No-Bake Cherry Balls

tasty little bites of maraschino cherry and coconut...

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 42 balls

Ingredients

• 42  maraschino cherries
• 1⁄2 cup  graham wafer crumbs
• 1⁄2 cup butter (softened)
• 1 3⁄4 cups icing sugar (sifted)
• 1  tablespoon  orange juice
• 1 1⁄2 cups coconut (finely shredded or grated)

Directions

1. Dry the cherries on paper towel.
2. Cream the butter and gradually mix in the icing sugar and orange juice.
3. Add coconut and mix well.
4. Note: this mixture will be soft.
5. Roll a small portion of the coconut mixture evenly around each cherry and then roll in graham wafer crumbs.
6. Place on wax paper and keep cool.