Swedish Chocolate Balls 

This is a very popular Swedish treat enjoyed by kids and grown ups alike. They don’t require a oven to bake in just a nice cold fridge. So I wanted to share a recipe i found on gretchencooks. Note that I’ve slightly modified the recipe  This recipe makes 15 delicious chocolate spheres.

ingredients:

• 11/2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal (DON’T USE THE INSTANT PACKS)
• ¼ cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons softened butter
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon  coffee (Not hot coffee as it will make it impossible to roll the mixture into balls)

For decoration:

• Coconut flakes or nib sugar. Colorful sprinkles will also work

Combine the butter, sugar, oats, cocoa powder, vanilla extract and coffee into a bowl. You’ll have to knead it with your hands (or a wooden spoon if you don’t want to get your hands dirty) until the mixture doesn’t have any lumps of butter. Take some mixture and roll it into the shape of a ball roughly the size of a meatball. repeat until all  of the mixture are balls. Pour nib sugar, coconut flakes or sprinkles onto a plate and roll the balls until they are covered entirely. Put them in the fridge for one hour then serve to your friends or eat them by yourselves.

If you are trying this recipe out then please do submit pictures into my submit box with your thoughts on them. I’d love to see your take on this classic treat from my country Sweden.

(Also I take no credit for the pictures)