Coconut Bonbons - for your good health!

Did you know that eating coconut can aid digestion - and even halt a chronic case of diarrhea? The coconut oil actually makes other oils digest more easily, so a cookie before dinner is just what the doctor ordered! (Or should have ordered)

Check out this report, then get cooking!

Coconut BonBons

1 (15 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup butter margarine
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 (12 ounce) package grated coconut
1 (24 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
4 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening

Mix together condensed milk, butter, sugar
and coconut. Cover with wax paper and chill for 24 hours.

In the top of a double boiler over hot (not boiling) water, melt chocolate with
shortening. Roll coconut mixture into 3/4-inch balls and with fork dip into chocolate.
Drop on wax paper to cool and dry.