BACARDI RUM BALLS

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Entered for safe-keeping for ZWT5. From ElBoricua.com, Puerto Rican cooking site. Edited 12/16/13: The El Boricua website now lists the ingredients as: 1 box vanilla wafers, crushed; 3 Tbsp. cocoa; 1 1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts, 4 1/2 Tbsp. corn syrup, 1/3 cup rum, and 1 cup confectioners sugar (plus more for rolling balls). (It states that finely chopped coconut may also be added.) Current recipe says it makes 50-60 balls.

Provided by KateL

Categories     Candy

Time 15m

Yield 18 rum balls

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cup vanilla wafer, crushed
1 cup pecans or 1 cup walnuts, crushed
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup Bacardi dark rum
confectioners' sugar or icing sugar, for coating

Steps:

  • Crush the Vanilla Wafers using a food processor or if you don't have one, put the wafers in a sealed plastic bag and use a rolling pin (or wine bottle) to crush finely, no chunks or lumps.
  • Crush the nuts using the same process as for wafers.
  • Place in a large bowl, add the honey and rum.
  • Form into small balls and roll in powdered sugar.

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