The Best Oreo® Rum Balls recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups crushed chocolate wafers (such as Oreo®), filling discarded
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1 cup finely chopped pecans
¼ cup light corn syrup
¼ cup dark 151 proof rum
2 tablespoons dark rum, or to taste
1 cup coconut flakes, or more to taste

Nutrition Info

127.3 calories
carbohydrate: 16.9 g
cholesterol: 0.2 mg
fat: 5.8 g
fiber: 1.1 g
protein: 1.2 g
saturatedFat: 1.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 65.1 mg
sugar: 10.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine chocolate wafer crumbs, confectioners' sugar, pecans, corn syrup, and 1/4 cup rum in a bowl. Mix with your hands until ingredients are well combined, mixture will be stiff and sticky.

  2. Shape into 1 1/2-inch balls. Dip each ball in remaining rum and roll in coconut flakes.

  3. Cover and refrigerate until firm, 8 hours to overnight. Roll in more coconut just before serving, if desired.

Recipe Yield

24 rum balls

Recipe Note

I received this easy, no-bake recipe 30 years ago, and I have yet to taste a better rum ball! It is best made with 151 proof rum (buy a smaller bottle so as not to spend so much) and Oreo® cookies, with the cream scraped out. The Oreo cookie crumbs make the best tasting chocolate wafer crumbs. Enjoy!

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