Danish havregrynskugler (cocoa and oat sweets)
Traditional little chocolatey treats, flavoured with coffee
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Course Snack
Cuisine Danish, Scandi
- 175 g porridge oats
- 100 g caster sugar
- 100 g butter softened
- 50 ml or tablespoons of strong black coffee, orange juice or milk (or 1 of rum, 1 of milk)
- 25 g cocoa
- A couple of drops of vanilla essence
- A pinch of salt
- To decorate
- 40 g desiccated coconut
Cream the cocoa and butter together, just to get rid of any powdery lumps.
Add the sugar, oats, coffee, vanilla and salt and then stir until everything is combined (you can put everything in a food processor and give it a quick whizz if you like, giving a slightly smoother, less oaty texture, or kids can just dive straight in and squidge it with their hands).
Roll into 14 balls, roughly the size of a ping pong ball (these are a snack, rather than a sweetie!).
Tip the coconut onto a plate and then roll the balls around until they are coated. If they are very soft you can pop them in the fridge for 15 minutes before serving, but as you can imagine if there are kids about this never really happens!
Keyword baking, cakes, chocolate, gifts, hygge