Cocoa Rum Balls are the most pleasing dessert for the upcoming Christmas eve, which can be made in just no time. However, these cocoa rum balls can be a suitable gifting option to give to your friends this Christmas. They are the most popular in this season because Christmas is around the corner, and everyone needs a good dessert to have the best Christmas treat ever.
Rum balls are truffle-like sweets made with crumbled cookies and butter, flavoured with cocoa powder, chocolate, and rum. These rum balls should be the size of a golf ball, or you can make even bigger ones as you want your rum balls to be. This one is the easiest and most classic recipe for the holidays. Let’s gather the ingredients for this delicious dessert.
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Ingredients
- 1 (12-ounce) package of vanilla wafers, crushed
- 1 ½ cups chopped nuts
- ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ cup cocoa
- ½ cup light rum
- 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
- ⅛ cup confectioners’ sugar, or more as needed
Directions For Cocoa Rum Balls
- Take a large bowl, and stir all the vanilla wafers crumbs with nuts and ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar and cocoa.
- Now, Pour corn syrup and rum into the bowl until mixed properly.
- Using your hands, make a dough and shape it into 1-inch balls or larger.
- Toss them into confectioners’ sugar and cocoa or whatever you like to give a coating.
- Store rum balls in an airtight container in the fridge for 4-5 days to develop flavour.
- Roll them again in the confectioners’ sugar well before serving.
Notes for the recipe!
- You can even substitute the rum with 1/2 cup of orange juice, additionally adding a teaspoon of freshly grated orange peel.
- You can serve your rum balls in mini cupcake rolls to make them look amazing.
- If you are choosing to coat your rum balls in confectioners’ sugar then you have to recoat them before serving.
- If you are using nuts, then it is not mandatory to roast the nuts.
Options for the base of these rum balls:
- Graham crackers
- Crushed vanilla wafers
- Shortbread cookies
- Digestive biscuits
- Chocolate wafers
- Leftover cake
The rum balls can be covered with the following:
- Granulated sugar
- Coconut flakes
- Chocolate sprinkles
- Shaved chocolate
- Coloured sprinkles
- Powder sugar
Nutrition Value!
- Calories: 218kcal
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Protein: 3g
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g
- Cholesterol: 31mg
- Sugar: 4g
To sum up!
You can easily prepare these rum balls to make your Christmas evening more amazing. In case you want to have some dessert along with your main course menu, then also you can just make it. You just need to collect some ingredients and follow the simple steps. So there you go enjoying the delicious dessert sitting on your couch.
If you have any questions about the recipe or would like to share your version of cocoa rum balls, please feel free to comment. Don’t forget to share it with your friends and family, and I am sure they’ll love it too.
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