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These delicious little treats are the easiest things you will have ever made. And they’re so cute!

Total time: 90 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 Tablespoons rum
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 2 Tablespoons coconut flakes
• Extra cocoa powder or coconut flakes for garnish

Directions

1. Mix together sugar and butter
2. Stir in nuts, cocoa powder, coconut, and rum.
3. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
4. In a small bowl or teacup, pour a couple tablespoons of coconut flakes or cocoa powder. Set this aside for garnishing.
5. Using two spoons roll the balls into 1 inch balls, then drop them into your small bowl or teacup of garnish, and roll it around a couple times until the entire rum ball is covered. Set these rum balls on a plate (preferably lined with waxed paper) and refrigerate them after you are done.
6. Voila! You are done!

Cook’s Notes

1. For the chopped nuts, consider using hazelnuts, pecans, or walnuts.
2. I have noticed that many of the recipes out there for rum balls involve corn syrup. Generally, I prefer not to use corn syrup– or any of the other corn-derived food products. See here to find out the various health problems associated with corn.

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