Cherry Ripe Bites
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
50 pieces
ingredients
- 4 cups desiccated coconut
- 400 g red glace cherries, chopped
- 2 tablespoons cherry brandy, flavoured essence
- 3 drops red food coloring
- 395 g sweetened condensed milk
- 375 g dark chocolate
- 30 g Copha (or other light flavored oil) or 30 ml peanut oil (or other light flavored oil)
directions
- Combine coconut, cherries, essence, food colouring and sweetened condensed milk, mix well.
- Roll heaped teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls. Place on tray, refrigerate until firm.
- Melt chocolate and copha or oil together.
- Re-roll balls before dipping into chocolate mixture. Place on baking paper lined tray to set.
- Re-dip in chocolate mixture if necessary or if you like a thicker chocolate layer.
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I live in beautiful Perth, Western Australia with my husband. I work part time and seem to fill in the rest of the time with cooking! I love catching up with friends and family for dinner and drinks, it's great to share a new recipe (or test it on them!!)