Cocoa Balls Recipes

SWEDISH CHOCOLATE BALLS (OR COCONUT BALLS)

Steps:

• Mix the oats, sugar, and cocoa together in a bowl. Add the butter, and use your hands to mix the ingredients together to make a thick dough. Mix in the coffee, vanilla, and chocolate until thoroughly blended.
• Place the coconut flakes in a small bowl. Pinch off small amounts of dough and roll between your hands to make small balls, about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Roll the balls in the coconut flakes. Balls are ready to eat, or may be refrigerated 2 hours to become firmer.

COCOA RUM BALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine vanilla wafer crumbs, chopped nuts, 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar, and cocoa. Mix in rum and corn syrup. Shape dough into 1 inch balls; roll in confectioners' sugar.
• Store rum balls in an airtight container for 2 to 3 days to develop flavor. Roll them again in confectioners' sugar before serving.

COCOA BALLS (VEGAN, PALEO)

Steps:

• Mix everything but the coconut flour and chocolate chips.
• Add 3 teaspoons coconut flour.
• Stir for about a minute or until it's firmed up and you can roll the mixture into balls. If it still doesn't seem firm enough to roll into balls, let the mix sit about 5 minutes so the coconut flour has time to absorb the moisture. Then add more coconut flour, if needed.
• Add in the chocolate chips, if using. That might be easiest with your hands.
• Roll into sixteen 23-gram (about 1") balls.
• Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week, refrigerate for 2 weeks or freeze for 3 months.

COCOA BALLS

Steps:

• Combine sugar, cocoa, walnuts, blend in sour cream and rum.
• Shape into balls, smaller then a golf ball, roll in nuts.
• Chill balls in fridge.