Rum ball

Rum ball

Rum balls are a truffle-like confection, being sweet dense balls flavoured with chocolate and rum. They are roughly the size of a golf ball and often coated in chocolate sprinkles, desiccated coconut, or cocoa.

To make a rum ball, the cake (or biscuit) material is crushed and mixed with cocoa and a moist binding ingredient, such as jam or condensed milk. Other optional ingredients can also be added, such as nuts. When the mixture holds together firmly, it is rolled into balls and then coated.

Rum balls are a popular Christmas snack in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Austria. They can be made as children's snacks without the rum, or alternatively, moon balls. Another popular variation is 'Snowballs', which are the same recipe, with a marshmallow in the center, and without the rum.

Recipe

There are many recipes for rum balls. Each family has its own ingredients or variations on the quantity of each ingredient. One recipe is listed below:

* 250g of Marie biscuits (or arrowroot biscuits)
* 1 cup of desiccated coconut
* 2 tablespoons of cocoa
* 1 400g can of sweetened condensed milk
* 2 table spoons of rum or similar spirit - e.g. brandy or sherry

Crush the biscuits finely. Add coconut and cocoa and mix well. Add rum. Stir in sweetened condensed milk. Form into balls and roll in coconut or chocolate sprinkles. Makes 40 - 50.


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