Coconut Cherry Cubes Recipe

Coconut Cherry Cubes

These little flavour bombs will be a hit at your next Christmas party - by Mel Burge

This just might be the easiest - and yummiest - Christmas party treat you'll make!

Ingredients

2 ½ cups Milk Choc Melts (450g)

24 fresh cherries (300g)

¼ cup desiccated coconut, toasted

2 tablespoons thickened cream

Method

Remove and reserve stems from cherries. Pit cherries. Discard stones.
Reserve ¾ cup of the chocolate. Place remaining chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl. Sit bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until melted. Remove. Transfer chocolate to a jug.
Pour chocolate evenly into two x 12-hole silicone ice-cube trays. Working quickly, sprinkle with coconut, and then insert a cherry into each hole.
Combine reserved chocolate with cream in a medium heatproof bowl. Sit bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until smooth. Remove.
Transfer to a disposable piping bag. Twist top. Snip tip. Pipe chocolate around cherries to secure, then fill holes where stones were removed. Insert reserved stems. Refrigerate until firm.

Mel Burge

Mel Burge is the Deputy Food Editor for New Idea. She has a passion for all things food but specialises in baking and cake decorating. Mel loves to travel the world, eat delicious food and drink cocktails with her friends.