1 (15 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup butter margarine
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 (12 ounce) package grated coconut
1 (24 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
4 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening
Mix together condensed milk, butter, sugar
and coconut. Cover with wax paper and chill
for 24 hours. In the top of a double boiler over hot (not boiling) water, melt chocolate with shortening. Roll coconut mixture into 3/4-inch balls and with fork dip into chocolate. Drop on wax paper to cool and dry.
Note: Posted by "Marbalet" to the now-defunct Holiday Cookie Club at Epicurious.com.
home maker in wyoming Dec 11, 2008
Would make this again.
I will be making these the rest of my life!I made these last christmas for my husbands Work.They were the first to be eaten.Everyone loves them.I used almond bark for dipping.
Dee in Bobtown, Pa Nov 24, 2008
Would make this again.
Fantastic!!! Made these for my husband, who "LOVES" coconut, and he just couldn't get enough! Thank for such an easy recipe!!!
A cookie baker Dec 16, 2007
Would make this again.
I added nuts and sone extract. They where good.
Holly in Aurora NY Dec 10, 2007
Would make this again.
This is a lot better if you use 14 oz of cococut and get rid or the confectioners sugar. I have been making these this way for years and I got it from my exhusbands grandmother. I don't think that a 70 year old lady would steer in wrong. Try it this way.
Dec 8, 2007
Would not make this again.
didn't taste good at all!!!
