Cherry Ripe Bites

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups desiccated coconut
• 400 g red glace cherries, chopped
• 2 tablespoons cherry brandy, flavoured essence
• 3 drops red food coloring
• 395 g sweetened condensed milk
• 375 g dark chocolate
• 30 g copha (or other light flavored oil) or 30 ml peanut oil (or other light flavored oil)

Recipe

• 1 combine coconut, cherries, essence, food colouring and sweetened condensed milk, mix well.
• 2 roll heaped teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls. place on tray, refrigerate until firm.
• 3 melt chocolate and copha or oil together.
• 4 re-roll balls before dipping into chocolate mixture. place on baking paper lined tray to set.
• 5 re-dip in chocolate mixture if necessary or if you like a thicker chocolate layer.