside.
7. Melt shortening in pan and add chocolate chips. Stir until chips melts or until smooth.
8. Dip balls in chocolate and place on wax paper and allow to set up.

Reviews

[soxfan28]

Very easy to make. I did cut recipe in 1/2 though as I didn't need that many. I am interested though to see what people think, as I think you might be able to cut back on the powdered sugar and still have it tasting great.