Making Rum Balls right now and am feeeeeling really good

[Shutterbug]

Well of course I had to sample the batter. Then there are those sips of rum between making the balls.
Just call me the Jack Sparrow of baking....Ayyeeee matey!!!!

 

[chell]

Yum! Care to come teach me how to make them?

Do you look like Captain Jack too? If so you are about to get chased by tons of ladies.

 

[Shutterbug]

Yum! Care to come teach me how to make them?

Do you look like Captain Jack too? If so you are about to get chased by tons of ladies.

This is the recipe I used:

2 cups finely chopped vanilla wafers
1 cup powdered confectioners sugar
1/2 cup of finely chopped pecans (I would have used a whole cup but thats all I had)
2 tablespoons of cocoa
2 tablespoons of corn syrup (NOT corn oil)
1/4 cup of Bacardi Select Rum(maybe a tad more)

Mix wafers, sugar, pecans, cocoa
Add corn syrup and Rum
Mix it all together.

Form into one inch balls. I then rolled some in granulated sugar and some in confectioners sugar
I have them stored in the fridge for a couple of days.

 

[Serena]

sounds good

 

[lulubelle]

YUM! I want a rum ball!!!

 

[jipsy]

Yum I make those every year but I usually prefer to make them with Myers Dark Rum. This year I am going to try some rum someone gave me from the Bahamas

 

[Shutterbug]

Yum I make those every year but I usually prefer to make them with Myers Dark Rum. This year I am going to try some rum someone gave me from the Bahamas

Well on hand I had the Bacardi light rum, Bacardi Select which is dark and Bacardi 151. I was tempted to use the 151..lol...

 

[mom2grace]

I got this recipe from either this board or the CCS board. OMG, these are soooo great! I almost accidentally made them with my dear departed Grandfather's dandelion wine, but that's another story!

I used Vanilla rum.

I also made a batch with chocolate graham crackers.


Servings: Makes about 72 rum balls
Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients
1 (12-ounce) package vanilla wafer cookies finely crushed (aboout 3 cups)
1 (3 1/2 ounce) can flaked coconut (1 1/3 cups)
1 cup finely chopped nuts
1 (14-ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk)
1/4 cup rum
Additional flaked coconut, chopped nuts or powdered sugar

Instructions
In large mixing bowl, combine crumbs, coconut and nuts. Add EAGLE BRAND and rum; mix well. Chill 4 hours. Shape into 1-inch balls. Roll in coconut or nuts. (I usually roll them in powdered sugar)

Store tightly covered in refrigerator.

Tip: Flavor of these candies improves after 24 hours. They can be made ahead and stored in refrigerator for several weeks

 

[mommytotwo]

Sounds yummy, do you have pictures of them?

 

[jipsy]

Actually the bahama rum I have is overproof...

One year I made rum balls and took them to work (with Myers Dark Rum). One girl I worked with said she had never had them, and she ate TWO. Woo-hoo, right?

Well, about 30 minutes later, we heard her over in her cubicle laughing and whooping it up (on her own). Turns out, she failed to tell us she had one of those alcohol allergies (like Kim Basinger in Blind Date) and just a little bit of alcohol made her giddy. She was blasted. She said later she didn't think there was any rum in them.

HUH?

 

[Chuck S]

We always used a recipe similar to Shutterbugs, but with bourbon instead of rum...not quite as sweet.

 

[Shutterbug]

I am really thinking now I should have added one more cup of vanilla wafers. These things even smell strong!

 

[Nancy]

I made them with Amaretto the one year...those were really, really good!

 

[WatchinCaptKangaroo]

I use either light or dark rum and use walnuts instead of pecans.

The true way to make rum balls is this:

roll 10 balls, take a shot
roll 10 more balls, take a shot
roll 10 more balls, take a shot
take another shot because you can't remember if you took a shot
roll 1 ball... did I roll 1 or 10? better take a shot...
crud, I can't remember if I took a shot, better take one to be safe...

 

[chell]

Sounds like I may need to make these Wednesday night. My boss wants me to bring in something Thursday night and this might be perfect.