Coconut Lime and Peanut Bites

Coconut, lime and peanuts…when you say this combo to most people they envisage adding some soya sauce and chilli and ‘boom’ you have a homemade satay sauce!

So we know these flavors work together, who says that they need to only work together in a savoury sense. All 3 of these key ingredients are used in sweet dishes just as much as savoury.

I contemplated what format this sweet treat would work best in, a cake, slice, biscuits, flan, ice-cream, you name it. In the end I decided to play with a few options and ended up happiest with coconut lime and peanut balls.

These little treats are really moreish with a lovely lime tang, while the coconut adds a tropical undertone and the peanut butter brings it all together.

Ingredients:

• 240g plain sweet biscuits
• 45g desiccated coconut
• 220g condensed milk
• 4 tsn lime zest
• 60g peanut butter
• 1 tsn coconut essence
• 40g peanuts

 

Method:

1. Place the biscuits, coconut, milk, zest, peanut butter and essence in a food processor and blitz until a dough is formed.
2. Roll the dough into 25g balls.
3. Place the peanuts into the food processor until fine like breadcrumbs.
4. Roll the balls into the peanuts then place in the fridge for 1 hour to set.

 

Step 1

 

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