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An easy and more-ish 4-ingredient snack: Fruit Salad Balls
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I’ve always LOVED canned fruit salad. Here, you can add just three extra ingredients to the mix and enjoy it in the form of a convenient little Fruit Salad Ball snack.

Perfect for lunchboxes, you can make them in about 5 minutes. Ready?

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The Recipe for Fruit Salad Balls

This super simple recipe requires just 4 ingredients and is based on the popular Pineapple Balls recipe.

Ingredients for Fruit Salad Balls

To make these (extremely more-ish) little balls, you’ll need:

  • 250 grams Marie Biscuits (or any other plain, sweet biscuits)
  • 410 grams canned fruit salad (in juice)
  • 395 grams condensed milk
  • 2 cups desiccated coconut (unsweetened) – 3/4 cup goes into the mixture and the rest is for rolling the balls in.
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Making Fruit Salad Balls

Start by crushing biscuits to a fine crumb. Use a food processor or chopper or simply place the biscuits in a freezer bag and crush them using a rolling pin.

Next, drain the fruit salad and discard (or drink!) the juice.

Combine the biscuits crumbs, drained fruit salad, condensed milk and 3/4 cup of the desiccated coconut – the remaining cup and a quarter of coconut will be used to coat the balls.

Scoop out tablespoons of mixture and roll into balls. Roll each ball in the remaining coconut.

Place the balls onto a tray lined with baking paper and place into the fridge for at least 2 hours to allow pineapple balls to set.

Once set, store in the fridge in an airtight container.

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Recipe FAQs

Q. How long will they keep?

Stored in an airtight container in the fridge, they should last up to 5 days.

Q. How do I crush the biscuits?

If you have a food processor or chopper, use that. Otherwise, simply place the biscuits in a freezer bag and crush them using a rolling pin.

Q. Do you have any other recipes for snack balls?

Certainly! Try my Pineapple Balls, Rum BallsApricot BallsTim Tam BallsSnowballsCrunchy Peanut BallsChristmas Balls or Midori Balls – they’re all great!

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Fruit Salad Balls

An easy and more-ish 4-ingredient snack: Fruit Salad Balls
5 from 1 vote
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Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Australian
Keyword: fruit salad balls
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Setting time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
Servings: 24 balls
Calories: 150kcal

Ingredients

  • 250 grams Marie Biscuits (or any other plain, sweet biscuits)
  • 210 grams canned fruit salad (in juice)
  • 395 grams condensed milk
  • 2 cups desiccated coconut (unsweetened) (3/4 cup to add to mixture and the rest to roll the balls in)

Instructions

  • Crush biscuits to a fine crumb.
  • Drain fruit salad and discard (or drink!) juice.
  • Combine biscuits crumbs, drained crushed pineapple, condensed milk and 3/4 cup of the coconut.
  • Scoop out tablespoons of mixture and roll into a ball. Roll in the remaining coconut.
  • Place balls onto a tray and place into fridge for at least 2 hours to allow fruit balls to set.
  • Store in fridge.

Nutrition

Calories: 150kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 77mg | Potassium: 128mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 49IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 1mg
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