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Coconut Snowman Recipe

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My mom made her basic coconut candy recipe for years, but I took it a step further and created jolly snowman heads. These cute little characters are worth the extra effort because they're always a big hit! -Donell Mayfield Rio Rancho, Minnesota

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Coconut Snowman Recipe

Prep: 4 hours + chilling

Yield: 48 Servings

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Ingredients

4 cups flaked coconut, coarsely chopped
3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups vanilla or white chips
2 packages (11-1/2 ounces each) milk chocolate chips
1 package (10 ounces) large marshmallows
Black, orange and red decorator icing
Green leaf-shaped decorator candies

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the coconut, confectioners' sugar, milk and butter. Shape into 1-1/4-in. balls; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Loosely cover and chill for 1-1/4 hours or until firm.
In a microwave, melt white or vanilla chips at 70% power for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth.
Dip balls in melted chips; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Chill until firm, about 15 minutes. Set aside remaining melted vanilla chips.
In a microwave, melt semisweet chips on high for about 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth.
For hats, dip each marshmallow in chocolate; place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet, allowing excess to drip down. Swirl the marshmallows in chocolate on waxed paper to create hat brims. Chill until firm, about 15 minutes.
Level the top of coated coconut balls. Attach marshmallows hats, using reserved melted vanilla chips. With black icing, add eyes and a mouth to each face; with orange icing, add a nose. Use red icing and leaf candies for holly on hats. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 181 calories, 8 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 7 mg cholesterol, 49 mg sodium, 28 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Coconut Snowman in Taste of Home December/January 2005, p28

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Reviewed on Sep. 20, 2010 by toni.m

These are awesome. Big hit with kids and adults... They look great on a nice platter with coconut just like in the picture. Time consuming but worth it. Made these 3 years in a row.

Reviewed on Apr. 06, 2009 by chesney07

This is a great recipe. I have made the coconut base for the last few years at Christmas time and everyone loves it. I have never done the entire snowman look since my friends and family were older. Now that I have a son that is old enough to help out and have fun this will definately be our choice for holiday fun.

Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2008 by Debbypoe

I bet this is a big hit with the kids.

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Reviewed on Mar. 06, 2008 by MarcyC48

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