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NESTLE'S CHOCOLATE COCONUT
KISSES (FROM 1940)
 
3 egg whites
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1/2 cup shredded coconut flakes
1 tsp. vanilla
1 (7 oz.) Nestle's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar

Cut chocolate into pieces the size of a pea. Sift sugar and flour together. Beat egg whites until stiff. Gradually sprinkle sugar and flour mixture over egg whites and continue beating. Add vanilla, chocolate and coconut. Mix together. Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet.

Bake in 500°F oven for 10 minutes or until light brown in color. Allow cookies to cool slightly before removing from sheet.

Source: Reading, PA Eagle newspaper, Jul 16, 1940.

Note: Chocolate chips had not yet been marketed so a semi-sweet chocolate bar, that had a grid molded into its surface was cut into small bits.

Submitted by: Rusty Barton

 

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