The Best Rum Balls

Ingredients

• 1 box vanilla wafer cookies , 12 ounce
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 0.25 cups light corn syrup
• 0.75 cups dark rum , such as Meyer's
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar , plus more for dusting

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather all ingredients.

2. 2

   Place vanilla cookies in a food processor and process into fine crumbs.

3. 3

   Heat chocolate chips and corn syrup together in a saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring often, until chocolate is melted and smooth, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in rum and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in cookie crumbs; dough will be sticky.

4. 4

   Place saucepan in the refrigerator until dough is firm and easy to roll, about 15 minutes. Cover 2 plates with waxed paper; dust with confectioners' sugar.

5. 5

   Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on the prepared plates. Dust rum balls with confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.

6. 6

   Remove rum balls from refrigerator and transfer to a resealable bag, including the extra confectioners' sugar. Seal the bag and shake to coat the rum balls completely with confectioners' sugar.

7. 7

   Enjoy!