Chocolate Coconut Balls - The Maltese Way
If you’ve never tried chocolate coconut balls done the Maltese way, you’re seriously missing out! This secretly healthy recipe has your chocolate cravings covered.
Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 220 g Sugar Free Biscuits
- 75 g Oats
- 30 g Cocoa Powder
- 150 g Desiccated Coconuts set aside 50g for coating
- 75 g Juicy Raisins or sultanas
- 75 g Date Syrup
- 120 g Coconut Butter
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 tbsp Coconut Oil
- 3 tbsp Unsweetened Coconut Milk - the carton type if needed
Instructions
- Add biscuits and oats to your food processor and blitz until you have a flour consistency
- Add in cocoa, coconuts, and sultanas and process until well blended
- Mix in date syrup, vanilla essence and melted coconut butter and process until the mixture reaches the consistency of wet sand
- Transfer your ingredients to a mixing bowl, mix in coconut oil and stir to form the consistency of a crumbly dough
- If the mixture is still crumbly, add a few tablespoons of unsweetened coconut milk until you can easily form balls. Add a little at a time so your mixture won't become too watery.
- Coat your coconut balls in desiccated coconuts and refrigerate for a couple of hours