No-Bake Cherry Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

42 maraschino cherries
1/2 cup graham wafer crumbs
1/2 cup butter (softened)
1 3/4 cups icing sugar (sifted)
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 1/2 cups coconut (finely shredded or grated)

Preparation

Dry the cherries on paper towel.
Cream the butter and gradually mix in the icing sugar and orange juice.
Add coconut and mix well.
Note: this mixture will be soft.
Roll a small portion of the coconut mixture evenly around each cherry and then roll in graham wafer crumbs.
Place on wax paper and keep cool.