Dark Chocolate Covered Coconut Balls

Dark Chocolate Covered Coconut Balls

This quick and easy treat is great in the summer!  It requires no baking and has only 6 ingredients. Great if you want a quick sweet snack to take to your next pool party!

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups flaked coconut – unsweetened
• ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
• ¼ cup honey
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups of dark chocolate for dipping – I use Ghirardelli Melting Chips
• Sea Salt to sprinkle

Directions:

1. Pulse the coconut in a food processor until sticky crumbs form
2. Mix coconut oil,  honey, and vanilla.. Stir in the coconut from step one. Form the mixture into small balls by squeezing until a ball forms. The mixture will be crumbly, so it doesn’t work to put the mixture in your hands and roll it. You have to squeeze it. There will be a little bit of excess oil – that’s okay.
3. Once you have the balls rolled, refrigerate for 1 hour or so until they are firm. At this point, if you want, you should be able to take them out and re-roll them to get the shape just right since the mixture will be firm.
4. Melt the dark chocolate.  Dip each of the rolled coconut balls in chocolate and use a fork to remove balls from chocolate to allow the excess to drain off.  Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Dust with a pinch of Sea Salt. Freeze or refrigerate until ready to serve.