Chocolate Coconut Balls

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This was fabulous, I doubled the recipe and they came out great. I do not like using gloves, so i sprayed my hands with PAM and washed them after 2 or 3 and it worked great. I used 2 forks to dip into chocolate, and let access drip off, if you have patience this recipe is worth it.

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Best coconut recipe ever. Used pecans once and walnuts another, both were good substitutes. And easy on the almond extract. These have become a staple and not just at the holidays.

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Just amazingly wonderful!

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Big hit. Easy to make. Moist. I substituted Pecans. Worked great

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These were a huge hit...but so ugly. My brother used my small cookie scope to get the amount correct, then I rolled the mixture using plastic disposable gloves on my hands. I stored them over night in the refrigerator, then coated them. The chocolate coating was very thick even though I kept the double boiler going the whole time. I used toothpicks to dip the balls - but never got the whole balls coated - not pretty - but delicious...like a chocolate covered cherry!

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Excellent! I got rave reviews on them. I read most of the reviews before I started to make sure mine were successful. 1. 1/2 the amount of almond extract and the other 1/2 coconut extract. 2. So they did not swim in liquid, I added 1 TBSP of coconut flour (a very "thirsty" flour. 3. To form them, I used a cookie scoop. They were sticky on my hands so every 3 or 4, I rinsed and dried my hands and then dipped them onto a paper plate that had 2 tbsp of almond oil on them. 4. I baked them at 300 degrees for 10 minutes and let them cool. I had no problems dipping them at all. I'll be making them again in about an hour.
P.S. I used toasted pecans instead of macadamias.

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Wonderful! tried these for the 1st time this year & they are a keeper, a huge hit! The only thing i changed was the nut...instead of macadamias, i used almonds (much less $$and they turned out like the best almond joys i ever tasted. I used a pampered chef mini scoop to make the portions, then froze for about 1 hr which allowed me to then roll them and make them smoother for dipping. I keep them in the freezer or fridge until using...but everyone keeps eating them before i can give them away!!! Give them a try, you wont be disappointed.

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This recipe is SO worth the time and effort! I used vinyl disposable gloves when rolling the coconut mixture into balls and then allowed them to dry for over 12 hours before I dipped them in the chocolate. It also helps to refrigerate them overnight after dipping in chocolate. I gave these out as part of my Christmas goodie basket and got nothing but raves from everyone that tried them. If you allow enough time to prepare it you can't go wrong. DE-lish!

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Putting the ingredients together was the easy party; forming the balls and dipping them in choc was a bit more challenging. It was a bit more labor-intensive than I initially thought. They did not come together in a ball as easily and I would have hoped. I thought the choc. dipping mixture was a bit thick and made it difficult to coat them. I melted the choc. using a double boiler and kept it there the whole time I was dipping. I had a candy dipper that I used to roll each ball around in the chocolate; some came out a bit more "coated" than others. They are definitely a candy in my book; my husband loved them but I'm not sure I'd make them again.

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I loved these! I did not have too much of a problem shaping the balls. I packed a small amount into the palm of my left hand instead of trying to do it with just my fingers. It seems that once I resigned myself to the fact that my hands were going to get messy it was much easier. Also I found that rinsing my hands half way through forming the balls made less of a mess and allowed me to work the mixture better. I also used slivered almonds instead :