chocolate coconut snowballs
VEGAN | SOY FREE | gluten free | cane sugar free | dairy free
NO-BAKE
CHOCOLATE COCONUT SNOWBALLS
With winter and the holidays right around the corner, it’s time for some festive treats!
These chocolate coconut snowballs are incredibly simple to make, are no-bake (gotta love that,) and are made with some of my favorite ingredients!
One of my most-loved sweet treats of all time are coconut macaroons. Coconut & chocolate are a match made in heaven if you ask me so I just HAD to recreate a healthier version dessert that was both delicious and festive for the season!
These snowballs are vegan, gluten free, cane sugar free, soy free and can easily be made keto with a few ingredient swaps! (Check out the recipe notes for those!)
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT
– A large rimmed baking tray like this one
– Wax paper or a non-stick baking mat like this one
THE RECIPE
Chocolate Coconut Snowballs
ingredients
- 2 cups shredded coconut
- 1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup vegan dark chocolate chips, melted
instructions
- In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the shredded coconut and coconut flour.
- In a second, small bowl, whisk together the maple syrup, 1/4 cup of the coconut oil and vanilla.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry mixture and combine thoroughly.
- Squeeze & roll tablespoon amounts of the mixture in between your hands to form compact 1-inch balls and place on a large rimmed baking tray lined with wax paper.
- Transfer the tray into the freezer for around 15 minutes.
- In a small bowl, melt the chocolate chips with the remaining 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in the microwave in 15 second intervals, mixing in between.
- Remove the coconut balls from the freezer and dip each one into the melted chocolate, covering them completely. Transfer back to the baking pan.
- Sprinkle the snowballs with extra shredded coconut if desired and transfer back into the freezer or refrigerator to harden.
notes
- Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator or freezer.
- To make these keto-friendly, replace the pure maple syrup with a keto approved liquid sweetener like monk fruit syrup, stevia sweetened syrup or similar. Also, be sure to use a low-sugar chocolate chip option like the one that I used here.
enjoy!
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