A friend of mine recently told me about a recipe, Cherry Ripe Balls. She knows me ooh to well, Cherry Ripes are my most favourite chocolate bar and funnily enough after my surgery it’s one of the only chocolate bars I can stomach, many of the others are too sweet for me now.
I have seen this recipe roaming the webisphere over the past few weeks, I am unsure of where the original recipe originated, but ooh boy they are delicious. We made them for guests that visited recently, and Miss 10 made them at school during a share session, the kids loved them!!
Cherry Ripe Balls
Serves:
Ingredients
- 6 cherry ripe bars
- 1 packet of Nice biscuits
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- Desiccated coconut, for rolling
- ¼ teaspoon pink food colouring
Instructions
- Place the cherry ripe bars, biscuits and cocoa in a food processor, blend
- Add the can of condensed milk, mix to combine
- Roll into bite sized balls
- In a small bowl add coconut and food colouring, stir to coat coconut
- Roll balls into coconut
- Store in fridge
By Kat – The Organised Housewife
18 comments
Wondering what are cherry ripe bars? and Nice biscuits?
where are you from Lisa? These are an aussie chocolate bar with cherries and coconut inside and covered in dark chocolate. Nice biscuits are just a sweet plain biscuit 🙂
Thanks Clare 🙂
Aah Lisa I’m presuming you are not Aussie. Here in Australia Cherry ripe bar is the most delicious chocolate, it’s chocolate on the outside and cherry and coconut on the inside. Nice biscuits are a dry sweet biscuit with sugar on the outside.
Sounds awesome, what size cherry ripe bars did you use ?
I would assume the standard size or king size as there is a large quantity of biscuit included 🙂
I used the small ones, but you could use the bigger variety would be a stronger cherry ripe flavour
Just wondering how many balls does this recipe make??
It made approximately 30-40 balls, depending how big you make them too, I like to make them small so they are one bite!
Thanks!
It makes a good 30-40 balls
I will have to try these. I have made them like a regular Rumball with the cocoa & rum too. Have also used ‘Fry’s Turkish delight’ bars too. YUMMM !
Do you use standard size cherry ropes or treat size?
I used standard size 🙂
can you suggest an alternative to condensed milk?
Hi Kat. My favourite chocolate bar is also cherry ripe…I made these awhile agoand instead of the chocolate bars I added cadbury mint flavoured drinking chocolate..they were such a hit at school that they wanted them for their break up party. You could a l ways add glaced cherries, craisins, sultanas, rum,
Would these be ok to freeze?
If so any special instructions J
The picture says cherry ripe and mint balls but I cant seem find the recipe for mint balls. I love the look of the red and green for Christmas treats.