Best Toasted Coconut Rum Balls With Chocolate Inside Recipes

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COCONUT RUM BALLS



Coconut Rum Balls image

The flavor of these candies improves after 24 hours. They may be made ahead and stored in refrigerator. Roll in confectioners' sugar instead of coconut if you prefer.

Provided by Carla Hoy

Categories     Desserts     Specialty Dessert Recipes     Liqueur Dessert Recipes     Rum

Time 4h30m

Yield 96

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 (12 ounce) package vanilla wafers, crushed very fine
1 ⅓ cups flaked coconut
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
¼ cup rum
1 cup flaked coconut

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, toss together the crushed vanilla wafers, 1 1/3 cup coconut and walnuts. Stir in the sweetened condensed milk and rum; mix well. Refrigerate for 4 hours.
  • Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and roll the balls in the remaining coconut. Store in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 47.2 calories, Carbohydrate 5.8 g, Cholesterol 1.4 mg, Fat 2.3 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 0.7 g, SaturatedFat 0.9 g, Sodium 21.1 mg, Sugar 2.9 g

COCONUT RUM BALLS



Coconut Rum Balls image

My mom has made rum balls for as long as I can remember. They look beautiful on a dessert spread and can be packaged in a decorative tin as a gift. I swapped coconut rum for the traditional rum and added shredded coconut. -Jana Walker, Macomb, Michigan

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 25m

Yield about 4-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 package (12 ounces) vanilla wafers, finely crushed
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup coconut rum
Additional confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Whisk crushed wafers, confectioners' sugar and cocoa. Stir in coconut and pecans. In a separate bowl, whisk corn syrup and rum; stir into wafer mixture. Shape into 1-in. balls; let stand 1 hour., Roll in additional confectioners' sugar. Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 73 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 1mg cholesterol, Sodium 31mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 0 protein.

TOASTED COCONUT RUM BALLS WITH CHOCOLATE INSIDE!



TOASTED COCONUT RUM BALLS with CHOCOLATE INSIDE! image

I have been sating around trying to figure out a new Holiday recipe. Being looking at cookies, cakes Holiday snacks, and eating KISSES. About the time I was to eat another KISSES, and looking at rum balls, I got to thinking --- UMMM, take one kisses and roll it up inside of a RUM BALL. SOOO, that's what I did. TRY it, you might...

Provided by Bobby (*_*)

Categories     Other Snacks

Time 1h30m

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 11oz boxes vanilla wafers (about 125 wafers)
1/2 to 3/4 c toasted coconut rum (siesta key rum)
1/2 c clover honey
2 c walnuts, chopped fine (i use food processor)
1 c flake coconut (pulse about 15 times)
confectioner's sugar, optional

Steps:

  • 1. `
  • 2. Get all ingredients together!
  • 3. Open the boxes of vanilla wafers, and pour them into a food processor...
  • 4. With the speed knot on 2, start the food processor and let it run about 30 seconds, or, until fine crumbs.
  • 5. Pour the wafers crumbs into a bowl (make sure the bowl is big enough to mix everything together!
  • 6. Now take the nuts, put in food processor and hit the pulse bottom 15 times...
  • 7. and chopped the nuts fine!
  • 8. Pour the nuts in the bowl that you have the wafers in.
  • 9. Take coconut and place in the food processor and hit the pulse bottom 15 times...
  • 10. When the coconut looks finely chopped, pour coconut in the wafer bowl along with the nuts.
  • 11. Now, take the wafer mixture and pour the rum in, I used about 3/4 of a cup of rum, depends how strong of a rum taste you like...
  • 12. Now pour in the honey, and with a big slotted spoon, mix all together...
  • 13. until is clinks in a ball like this...
  • 14. Take a cookie scoop and fill the scoop to the top.
  • 15. Take a KISSES and place in the palm of your hand, or,
  • 16. push the KISSES into the center of scoop...
  • 17. Take the dough, and come around the KISSES
  • 18. And roll the dough in the palm of your hands to make a ball, about the size of a golf ball...
  • 19. Take the rolled up rum ball and place in a medium size cookie sheet lined with wax paper...
  • 20. Do all dough balls and place in cookie sheet until all rum balls are through.
  • 21. This is optional, I did use confectioner's sugar. Take the confectioner's sugar, pour into a bowl
  • 22. Roll the ball around until each ball is covered with confectioner's sugar.
  • 23. Place in a medium size casserole pan until all balls are covered with sugar.
  • 24. Take the rum balls and refrigerate overnight or until you are ready to use!
  • 25. `

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