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Home » Homemade Sweets » Coconut And Almond Snowballs With Rum

Coconut And Almond Snowballs With Rum

Author: Karon Grieve Published : December 2021

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coconut and almond snowballs
coconut and almond snowballs
coconuta and almond snowballs

These coconut and almond snowballs have the added kick of rum so taste fantastic, a real grownup treat for the holidays and a great wee foodie gift for Christmas too.

coconut and almond snowballs in red box

What’s to love about this recipe?

  • These coconut and almond snowballs are super easy and quick to make
  • Everyone loves homemade sweets at Christmas time
  • Coconut and almond snowballs make the perfect foodie gift for Christmas or a hostess gift if you are popping round for drinks over the festive season

I love making homemade sweets at this time of year, check out all my homemade sweets recipes here.

ingredients in bowl

Ingredients for coconut and almond snowballs

It’s ground almonds that make up the base of these snowballs. Butter, icing sugar and rum are the only other ingredients for the coconut almond snowballs themselves.

The coating

You also need the snow for the snowballs.

This is made with desiccated coconut and granulated sugar

  • whizzing the dough in food processor
  • rolling the snowballs in coconut and sugar

How to make these snowballs

Honestly, folks, this recipe couldn’t be easier. In fact, this is one of the recipes I demonstrated every day at the Country Living Magazine Christmas Fair a couple of weeks ago.

It is a simple two step process;

Whizz together all the coconut and almond snowball ingredients in a mini food processor till it comes together in a dough.

Now wet your hands (this stops the dough from sticking to your hands) and pull off bits of the dough and roll into balls about the size of marbles

Step 2

Mix the granulated sugar with the desiccated coconut on a plate and roll the little snowballs in this ‘snow’ mixture.

Now pop them in the fridge for half an hour to firm up.

close up of the snowballs in red box

How much does this make?

I got a whopping 40 little marble-sized sweets from this coconut and almond snowballs recipe. Now that’s plenty for lots of Christmas gift-giving.

How long do the snowballs keep?

These coconut and almond snowballs will keep for a week in an airtight box.

snowball beside a tiny cup of coffee

Serving ideas

Give these little coconut and almond snowballs as a gift at Christmas or take some round when visiting friends over the holidays.

They are perfect served with a strong cup of coffee on the side.

Just sit in front of the telly with a good Christmas movie and eat them!

This recipe is from my new bookette Foodie Gifts For Christmas Book 1, also available as an Ebook.

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Looking for more great little festive sweets to make this year? Then check out these recipes before you go;

Grown-up Christmas Cake Truffles

Sweet and Savoury Bacon Chocolate Bark

Nutty Stuffed Chocolate Dipped Apricots

Italian Style Chocolate Salami

Traditional French Orangettes

4 Ingredient Chocolate Whisky Truffles

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coconut and almond snowballs in red box

Coconut And Almond Snowballs With Rum

Karon Grieve
Super tasty and so quick and easy to make, these little snowballs make the perfect wee foodie gift for Christmas
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 15 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course sweets
Cuisine British
Servings 40 snowballs
Calories 39 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 125 g ground almonds
  • 125 g icing sugar
  • 30 g unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp rum I used white rum

Snow covering

  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp desiccated coconut
Metric – US Customary

Instructions
 

  • Whizz together all ingredients in mini processor to form a paste
  • With wet hands pull off pieces about the size of a marble
  • Roll the balls in the coconut and sugar mixture
  • Set aside in the fridge for 30 minutes to firm up

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Notes

These coconut almond snowballs will keep for up to a week.

Nutrition

Calories: 39kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 1mgPotassium: 4mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 19IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 1mg
My Top Tips*Always read the full recipe first. *Assemble all your ingredients and everything you need before you start. *For baking check the size of tins I’m using as this makes a big difference to your cakes. * I use medium sized eggs unless otherwise stated. * I use extra virgin olive oil unless otherwise stated. * I use unsalted butter unless otherwise stated. * Check out My Preserving Kit!
Keyword coconut snowballs, snowballs
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Comments

  1. Nikki says

    December 22, 2022 at 11:54 am

    5 stars
    So easy to make. Went down a treat. I used malibu, other brands are available, as thatswhat i had in. Delicious . Making again today using amaretto, other brands available, to do 2 different lots. Also will be using coconut milk so that my non drinker friends wont feel left out.

    Reply
    • Karon Grieve says

      December 26, 2022 at 11:32 am

      Hi Nikki
      Glad you liked the recipe so much, any booze will do!
      K

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