Chokladboll (Swedish Chocolate Balls)

A chokladboll (literally meaning chocolate ball) is a traditional Swedish pastry often eaten with coffee during fika.

Ingredients

• 3 ¼ cups (500 g / 1.1 lb) quick oats
• 1 ¼ cups (275 g / 9.7 oz) white granulated sugar
• 6 Tbsp (75 g / 2.6 oz) cocoa
• 1 Tbsp (15 ml / 14 g / 0.49 oz) vanilla sugar OR 1 tsp (5 ml / 0.17 oz) vanilla extract, added with the coffee
• ⅔ cup (160 g / 5.6 oz) butter or margarine, softened
• 6 Tbsp (90 ml / 3 oz) cold coffee
• Flaked coconut or pearl sugar

Steps

1. Mix oats, sugar, vanilla sugar, and cocoa in a large bowl.
2. Using your hands or a potato masher, incorporate the butter into the dry ingredients until the dough has an even consistency.
3. Add the coffee and mix until incorporated.
4. Fill a small bowl with flaked coconut or pearl sugar.
5. With your hands, roll the dough into 1-inch (3 cm) diameter balls.
6. Roll each ball in the coconut or pearl sugar and place on a tray.
7. Chill chocolate balls for at least one hour before serving.

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Adapted from “Chokladboll (Swedish Chocolate Balls)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.