Mocha Rum Balls
These nutty vintage holiday treats are made of almonds, chocolate covered coffee beans, spiced rum and vanilla wafer cookies. Simply roll them into balls and plate them. No baking required!
Servings: 3 dozen
Calories: 101kcal
Ingredients
- 1½ cups toasted coconut almonds or regular toasted almonds, ground
- 1¼ cups Vanilla Wafer Cookies ground
- 2 heaping teaspoons finely ground chocolate covered espresso beans
- 2 Tablespoons good quality cocoa powder
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Raw honey
- ¼ cup spiced rum
- I coated mine in crushed Vanilla wafers. You could also coat them in cocoa powder powdered sugar or dip them in chocolate.
Instructions
- Using your food processor, grind up the almonds until they resemble the texture of fine sand. Do the same to your cookies and your espresso beans. Combine them in a bowl with the cocoa powder and powdered sugar. Pour in the honey and the spiced rum. Using a fork combine until the dry mixture is all moistened. (kind of like making a graham cracker crust) If you need to, add more rum to get it to the right consistency, add it by teaspoonful until it's okay.
- Scoop the dough with a small cookie scoop and form your balls. Immediately roll them in crushed cookies. (or whatever coating you choose) so that the coating adheres.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Bacon Fatte
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 25mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g