Rum Balls are bold, boozy, and bright with honey-like holiday flavors! A couple dozen of these are just the thing to rouse up some Christmas cheer. Toasted pecans and rich cocoa powder are rolled up with crunchy wafer cookies to build these drool-worthy chocolate rum balls. They’ll be the highlight of any gathering you bring them to!
A couple dozen of these no bake rum balls are just the thing to rouse up some Christmas cheer!
Dark rum warms you up from your stomach to your toes to the tips of your fingers with its rich, caramel taste. It’s all about pairings, too — and chocolate, pecans, honey, and cookies hit all the right notes!
Now that you have that nice bottle of rum, what’re you going to do with the rest of it? Sure, you could do something boring like just drink it… or you could make my beachy rumchata pudding shots or moist banana rum cake!
(If you really do just want to drink it, at least make it into a nice rum and coke!)
You absolutely can’t get drunk off eating these from the recipe, especially if you only eat a few. Do rum balls need to be refrigerated? Nope, these Chocolate Rum Balls don’t need to be refrigerated; you can make them and serve them immediately, at room temperature.
Easy Ways to Level Up Chocolate Rum Balls
- Spice things up with other liquors.
I sort of mean this literally! Spiced rum is a really fantastic option for this rum balls recipe since it’s the main player in terms of flavor.
Bourbon is another sweet option with a nice oaky vanilla taste — and it can be spicy, too! If you’re making these around the holidays, I definitely recommend a spiced liquor to get everyone in the holiday spirit.
- Get creative with coatings.
There are all sorts of things you can roll these around in to add texture, flavor, or color. The sky’s the limit!
You could always use more of the wafers, pecans, or sugar as a coating. Seasonal sprinkles are always fun, and I’m personally partial to chocolate shell that hardens as it cools. There’s nothing like that crunch when you bite down!
Having a food processor or blender around will make assembling delicious coatings a whole lot easier. Then there’s the old fashioned plastic-bag-and-rolling-pin technique, which never fails!
- Making these ahead of time? Great idea!
This is one of those desserts that gets tastier as it sits, letting the wet ingredients seep into the dry and marry all of the flavors together.
I recommend making them the night before to really get the best flavor and texture!
Rum Balls Recipe FAQ
This is a no bake recipe, which means any alcohol we use in the process won’t be cooked away or made less effective. However, we’re not using that much of it, so getting drunk isn’t something to worry about! After all, there’s only ¼ cup of rum divided among 24 individual bites.
Not all do, but this rum balls recipe does! If this is an allergen or concern of yours, then you can easily leave them out or replace them with more cookie or wafer crumble!
They’re thickened with dry ingredients like crumbled cookies, ground nuts, and powdered sugar. Together, these build the body we need to thicken and shape these treats.
Just add more of the thickener! Rather than go right for the powdered sugar, use a little bit of each ingredient so that it doesn’t become too sweet. And it’s easier to fix too-wet balls than those that are too dry, so just add a little bit at a time!
Enjoy! With love, from our simple kitchen to yours.
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