Description
No-bake coconut confections with a whole maraschino cherry center and a snowy coconut coating.
- Prep time: Approximately 30 minutes
- Cherry draining: 10 minutes
- Chill time: At least 1 hour
- Optional mixture chilling: 15–20 minutes
- Total time: Approximately 1 hour 40 minutes, plus optional chilling
- Yield: 24 cherry balls
- Course: Dessert or holiday confection
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
Scale
Ingredients
- 24 maraschino cherries, stems removed, drained and thoroughly dried
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, softened but cool
- 1½ cups (180 g) powdered sugar
- 1½ cups sweetened shredded coconut, finely chopped if needed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract, optional
- Pinch of fine salt
- ¾ cup additional shredded coconut, for rolling
Instructions
Instructions
- Drain cherries for 10 minutes, then blot thoroughly dry.
- Beat softened butter until smooth.
- Gradually mix in powdered sugar.
- Add vanilla, optional almond extract, and salt.
- Stir in 1½ cups coconut.
- Refrigerate the mixture for 15–20 minutes if too soft to shape.
- Flatten approximately 1 tablespoon mixture in your palm.
- Place a cherry in the center, wrap the mixture around it, and seal.
- Roll gently into a ball.
- Coat with additional coconut and place on a parchment-lined tray.
- Repeat to make 24 balls.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.