Rum Balls
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 24 rum balls
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 24 servings
- Calories
- 230
- Total Fat
- 11
- Saturated Fat
- 2
- Carbohydrates
- 30
- Dietary Fiber
- 1
- Sugar
- 21
- Protein
- 2
- Cholesterol
- 3
- Sodium
- 95
- Total: 20 min
- Active: 20 min
Ingredients
One 11-ounce box vanilla wafer cookies (about 80 cookies)
1 cup pecan pieces
1/2 cup walnut pieces
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup dark rum (better the quality, the better the taste)
2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
Coatings:
1/2 cup fine chopped pecans
1/2 cup white sanding sugar
1/2 cup rainbow nonpareils
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Directions
- Add the wafer cookies to a food processor fitted with the blade attachment. Pulse until a fine crumb forms. Transfer the crumbs to a large bowl. Return the processor bowl and blade to the base and add the pecans and walnuts. Pulse until finely chopped. Add to the bowl with the cookie crumbs, then add the powdered sugar and mix until well combined.
- In a pitcher, mix the rum, honey and vanilla. While mixing, drizzle the rum syrup into the bowl of dry ingredients. Continue mixing until everything is combined. Using a 1 1/2-tablespoon scoop, make 24 golf ball-sized rounds. Roll six of the rum balls in each of the coatings, giving you a variety of colors and textures. The rum balls will keep, sealed in an airtight container, for up to 2 weeks in the fridge.