Description
Delightful rum balls showcase Caribbean spirits in a rich, no-bake dessert perfect for holiday gatherings. Chocolate cookie crumbs, cocoa powder, and rum blend seamlessly to create irresistible bite-sized treats you’ll crave year-round.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup toasted pecans
- 2 cups vanilla wafer cookies
- 1/2 cup spiced dark rum
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, divided
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Sweet Binding Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spread pecans on a baking sheet, toasting until golden and aromatic, approximately 6-8 minutes. Rotate pecans midway through cooking for even browning. Allow nuts to cool completely.
- Pulverize cookies in food processor until achieving a fine, uniform texture. Transfer crumbs to a spacious mixing bowl.
- Pulse cooled pecans in food processor, creating finely chopped fragments without creating a paste. Incorporate nut mixture into cookie crumbs.
- Sift powdered sugar, cocoa, and salt over crumb mixture. Thoroughly blend dry ingredients using a whisk.
- Combine rum and honey, ensuring complete honey dissolution. Pour liquid into dry ingredients, mixing until achieving a cohesive consistency.
- Craft 1-inch spherical shapes from the mixture. Refrigerate briefly if mixture feels excessively sticky. Introduce minimal water or rum if texture appears too dry.
- Alternate coating techniques: roll half the spheres in powdered sugar, remaining half in cocoa powder for diverse presentation.
- Refrigerate rum balls for 2-3 days to enhance flavor complexity. Optional: re-roll in coating before serving to refresh appearance.
Notes
- Choose high-quality dark rum for deeper, richer flavor complexity.
- Swap pecans with almonds or walnuts for different nutty undertones.
- Keep rum balls refrigerated to maintain texture and prevent crumbling.
- Use gluten-free cookies to make recipe celiac-friendly without compromising taste.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 21 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg