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Festive Coconut Balls Recipe

Serve bite sized festive coconut balls with your cookie plate this Christmas.   This recipe is easy to prepare.  Plus, the coconut gives them a snowy appearance, perfect for this season and they pair well with coffee!

Recipe taken from Adventures in Coffee cookbook

Festive Coconut Balls recipe

• 1 cup shredded wheat cereal
• 1 ½ cup quick oats
• 1 ¼ cups shredded sweetened coconut
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur
• 1/3  cup honey
• ¼ cup safflower oil (or any light oil)

Place shredded wheat in a processor and blend.  Add oats, 1 cup of the coconut and cinnamon and blend again.  While food processor is on, add coffee liqueur, and drizzle in honey and oil. Roll mixture into bite-sized balls, and then roll balls into remaining coconut.  Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving. 

Yield: About 2 dozen