Chokladbollar (Swedish Chocolate Balls)
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Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: Swedish
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Serves: 10
 
Perfect for a Fika, or for anytime really these Chokladbollar (Swedish Chocolate Balls), are delicious and perfect with a cup of coffee. Easily made vegan and gluten free.
Ingredients
  • 100g unsalted butter at room temperature, OR 80g coconut oil melted
  • 60g unrefined cane sugar (caster, or granulated bashed down in a pestle and mortar)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons hot coffee
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 120g rolled oats (choose gluten free if necessary)
  • Pinch salt
  • 40g desiccated coconut
Instructions
  1. Soften the butter with a spatula or back of a spoon, then mix in the sugar and vanilla extract till well incorporated. For coconut oil method see notes.
  2. Mix the coffee with the cocoa powder into a paste, and then pour into the fat and sugar mix, stir well.
  3. Finally tip in the oats and salt, and mix until the oats are all covered with chocolate.
  4. If you want to make even balls, weigh the dough, then divide by 10 to find out how big each ball should be - they should be large golf balls not small truffles. I usually weigh the first one and then do the rest by eye. Roll the mix into a smooth ball in your hand and then drop into a plate of desiccated coconut, and move on to the next ball, don't roll around in the coconut until you have a done a few more balls, then WASH YOUR HANDS. Now you can roll the balls around in the dessicated coconut and smooth down in the palm of your hand. Place on a plate. and continue until all the mix is used up. Chill for around 30 mins, then eat.
Notes
Coconut oil: Coconut oil is more difficult to soften than butter, so in this instance its easier to melt to oil to ensure it is well distributed in the balls. Once melted you can add the sugar and vanilla and then the rest of your ingredients as per the original method. Because of the melted oil, the dough will be wetter, so I recommend chilling the dough for 10 minutes before rolling into balls, which will make the whole process easier.
Recipe by Ceri Jones Chef at https://cerijoneschef.com/chokladbollar-swedish-chocolate-balls/