Candy Strawberries - cooking recipe

Ingredients

14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
1 lb coconut, grated fine (frozen or canned is fine)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 (3 ounce) package strawberry gelatin (plus 3 Tbsp extra as listed below)
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
3 tablespoons strawberry gelatin
slivered almonds
green food coloring

Preparation

Mix first 5 ingredients together (excluding the extra 3 Tbsp of strawberry gelatin).
Chill in refrigerator for 4 hours.
Roll into balls and shape in the form of strawberries.
Roll in the 3 Tbsp of gelatin.
Top with\"leaves\" made from almonds dyed green of green tinted powdered sugar icing.