Rose Bon Bons
: A No-Bake Holi Sweet For Festive Gatherings

Name: ~Rose Bon Bons~: A No-Bake Holi Sweet For Festive Gatherings
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2¼ cups Desiccated coconut; ¾ cup Sweetened condensed milk; 2 tbsp Gulkand (rose petal preserve); 1-2 tbsp Rose syrup; ¼ tsp Cardamom powder; 2 tbsp Chopped pistachios; for garnish Dried rose petals

60 mins

Cooking Time

Intermediate

Difficulty

Ingredients

Veg + Dairy

Diet

The festival of colours, Holi, is right around the corner, and if there is one thing this day needs, other than colours and joie de vivre, it’s new Holi sweets. It’s time to expand your dessert table with international flavours and add these rose bon bons to the festive sweet spread. Bon bons are a French confectionery, featuring a hard shell filled with a sweet filling, usually ganache, caramel, fondant, or fruit. While the traditional French dessert featured chocolate shells, this bon bon uses condensed milk, flavoured with gulkand, coconut, and rose petals. It’s mildly sweet, aromatic, soft and chewy. The rose bon bons look pretty, taste amazing, and rely on locally available ingredients. What’s not to love?

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients

2¼ cups Desiccated coconut

¾ cupSweetened condensed milk

2 tbspGulkand (rose petal preserve)

1-2 tbspRose syrup

¼ tspCardamom powder

2 tbspChopped pistachios

for garnishDried rose petals

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Directions

Description - Step 1

Prepare the bon bon base

In a heavy-bottomed pan on low heat, combine the condensed milk, gulkand and rose syrup. Now gently stir, till the mixture is smooth and slightly thickened (do not boil).

Step 1

Prepare the bon bon base

5-7 Minutes

Step 2

Add the coconut and cardamom

4 Minutes

Step 3

Shape the bon bons

10 Minutes

Step 4

Chill, store and serve

45 Minutes

Plate it up!

Plating Instructions

Arrange the bon bons in individual candy wrappers. Arrange them all in a square on a glass or wooden tray, possibly one that’s decorated and designed for a festive celebration.