Chocolate Walnut Rum Balls recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
½ cup dark rum
2 ½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1 cup chopped walnuts

Nutrition Info

109.3 calories
carbohydrate: 15.3 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 4.8 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 1 g
saturatedFat: 1.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 31.9 mg
sugar: 6.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Melt chocolate over a double boiler, stirring until smooth. Remove from the heat and whisk in 1/2 cup of sugar and the corn syrup, then the rum. In a separate bowl, stir together the vanilla wafer crumbs and walnuts. Add the chocolate mixture to the nut mixture and stir until well blended.

  2. Place the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar in a shallow bowl. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and roll the balls in the sugar to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate at least overnight for best flavor. These can be refrigerated up to 5 days.

Recipe Yield

45 rum balls

Recipe Note

These treats are dense and moist. Wrapped in a pretty box they make a great gift!

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