Description
Luscious no bake coconut cream balls highlight sweet tropical flavors with minimal kitchen effort. Creamy coconut and condensed milk blend seamlessly into delightful treats you can enjoy chilled or at room temperature.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 oz (340 g) melting chocolate chips (milk, dark, or white chocolate)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 8 oz (226 g) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup shredded coconut (unsweetened or sweetened, as desired)
- 1 tbsp butter, softened
Instructions
- Creamy Base Preparation: Utilize a hand mixer to whip cream cheese and butter into a silky, uniform consistency. Gradually integrate powdered sugar, developing a thick, luxurious mixture that maintains its structure.
- Coconut Integration: Thoroughly fold shredded coconut into the creamy base, ensuring comprehensive flavor distribution and even incorporation of ingredients.
- Initial Chilling Phase: Refrigerate the coconut blend for approximately one hour, allowing the mixture to solidify and become more manageable for shaping.
- Ball Formation: Dust hands with powdered sugar to prevent adhesion. Craft uniform spherical portions using a tablespoon as a precise measuring tool, placing the delicate orbs on a parchment-lined tray.
- Freezer Stabilization: Position the coconut spheres in the freezer for one hour, which helps maintain their structural integrity and prepares them for chocolate coating.
- Chocolate Melting: Carefully melt chocolate chips in a microwave-safe container, using short intervals and intermittent stirring to achieve a smooth, glossy texture without burning.
- Chocolate Enrobing: Delicately immerse each coconut sphere into the molten chocolate using a fork, ensuring complete and elegant coverage while allowing excess chocolate to drip back into the bowl.
- Decorative Finishing: Optionally sprinkle additional coconut or a hint of sea salt atop the liquid chocolate, introducing textural complexity and visual intrigue.
- Final Chilling and Storage: Refrigerate the chocolate-coated treats for 10-15 minutes until the coating solidifies completely. Store in a sealed container within the refrigerator to preserve optimal freshness and texture.
Notes
- Smooth Mixing Technique: Use room temperature cream cheese and butter for easier blending, preventing lumps and ensuring a silky-smooth base mixture.
- Coconut Distribution Hack: Gently fold shredded coconut using a spatula, rotating the bowl to create an even, consistent texture without overmixing.
- Freezing Precision: Freeze coconut balls exactly one hour to achieve the perfect firmness for chocolate coating, preventing crumbling or misshapen spheres.
- Chocolate Coating Pro Tip: Maintain chocolate at a consistent warm temperature while dipping, using a deep bowl to fully submerge each ball and create a clean, even chocolate shell.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 23
- Calories: 172
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg