Bonbons

Ingredients

• Servings: 150
• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 2 pounds confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 3 cups coconut
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening

Recipe

Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 20 mins


• in large bowl, combine margarine, confectioners' sugar, condensed milk, coconut, chopped walnuts and vanilla. stir well. cover and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours, or until mixture has thickened enough to roll into balls. roll the mixture into 1-inch balls and place close together, but not touching, on cookie sheets. freeze until hard.
• while bonbons are freezing, line a cookie sheet or flat surface with waxed paper. combine chocolate chips and shortening in the top of a double boiler, over, not in, simmering water. stir until melted. using a toothpick or a fork, dip each bonbon in the melted chocolate. place on waxed paper to dry. when chocolate has hardened, store bonbons in plastic bag in the freezer.