EXAMINATION
Why is the rum gone? I’ll tell ya why, Jack. We be makin’ rum balls this here fine day. I tell ya true, I found this recipe while rummagin’ around ol’ Davy Jones’s locker. He’s a big fan o’rum, so if you’re hittin’ the high seas, bring a batch o’ these rum balls wi’ ya and he might let ya sail on.
ANALYSIS
Servings: about 30
Ingredients
- 24 Oreo cookies (whole cookies with filling)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 Tbsp molasses
- 1/4 cup black or dark spiced rum
- 2 Tbsp Tia Maria, Kahlua, or other coffee liqueur
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- Wilton Black Pearl Dust (optional)
Apparatus
- Food processor with chopping blade
- Medium mixing bowl
- Plastic wrap
- Small ice cream scoop, melon baller, or a spoon
Procedure
- Into your food processor add cookies, powdered sugar, and cocoa powder. Pulse on high until well combined.
- Add molasses, rum, and coffee liqueur, then pulse again to mix well.
- Add chopped nuts and pulse on low until combined. If you want large chunks of nuts, just do a quick pulse. If you want the nuts ground fine, then pulse until you no longer see the nuts.
- Transfer the mixture to a bowl with a lid or cover with plastic wrap. Chill in your refrigerator for about 30 minutes so that it can firm up.
- Scoop the chilled mixture into balls and roll between your palms to form a smooth, round ball about an inch wide.
- Coat each rum ball with black pearl dust. A little bit goes a long way.
- Chill the rum balls in an airtight container in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving.
DISSECTION
If you don’t have Tia Maria or Kahlua, or don’t like coffee liqueur, you can just use more rum instead. I like Tia Maria because the coffee flavor compliments the chocolate. Sometimes when I make these I use only Tia Maria as it has rum as the base, but the coffee flavor can be too much for some folks.
POST-MORTEM
You can absolutely make these without the Black Pearl Dust. It can be hard to find in stores. Furthermore, the dust… gets… everywhere. You will look like a coal miner when you are finished making these with the pearl dust, and your lips and teeth will get a bit yucky, too. On a positive note, they sure are shiny. And tasty!
Why are the Rum Balls gone? I eats them all, that’s why.
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