No Bake Rum Balls
Eat your drunk on! JK, these no bake rum balls DO contain all of the joy of rum, plus chocolate, pecans, and powdered sugar for a rich and satisfying little way to treat yourself.
Servings: 25 balls
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs
- ¾ cup pecans
- 1 ½ tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 ½ tsp light corn syrup
- ¼ cup dark rum (not spiced)
- 1 cup powdered sugar divided
Instructions
- Pulverize the vanilla wafers into small crumbs in a food processor with the blade attachment. Set aside in a large mixing bowl.
- Next, put the pecans in the food processor and pulverize them too. Add to the large mixing bowl.
- Add in the remaining ingredients, leaving ½ cup of powdered sugar aside.
- Use two spoons to stir and thoroughly combine all ingredients into the bowl until the mixture is the texture of wet, sticky sand.
- Put the extra ½ cup powdered sugar in a shallow bowl.
- Use your hands to roll the mixture into small balls, about the size of a gum ball. Drop them in the powdered sugar and roll around to coat. Use tongs to remove and set aside on a serving plate. Continue until all of the mixture is used.
- If the mixture isn't coming together well, or loses moisture as you get to the end, add a very small drizzle of additional corn syrup to help it retain its stickiness. This will make between 20-30 balls, depending on how large you roll them.