Chocolate balls
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Chocolate balls are a spherical confection made of or dipped into chocolate
. Other ingredients may include peanut butter
, marzipan
.
In Nordic countries, most notably Sweden, Denmark and Iceland, Chokladboll or Kokosbollar are chocolate balls covered in coconut.
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Chocolate
Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
. Other ingredients may include peanut butter
Peanut butter
Peanut butter is a food paste made primarily from ground dry roasted peanuts, popular in North America, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and parts of Asia, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia. It is mainly used as a sandwich spread, sometimes in combination as in the peanut butter and jelly...
, marzipan
Marzipan
Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal. Persipan is a similar, yet less expensive product, in which the almonds are replaced by apricot or peach kernels...
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In Nordic countries, most notably Sweden, Denmark and Iceland, Chokladboll or Kokosbollar are chocolate balls covered in coconut.
See also:
- ChokladbollChokladbollChokladboll is a popular Swedish pastry.The chokladboll is usually slightly smaller than a golfball. The chokladboll consists of oatmeal, sugar, coffee, cocoa, butter, and sometimes a pinch of vanilla sugar, which is mixed to a compact mass. Balls are formed and then rolled in nib sugar, shredded...