Swedish Chokladboll (Chocolate Ball)

Submitted by Leahs Kitchen

"A simple traditional snack usually served with tea or coffee. Enjoy! (Found this recipe off the internet to post for ZWT6) I haven't made this yet so yield is approx."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 24 balls
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 3 1⁄4 cups oats
• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 6 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp vanilla extract, added with the coffee)
• 2⁄3 cup butter or 2/3 cup margarine
• 6 tablespoons cold coffee
• flaked coconut

directions

1. Mix oats, sugar, vanilla sugar, and cocoa in a large bowl.
2. Using your hands or a potato masher, incorporate the butter into the dry ingredients until the dough has an even consistency.
3. Add the coffee and mix until incorporated.
4. Fill a small bowl with flaked coconut.
5. With your hands, roll the dough into 3 cm (1 inch) diameter balls.
6. Roll each ball in the coconut and place on a tray.
7. Chill chocolate balls for at least one hour before serving.

Reviews

[jenn1c]

I made these today for my daughters school project on Sweden. I doubled the recipe and made them much smaller because I needed a minimum of 100! They are really tasty but at the golf ball size they are a bit overwhelming even for my major sweet tooth!!!