These sweet delicacies require no baking and are perfect to serve by the end of your Christmas dinner or to offer to your guests as a little Christmas present, wrapped in small portions in transparent goodie bags and tied with a ribbon.
A few days ago, it was the French cuinary challenge Battle Food #26 about Christmas, and as I was pretty busy lately I didn’t manage to publish my recipe on time. But now that Thanksgiving is behind us, we can all focus on Christmas. Somehow, it was worth waiting a little bit, right?
As you probably know already if you read my blog before, the Battle Food consists in gathering every months some foodies around a new culinary challenge who then share their recipes with the others, just for fun. This time, the challenge was launched by Maïa from the very nice blog Petits Béguins. Inspiration around Christmas is fulled up and it can be difficult to choose one recipe in particular. Personally I went for a recipe that evokes my desire of snow and all the magic it represents to me. Luckily, I live in the beautiful Stockholm in Sweden and we should have some snow pretty soon.
With this strong desire of snow, I baked these lovely no-bake coconut snowballs that remind me of the famous “Raffaello” candy.
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These sweet delicacies require no baking and are perfect to serve by the end of your Christmas dinner or to offer to your guests as a little Christmas present, wrapped in small portions in transparent goodie bags and tied with a ribbon.
Ingredients
- 3,5 oz (100g) white chocolate
- 5 Tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups (120g) shredded coconut
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 15–20 roasted hazelnuts (or almonds)
Instructions
- Melt the white chocolate in a medium sized bowl in the microwave or in a water bath.
- Add in the sweetened condensed milk and stir.
- Gradually add in half of the shredded coconut, until you get a relatively smooth dough (not too gluey or too dry), then let cool in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes, until the shredded coconut absorbs the mixture.
- Shape a ball with the dough, from the size of a walnut, and put a roasted hazelnut (or almond) in its center, then punch the dough to coat. Roll the dough between your hands and add some shredded coconut if the dough is a bit too gluey. Repeat the same process with the other balls.
- Coat the coconut balls in the remaining shredded coconut (even more if needed). Place in a little paper baking cup and let cool in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before serving.
I’m also happy to show you here the beautiful dishes that I used for these pictures: the little blue plate is 100% handmade by my friend Jessica Thyr who runs a ceramic store in Stockholm called En Snyggare tisdag (which means in English a delightful Tuesday). Jessica is a talented woman passionate about creation, design and everything connected to interiors, and her store stands for handmade items to everyday and special occasions. I invite you to discover this lovely world!
Cindy @ Hun What's for Dinner? says
November 29, 2014 at 2:28 pmI absolutely LOVE Rafellos! Pinned these to try them this Christmas season.
Delphine Fortin says
December 1, 2014 at 1:13 pm
A good cooking day says
November 29, 2014 at 3:36 pmTrès bonne idée de proposer de placer une amande à la place de la noisette ! Je pense que j’aimerai encore plus ! Très jolie recette 🙂
Delphine Fortin says
December 1, 2014 at 1:11 pm
Patricia @ Grab a Plate says
November 29, 2014 at 3:47 pmThese are adorable and festive! So col that they’re no bake! Lovely!
Delphine Fortin says
December 1, 2014 at 1:06 pm
Linda (Meal Planning Maven) says
November 29, 2014 at 5:27 pmYour cookies look heavenly and are so perfect for holiday gift giving!
Delphine Fortin says
December 1, 2014 at 1:05 pm
Lyne says
November 29, 2014 at 6:58 pmJolies et gourmandes comme tout ces petites boules de coco. J’imagine ce petit délice avec une tasse de thé bien chaude par une après-midi de Noël blanc … Oui, j’y suis déjà, moi ! 😉
Superbe participation !
Et très belle assiette … ! 😉
Del, j’ai un peu de mal à accéder à ton blog depuis quelques jours. 🙁
Bisous et très doux week-end !
Delphine Fortin says
December 1, 2014 at 1:03 pm
Matina says
November 29, 2014 at 9:01 pmC’est la deuxiéme fois que je les croise sur la blogosphére ces petites merveilles à la noix de coco.
C’est un signe pour moi : )
Merci
Delphine Fortin says
December 1, 2014 at 12:57 pm
Joan says
November 30, 2014 at 4:21 amThey look delicious!! I will make these for friends and family. Thank you, for sharing!!!!
Royal Chill says
November 30, 2014 at 6:00 pmTotalement fan de ta recette, faut que je teste !
Bisous et bonne soirée !
Cécile
Delphine Fortin says
December 1, 2014 at 12:55 pm
stephanie cuisine moi un mouton says
November 30, 2014 at 8:52 pmWaooouh !!! J’adore les raffaello 🙂 Tu t’es très bien défendu aussi Delphine pour cette Battle!! Très belle recette! Gros bisous et merci pour ton petit mot !
Delphine Fortin says
December 1, 2014 at 12:53 pm
Et Charlotte Découvrit la Cuisine... says
December 2, 2014 at 8:18 amGénial…!!!!! Je vais tester très très rapidement, je suis fan des Raffaello!!! Bizzz, belle journée 😉
Delphine Fortin says
December 4, 2014 at 9:20 am
Petits Béguins says
December 2, 2014 at 8:43 amMiammmmmmm, ça a l’air carrément trop trop bon :p
Delphine Fortin says
December 4, 2014 at 9:19 am
Carole from Carole's Chatter says
December 4, 2014 at 8:14 pmOooh, Del, I do hope you’ll swing by to Food on Friday to add this to Christmas Favourites! Cheers from Carole from Carole’s Chatter
Dawn ~ Spatulas On Parade says
December 6, 2014 at 3:56 amGreat recipe Del, thanks for sharing with us at the Southern Special.
Valérie / Framboises et bergamote says
December 8, 2014 at 1:51 pmSi tu as publié avec retard, c’est pour ma part avec retard que je prends connaissance de toutes les idées de cette dernière battle !!
Sans cuisson, faciles à faire et parfaites pour les cadeaux gourmands, ces petites boules sont idéales pour les prochaines fêtes …
Miz Helen says
December 10, 2014 at 12:43 pmYour Coconut Snowballs look fabulous and we will just love them for the holiday season. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great day.
Come Back Soon,
Miz Helen
Lulu / Voyage Gourmand says
December 16, 2014 at 11:50 pmOh chouette ! Je trouve cette recette pile quand je prévois de faire des petites boules de neige ! j’adore! ça change de la recette asiatique à la farine de riz… Au chocolat blanc c’est encore plus gourmand ! 🙂
Hadia says
December 17, 2014 at 1:00 amDel, I love Raffaello candies a lot; the recipe sounds absolutely fantastic and a great addition to a Christmas table dessert!!