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    Home » Desserts » Chocolate Rum Balls

    Chocolate Rum Balls

    Last updated on September 28, 2020. Originally posted on June 8, 2016 By Elaine 3 Comments

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    This double chocolate rum balls recipe is everything you want from a decadent boozy treat! They are so good you will swoon with delight!

    A male hand holding one of the  rum balls that has a bite taken out of it

    Double chocolate rum balls for everyone! Okay, not the kids but for everyone else. Grab one and indulge in a chocolatey, boozy taste treat!

    I brought them recently to my nephew’s birthday bash (it’s okay, he turned 30) and the next day a little birdie told me that – near the end of the party, in the wee hours of the morning – everyone stood around the bag of booze balls and kept reaching their hands in; popping them into their mouths like they were doing shots.

    That really cracked me up.

    This post may contain affiliate links, which means I get a small commission, at no additional cost to you, if you click the link and buy something. You can read my disclosure here.

    Helpful tips

    • I use a 100% cocoa bar, which means I have to add a sweetener – but if you prefer to use bittersweet chocolate, you don’t have to add any sweetener.
    • The dough will be a little stiff so after stirring the ingredients together, you may have to use your hands to finish the mixing.
    • I like to roll these booze balls in coconut and cocoa but use what you line. Nuts are a good addition as well or even mini chocolate bits.

    How to make chocolate rum balls

    Pre-step

    Get out a food processor, mixing bowl, rubber spatula and jelly roll pan.

    Step one

    Gather the Nilla wafers.

    Nilla wafers in a pile

    Step one

    Place the wafers in the processor and pulse until it looks like flour.

    Nilla wafers pulsed and ready to be formed into rum balls

    Step two

    Add the flour to a mixing bowl.

    Step three

    Gather the cocoa powder, chop up some 100% cocoa chocolate and butter.

    Cocoa powder, 100% cocoa and some butter for the rum balls

    Step four

    Now, since the chocolate bar is 100% cocoa and has no sweetener, I add powdered sugar with the cocoa to the Nilla wafer flour.

    Add chopped walnuts as well and stir the mixture to combine it.

    Cocoa, sugar, Nilla wafers in a bowl

    Step five

    You can use a double boiler if you have one, but I don’t.

    Add two inches of water to a medium saucepan and heat on medium. Add the cut up chocolate to a glass bowl along with butter and rest the bowl on top of the pan making sure it doesn’t touch the water.

    Stand there and stir to melt the chocolate.

    Melted chocolate in a white bowl and a pink spatula in it

    Step six

    Measure out 4 ounces of rum.

    Rum measured out for the rum balls

    I pour the rum, maple syrup and melted chocolate onto the Nilla mixture.

    Chocolate and rum poured on the nilla mixture ready to be mixed

    Step seven

    Stir the ingredients together with a spatula to mix it but since the dough gets stiff, you may have to use your hands for the rest of the mixing.

    Rum ball dough ready for some rolling

    Step nine

    Time to get the coconut and cocoa (the packaged kind you make hot cocoa with) and place them in little bowls.

    Step ten

    Either use a small cookie scoop to gather the dough into small one inch balls or roll them between your palms.

    As you roll the balls, dip and roll them in either the coconut or cocoa powder. Place each ball on the jelly roll pan.

    Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

    Pan of cocoa powder and coconut  rolled rum balls

    Aren’t they pretty?

    Rum balls lined up on a pan ready to be eaten

    They look pretty when you alternate the different toppings the way I did.

    Now it is time to indulge.

    Rum balls on a plate small black plate with tea in the background

    And now a bite taken out of one. Christopher was happy to do the taste testing.

    One of the chocolate rum balls with a bite taken out of it

    I hope you enjoyed this chocolate rum balls recipe as much as the party goers enjoyed chowing down on them.

    Like these rum balls? Then try my Amaretto booze balls.

    And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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    Chocolate rum balls on a pan, some are rolled in coconut and the others in cocoa - square

    Double Chocolate Rum Balls

    These potent and delicious double chocolate rum balls are so easy and a hit at any festivity. Just keep them away from the kiddies.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Dessert
    Keyword: chocolate booze balls, chocolate rum balls, rum balls
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 35 balls
    Calories: 103kcal
    Author: Elaine Benoit

    Ingredients

    • 11 ounce box of Nilla Wafers processed fine
    • ¼ cup cocoa powder
    • â…“ cup walnuts
    • 6 ounces 100% cocoa chocolate or bittersweet
    • 4 tablespoons butter
    • ¼ cup confectioner’s sugar
    • ¼ cup maple syrup
    • ½ cup rum

    Coating

    • coconut for coating
    • hot cocoa mix for coating

    Instructions

    • Place Nilla wafers in a food processor and pulse fine like flour
    • Transfer the Nilla flour to a large mixing bowl
    • Add cocoa powder, walnuts and sugar and mix
    • Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler or in a bowl over a sauce pan filled with two inches of water. Once it is melted pour on the Nilla flour
    • Add rum and maple syrup and stir with a rubber spatula. The dough will be a little stiff so you may want to use your hands to mix fully when it gets too hard to stir with the spatula
    • Get a jelly roll pan and add coconut and cocoa mix in separate small bowls
    • Grab a small amount of dough and roll it between your palms into 1 inch balls
    • Place each ball into the coating of your choice and roll it until covered, placing finished balls on the jelly roll pan
    • When you are finished covering the rum balls, put them in the refrigerator for at least ½ hour before serving
    • Bite
    • Eat
    • Enjoy

    Equipment

    food processor
    jelly roll pan
    rubber spatula
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    Notes

    Helpful tips
    • I use a 100% cocoa bar, which means I have to add a sweetener – but if you prefer to use bittersweet chocolate, you don’t have to add any sweetener.
    • The dough will be a little stiff so after stirring the ingredients together, you may have to use your hands to finish the mixing.
    • I like to roll these booze balls in coconut and cocoa but use what you line. Nuts are a good addition as well or even mini chocolate bits.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 2balls | Calories: 103kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 48mg | Potassium: 67mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 40IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Comments

    1. Ashley@CookNourishBliss

      June 09, 2016 at 2:34 pm

      Bite sized treats like this are my favorite! These look so pretty all rolled in the coconut!!

      Reply
      • Elaine

        June 10, 2016 at 11:37 am

        Hi Ashley,

        Thanks so much! I think so too. 🙂

        Elaine

        Reply
    2. Joyce

      October 07, 2017 at 12:50 pm

      These are so good! I made them for a party and everyone couldn’t stop eating them.

      Reply

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