Chocolate Coconut Surprise Cookies

• 1/4 cup butter room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon coffee strong
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup flour, all-purpose
• 23 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup coconut sweetened (firmly packed into measuring cup
• 1 x powdered sugar to roll
• 1 x candy bars Mounds (see notes)

1. In large bowl, beat butter, sugar, coffee and eggs.
2. Add baking powder and blend well.
3. In another bowl, stir together flour, cocoa and salt and gradually add to butter mixture, beating well.
4. Stir in coconut.
5. Cover dough and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm enough to handle.
6. Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
7. Lightly coat fingers with powdered sugar and shape chilled dough into about 1-inch balls.
8. Dough will be fairly sticky at this point.
9. Press a piece of the candy in center of each ball and enclose, dipping fingers into powdered sugar as needed.
10. Roll in powdered sugar to coat generously.
11. Place about 2 inches apart on parchment-lined cookie sheets and bake in preheated oven 12 minutes or until edges are set.
12. When done, immediately remove from cookie sheets to wire racks and cool completely.
13. Note: If you can't find the tiny bite-size Mounds, use miniature Mounds candy bars and cut into three parts to enclose in cookies.

butter, sugar, coffee, eggs, baking powder, flour, cocoa, salt, coconut, powdered sugar, notes

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/chocolate-coconut-surprise-cook-48157 (may not work)