No Bake Holiday Rum Ball Recipe

Southern Rum Balls are Easy to Make and Delightfully Delicious

Dec 24, 2008 Cyndi Allison

Sinfully rich rum balls are a holiday favorite and also easy to make.

Rum balls are quite popular in the South, especially around Christmas. Folks who would never mix up a cocktail enjoy a little hint of the spirits in candy form.

There are a variety of rum ball recipes floating around and traded around by Southern cooks, but chocolate flavored rum balls are traditional and particularly popular.

This is a no-bake rum ball recipe, so that makes is especially convenient to make. Do plan ahead and make the rum balls at least a day before serving, so the flavors have time to settle.

Southern Rum Ball Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup chocolate chips – semisweet (around 6 ounces)
1/3 cup powdered sugar
3 TBS corn syrup (Karo brand is popular in the South)
1/3 cup rum (any brand is fine – Meyers Rum is especially rich and good)
2 ½ cups chocolate wafers crumbled fine (can use regular vanilla wafers instead)
1 cup pecans – finely chopped (can substitute other nuts)
2 TBS cocoa powder (unsweetened in baking section)
3 TBS regular table sugar (white granulated)

Directions:

Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler on low, so the chocolate does not scorch. Can add just a drip of vegetable oil if chips are dry and not melting well.
Combine the melted chocolate with the powdered sugar, corn syrup, and rum in a medium mixing bowl and stir.
Add chocolate or vanilla wafers and nuts and mix until well blended.
Roll into small balls (a bit smaller than ping-pong balls).
Mix together the cocoa powder and sugar on a flat plate or bowl with sides and then roll rum balls in the mixture. Shake off excess powdering.
Put the rum balls in a Tupperware or other airtight container and store for a day or more before serving.

*This is a fairly large recipe. Expect around 50 rum balls, depending on how generous the rum balls are rolled.

Looking for other easy and tasty holiday treats?

Try these:

Peanut Butter Fudge - A lot of people think fudge is difficult to make. This recipe for fudge is very easy. It's a family favorite for the holidays.

Chocolate No Bake Oatmeal Cookies - Enjoy an easy starter recipe. No bake cookies are easy to make but tasty great.

Seven Layer Mexican Dip - This dip recipe is fabulous and makes a pretty dish on the holiday appetizer table.

Classic Chex Party Mix - Add a little salt to balance out the sweets. Yes. You can buy Party Mix in bags at the store now. But, it does not taste near as good as homemade Party Mix.

Bisquick Sausage Balls - No matter how many you make, the Sausage Balls always seem to disappear. It's hard to believe this is a three ingredient recipe.

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