Rum Balls
Easy, Festive (and Boozy!) Rum Balls Recipe
- 1 cup crushed vanilla wafers you want them crushed, not ground into a powder
- 1 cup ground walnuts or pecans I use pecans
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 2 T cocoa powder
- 2 1/2 T corn syrup mild tasting honey would work as well
- 1/4 cup rum and extra for the cook. :-)
- ground nuts, sprinkles or confectioners sugar for rolling
Mix the ground cookies, nuts, confectioners sugar and cocoa.
Add corn syrup and rum.
Shape into 3/4 inch balls.
Roll in ground nuts, confectioners sugar or chocolate sprinkles. I always use chocolate sprinkles with some red and green mixed in to make them extra festive