JOYOUS RUM BALLS

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Do you like the taste of the candy bar almond joy? Well then you'll enjoy these NO-BAKE rum balls. Approximately one cup and a half of Myers Coconut Rum breaks down to 6 rum balls being 1 shot of booze. yields about 5 - 6 dozen rum balls (I don't have an accurate count b/c I... and a roommate (yea right) snacked while I was making them - whoopsiedaisy MY BAAAD). You can grind fine the vanilla wafers or stomp on with a rolling pin fine to medium coarse the way I like it. The 1 1/4 cup of Myers coconut rum is more like a cup and a half to taste.

Provided by susie.freckle.face

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h

Yield 5-6 dozen, 60 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 (12 ounce) bag melted semi-sweet chocolate chips, by trader joe's
1 (12 ounce) box vanilla wafer cookies, ground fine
1 1/4 cups of myers coconut rum
3/4 cup turbinado sugar or 3/4 cup other not bleached sugar
3/4 cup caro corn syrup, at room temperature
1/2 cup coconut flakes
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup trader joes sesame honey-roasted almond

Steps:

  • in a large non metal mixing bowl with a wooden spoon:
  • mix the smashed nilla wafers with the turbinado sugar and the rum.
  • incorporate the caro light corn syrup.
  • incorporate the melted semisweet chocolate chips.
  • let the mixture cool to a workable consistency
  • line a jelly roll tray with parchment, put your surgical gloves on to start rolling the rum balls about 1 tsp in size - or slightly smaller than a doughnut hole.
  • As you roll the rum balls up (slightly smaller than a doughnut hole)~~
  • Roll them in a tray of coconut flakes and chopped almonds (I love the trader joe's sesame honey almonds), or you can embed a whole almond on the rum ball and roll in powdered sugar and coconut flakes. Either way is quite tasty.
  • Place rum balls on the parchment and let set up for a little while - you can refrigerate them.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 96.6, Fat 4.2, SaturatedFat 1.6, Sodium 22.8, Carbohydrate 12.5, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 5.4, Protein 0.9

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