Chocolate Rum Balls

Name: Chocolate Rum Balls
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: about 3 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules; 1/4 cup dark rum, warmed; 4 ounces cream cheese, softened; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 cup ground almonds; 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted; 8 Oreo cookies, finely crushed

These creamy, truffle-like goodies are on my cookie tray every Christmas. If you like, prepare them up to three days ahead of time--just store them in the refrigerator.

Ingredients

1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
1/4 cup dark rum, warmed
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup ground almonds
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
8 Oreo cookies, finely crushed

Directions

Dissolve coffee granules in warm rum. Beat cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, almonds and rum mixture until blended. Stir in melted chocolate. Refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 1 hour.
Shape mixture into 1-in. balls; roll in crushed cookies. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator, separating layers with waxed paper.

TO MAKE AHEAD: Rum balls can be made three days in advance. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

1 rum ball: 70 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 3mg cholesterol, 21mg sodium, 7g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Rum Balls in Taste of Home Christmas Annual 2013

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nigols

Dec 18, 2013

Taste good, also played around with the recipe have made them with nuts,cherries etc just keep trying different things I do as my family is all different, but I will make these again as I like them