Chocolate Coconut Cream Truffles

As I said in Barba John's recipe post, I got the main flavors for Barba John and Auntie Paldina mixed up. I really shouldn't have though - Barba John is Nonni's brother and while I know siblings don't always share favorite flavors (Anthony's love of dark chocolate and my distaste for it is just one example), there's still the possibility of that when they grow up together (my brothers and I all love peanut butter). I still mixed things up, though, and focused on the coconut recipes I've saved for Mom and Nonni when searching for Auntie Paldina's present. I finally settled on chocolate-covered coconut truffles from Sugar Apron, thinking they'd be easy. Right?

Chocolate Coconut Cream Truffles (source)

Ingredients

• 3 cups sweetened, shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips, melted

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine coconut, powdered sugar, sweetened condensed milk, and melted butter. Mix well. Use a 1 oz ice cream style scoop to scoop balls on parchment paper. (You could use hands and roll between palms into teaspoon-sized (or a little larger)
2. Place balls in the freezer for an hour or two until hardened.
3. In the top of a double boiler or microwave, melt the 3/4 of milk chocolate chips.
4. Dip each frozen coconut ball into the melted chocolate and shake off excess chocolate.
5. Place the dipped truffles on the sheet into the refrigerator or freezer for 15 minutes or until the chocolate is set.
6. Melt the remaining chocolate chips according to package directions.
7. Place in a small baggie and cut a small hole in one corner.
8. Carefully drizzle chocolate over truffles.
9. Sprinkle with shredded coconut (optional)

I had problems with this recipe and I'm not entirely sure why. I mean, I know why the truffles kept falling apart when I was forming them and dipping them - heat - but I'm not sure why it was a problem for me but not the blogger. So I only had about 6 or 7 presentable ones that my perfectionist brain would allow to be given to Auntie Paldina. She (and Anne) still loved them though.