Recipes

Healthy Vegan Coconut Snowballs

Embrace the festive season by creating your very own edible snowballs.


These vegan coconut snowballs are made using only 4 wholesome ingredients and create little, bite-size sweets that can be wrapped and given as a thoughtful, homemade gift. Decorated with a chocolate ganache, they’re a tasty festive treat, perfect for sharing.

These tasty bites are vegan, gluten-free and contain no artificial sweeteners. Plus, with no baking needed, they’re extremely easy, quick and fun to make. Happy rolling!

Healthy Vegan Coconut Snowballs Recipe

Ingredients

For the coconut balls:

  • 80g coconut butter melted (NOT coconut oil)
  • 150g shredded unsweetened coconut  + more for rolling
  • 80g Maple Sugar-Free Syrup or agave syrup

For the chocolate ganache:

Method

  1. To create the snowballs, put the melted coconut butter, maple syrup and the shredded unsweetened coconut into a small bowl and stir with a spoon until well combined.
  2. Place the bowl in the freezer for about 3-5 minutes to allow the mixture to firm up.
  3. Once chilled, shape the mixture into 8 balls with your palms – it can help to have slightly wet hands.
  4. Roll the balls in the shredded unsweetened coconut and store them in the fridge.
  5. For the chocolate ganache, melt cacao buttons with coconut oil and water in a heatproof bowl over boiling water. Stir well until all the buttons are melted.
  6. Pour the ganache into a sauce bottle and wait for a few minutes to allow it to cool slightly.
  7. Drizzle the ganache over the snowballs and return to the fridge for the ganache to set.

Enjoy!



Arabella Ogilvie

Arabella Ogilvie

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Arabella has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physiology from the University of Glasgow where she covered health topics ranging from the physiological effects of exercise and nutrition, to psychology and neuroscience.

She has a lifelong interest in sport and fitness, including running, swimming, hockey, and especially rowing. At university, Arabella was a keen rower and competed in the first boat at events such as the prestigious Henley Women’s Regatta, The Scottish Boat Race, and British University Championships, and won Novice Rower of the year in her first year.

In her spare time, Arabella loves to train in the gym and practice yoga and meditation. She is passionate about the natural world and will take any opportunity to be outdoors.

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