Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1               pint  vanilla ice cream
  1                cup  coconut flakes
     1/2           cup  unsweetened cocoa
  1              quart  milk
  1                cup  cream of coconut
  1           teaspoon  coconut extract
     1/2           cup  chocolate sauce
  8                     maraschino cherries

Preparation:

Scoop ice cream into 8 small balls, immedaitely roll in coconut. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets; freeze until ready to use. Whisk cocoa into milk in a large suacepan. stir in rum, if desired, cream of coconut and coconut extract.Bring to simmer over medium-high heat. Pour into 8 large heatproof mugs. Float ice cream balls in cocoa. If desired, drizzle ice cream ball with chocolate sauce and top with a cherry.Makes 8.

Nutritional Information:

608 Calories (kcal); 17g Total Fat; (23% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 112g Carbohydrate; 31mg Cholesterol; 248mg Sodium