Christmas Apricot Balls
Summary
| Yield | |
|---|---|
| Source | Vireena P |
| Prep Time | 30 minutes |
| recipes | no cooking required |
Description
Ok, these are just superb, so I have to share. And they make great gifts (bundle up a dozen in cellophane, with pretty ribbon, and voila). An old neighbour of ours made them every Christmas, and brought them over for our champage brekkie together. They're also easy peesy!
Ingredients
- 100 g dried apricots (chopped)
- 1⁄4 c champagne / white wine (drink the rest while you make them :))
- 125 g philadelphia cream cheese (room temp)
- 1 t vanilla essence
- 2 T icing sugar
- 1⁄3 c desiccated coconut
- 250 g white chocolate
- 250 g milk or dark chocolate (go dark!)
- 4 T Oil
- 150 g unsalted roasted cashews (chopped)
Instructions
Soak apricots in champage / white wine for 1-2 hours. Drain (drink this apricotty winey goodness!). Mix apricots with cream cheese, cashews, vanilla essence, icing sugar and coconut. Form into small balls and freeze on trays with baking paper until hard. Melt chocolate together with 2 tablespoons of oil (may need slightly more for milk / dark chocolate). Dip half of the balls in white chocolate, and half in milk/ dark chocolate. Once set, put stripes / squiggles of opposite colour chocolate on balls. Enjoy!
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Notes
I think I got 27 from the last batch I did, so have put that as yield - though I'm really not sure. Making a double batch right now (my apricots are soaking as I type), as a single batch never goes far enough!
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I find 375g bags of chocolate drops (one of each colour) do a double batch, so the chocolate quantities are probably a little more generous than they need to be.
Yum Scrum, will make them if I ever get a minute!
Ooh they look delish!
Yeah they do sound yum. I have too many recipes to try this week, but will save this one.
Oh they look awesome! I am so inspired to cook atm,(dunno why or where that's come from) I might make some!
edited about 17million times, 'cause the cashews being on the bottom of the list is annoying me. Oh well, time to move on 
They look delicious!