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The Best Rum Balls

Total Time
1h 32m
19m prep · 73m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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🌱 Vegan 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ✡️ Kosher

I wanted a good rum ball with a lot of kick, so I sat down and came up with this recipe. I didn't realize how good these were until one year I didn't make them for work — I just about got lynched! Needless to say, I've made them every year since (about 20 years).

Ingredients

  • 1 , 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!

Nutrition Facts

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