The Best Rum Balls

Dark rum, vanilla wafers, chocolate, and confectioners' sugar combine to make boozy holiday rum balls that everyone will insist you bring to parties!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 148 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 (12 ounce) box vanilla wafer cookies (such as Nilla®)
• 0.25 cup light corn syrup
• 0.75 cup dark rum (such as Meyer's®)
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place vanilla cookies in a food processor and process into fine crumbs.

Step 2

Heat chocolate chips and corn syrup together in a saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring often, until chocolate is melted and smooth, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in rum and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in cookie crumbs; dough will be sticky.

Step 3

Place saucepan in the refrigerator until dough is firm and easy to roll, about 15 minutes. Cover 2 plates with waxed paper; dust with confectioners' sugar.

Step 4

Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on the prepared plates. Dust rum balls with confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.

Step 5

Remove rum balls from refrigerator and transfer to a resealable bag, including the extra confectioners' sugar. Seal the bag and shake to coat the rum balls completely with confectioners' sugar.