It's Christmas Eve and it's starting to feel like Christmas, especially when these delicious chocolate truffles are made and sitting in the refrigerator waiting to be enjoyed. My first batch only had 2 tablespoons of rum in them, however when they are refrigerated as we need to during a hot Queensland summer the flavour of the rum tends to reduce so I doubled the amount in the next batch and Mr. HRK and Shannon gave them the thumbs up, after trying a couple of them of course just to make sure. They are delicious with an afternoon cup of tea or coffee or an evening aperitif.
I hope you are enjoying the lead up to Christmas and that the commercial frenzy of the event hasn't affected you too much.
I have to admit that when I first starting making these little balls I was calling them Rum Balls. However as often happens, the recipe evolved into more of a truffle like mixture so that is what I have called them. Shannon also reminded me that my classic Rum Balls used to always be made with Weetbix and had coconut in them. So do you prefer to make Rum Balls or Truffles at Christmas time or is there another traditional sweet family treat that you like to make?
Shannon has named these Trumffles as they are a cross between a Rum Ball and a Truffle, ha, ha.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Ingredients:
250g sweet biscuits, such as Mcvities Digestives Milk Chocolate biscuits or Arrowroot biscuits
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups desiccated coconut
4 tablespoons rum (I used Bundaberg Rum
Chocolate sprinkles and extra fresh desiccated coconut for coating in two separate batches
Method:
Drop your biscuits separately into the food processor through the chute whilst motor is running to make fine crumbs.
Place the biscuit crumbs into a mixing bowl. Stir in all of the other ingredients until well combined.
Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 1 hour until mixture is cold and firm.
Roll level tablespoons of the mixture into bowls. This may be easier if you dampen your hands first.
Lightly roll each truffle in either coconut or chocolate sprinkles or cocoa powder.
As these may be served at a family gathering over Christmas, a special Kid's edition can be made minus the alcohol by replacing the rum with 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, and reduce the cocoa to 1/3 cup.
(This recipe is loosely based on one I saw on a Jamie Oliver Website, and then for some reason I couldn't find it again. )
I'd like to thank you for reading my blog and supporting me with your comments throughout the year. I'd also like to thank those bloggers who have inspired me throughout the year with their enjoyable and inspiring posts. We are all part of a very diverse, global and supportive blogging community, which I look forward to being part of in 2018.
This will be my last post for a while now, possible until mid-January.
Wishing all the best for a wonderful Christmas with family and a healthy, safe and rewarding 2018.
Bye for now
Pauline xx
Pauline, we won't be having any visitors so I haven't made any goodies for Christmas this year. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and thanks so much for all the fabulous recipes you have shared throughout the year.
ReplyDeleteHi Chel, I waws just revisiting this recipe and found your comment which I obviously didn't see back in 2017. We were all really still learning then, I still am. Best wishes for the festive season.
DeleteI can just imagine how popular these are! 😉 I use a similar recipe but also throw in the odd piece or bar of chocolate in the food processor with the biscuits. One year I was gifted so many tins of those cylindrical biscuits which are full of some sort of chocolate cream stuff so some got used for rum balls too...the family really liked those truffles lol
ReplyDeleteHi Maria, Using chocolate is such a great idea. Best wishes for the festive season 2023.
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