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5-minute Chocolate Balls

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5-minute Chocolate Balls

Quick and delicious Rum Balls recipe (with or without rum!). These tasty treats whip up in no time, and are completely addictive. Whether you need a chocolate fix or a quick gift, these are sure to please.

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Ingredients
A food processor will help you cut through this recipe in a cool five minutes or less! 1 1/4 cups (120 grams) vanilla wafer cookies, shortbread, or graham crackers (about 35 Nilla brand wafers) 1/2 cup (55 grams) powdered (confectioners) sugar 2 tablespoons (12 grams) cocoa powder (Dutch processed or regular unsweetened cocoa powder) 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 1/4 cup (60 ml) COLD* liquid: juice; rum; water + rum extract (or your favorite); or whatever else you can imagine -- I did one batch with OJ and one with rum 1 1/2 cups (140 grams) pecans (hazelnuts, walnuts, or almonds can be used - and toasting them beforehand makes them awesome! but will probably result in longer than 5 minutes) 1/2 cup (55 grams) topping - crushed nuts, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, flaked coconut, go crazy Makes about 2 dozen decent-sized chocolate balls. *the liquid being cold will help the balling process and reduce or even eliminate the need to refrigerate before shaping

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Mix it up!
Process the cookies and pecans(opt) in the food processor until finely ground. Add powdered sugar and cocoa powder and process until combined. Add corn syrup and liquid and mix well. Yes, you can do this in the processor too! Blend until it creates one massive lump on the side of the bowl.

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Form balls
Grease your hands (trust me on this one) and shape mixture into 1 inch (2.54 cm) balls. Roll the finished balls in the toppings of your choice. (I used powdered sugar and crushed nuts) If the balls are too sticky for you to work with, you can stick 'em in the freezer for a couple minutes or in the fridge for a few hours. I'm guessing that would work. . . I've never had the patience to find out!

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Try to Share!
If you don't eat them all yourself in one sitting, try to remember to bring them in to share with your colleagues/peers the next day. These are perfect little gifts to give too. A sandwich baggie with a colorful ribbon even makes it look like you put a lot of thought into it!

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1-40 of 68 gramgeater says:

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Why is there not a printer friendly option for these recipes?

etarabas says: why can't I print out this recipe ? 5 min chocolate balls Evie here

Jan 6, 2013. 5:42 AM

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Renee! says:

Dec 1, 2012. 1:05 PM

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Those look so great! Do you think you could replace the corn syrup with honey and maybe reduce the sugar to balance it out?

pancsi says: Perfect recipe! I made them for Easter. Thanks a lot. http://pancsolo.blogspot.com/2012/04/csokigolyo-husvetra.html

Apr 14, 2012. 9:14 AM

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PonderinPothead says: In my house these are called Rum balls.

Jan 27, 2012. 2:16 PM

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Glockenator says: what in the world are Nilla Wafers?

Feb 18, 2010. 6:17 PM

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radarovich says: small round Va"Nilla" flavoured cookies!

Apr 21, 2011. 7:37 AM

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lagniappe4u says:

Dec 14, 2011. 9:39 AM

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It's a very popular brand name for Vanilla Wafers. At most stores I've been to, they put some by the bananas because folks use them to make banana pudding. But, then again, I DO live in Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA. places, I think they just put them in with the byOther scoochmaroo cookies. 4 Steps Dec 14, 2011. 9:36 AM
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lagniappe4u says:

Thanks for this great recipe. I made 3 batches - 2 with Bacardi Orange Rum and one with a walnut liqueur. My only suggestion: as I did the first two batches, I lightly greased my hands with veg oil. I found I had to repeat a lot during the rolling process and that the balls I did (I rolled them in powdered sugar) the oil, even the tiny amount that ended up on the balls, made the powdered sugar disappear after a few hours. I rerolled them and it was fine. But for the 3rd batch, I used powdered sugar on my hands as I was rolling them in powdered sugar, and not only did it go a lot faster, but worked really well. So I suggest trying that if you are gonna roll them in powdered sugar anyway. This is a wonderful recipe - so good & easy enough that kids could help.

eviolet says:

Nov 14, 2011. 10:00 AM

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it's look yummy!! i guess i can make it easily?~ well i really hope i can make it well and i'm thinkin' to give this to my friend for her coming birthday!!! hope she like it!! ^^ this is the easiest way and i don't need to buy a thing!!! :)

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celina y says: thx it's delicious

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Aug 5, 2011. 4:28 AM
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TheGreatS says:

May 28, 2011. 1:00 PM

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This is Delicious! I'm making these for my sisters open house and THEY TASTE AWESOME! I rolled them in crushed gram crackers, and powdered sugar I made a double batch (only the first batch is shown) and drizzled chocolate on some after I rolled them in powdered sugar. YUM!

webcandyshop says:

Mar 11, 2011. 11:00 AM

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Chocolate are a great snack, Enjoy all of your favorites at https://www.webcandyshop.com

Newton says:

Dec 30, 2010. 1:34 AM

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I made these as an alternative Christmas dessert/snack and they turned out brilliantly. I used chocolate & mint vermicelli for the toppings.

carpe_noctem says:

Dec 24, 2010. 4:41 AM

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this reminds of a recipe i learned called chocolate sausage. basically the same thing, except the mass isrolled into a cylinder, chilled until its more solid, and cut into slices.

Peoplesperson says: Would milk work as a liquid? I'm gonna go try it now :)

Dec 22, 2010. 5:13 PM

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baglieg says:

Dec 23, 2010. 3:49 PM

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I think it would. Alternately, you could replace the corn syrup with sweetened condensed milk.

Lettucehead says: Yummmm... I will make some of these.

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Aug 8, 2010. 8:57 AM

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pie popper says: could you use water instead of rum? or chocolate milk?
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Feb 21, 2010. 4:06 PM

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knektek says:

Jan 8, 2010. 9:57 AM

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do you have to use almonds and chopped peacans? or can you just use almonds? only because i have TONNES of them!

kidgeek says:

Dec 23, 2009. 5:00 AM

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Hi. Are we measuring the 1 1/2 cups pecans after they've been chopped? I purchased whole pecans then I noticed in your pic that you had purchased chopped pecans. I really can't wait to make these and am using Kahlua instead of rum (Thanks to nathan42100 's comment!) Thanks for posting

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dwm924 says:

May 28, 2009. 10:05 PM

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It tastes great, but when you get to the 'roll in a ball' part it's not so fun.

scoochmaroo (author) says:

May 29, 2009. 2:40 PM

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Yeah, we should come up with a better way to do it. I had to keep washing my hands in cold water, which did help. Maybe coating your hands in cocoa powder first or something?

Huntman00 says: flour will make it not stick so bad i'm guessing
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Dec 9, 2009. 2:53 PM

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caeric says:

Nov 27, 2009. 1:21 PM

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I'm just reading this now - Have done this as a pre-step before dipping them in various chocolates. That way I have like store bought truffles in whatever shape I want them to be, and in complete control of my innards. Good instructable, making me hungry ;-)

5aliveartist says:

Nov 26, 2009. 6:08 PM

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awww yeah!!! we made these and ate them. wow, good and easy like you said and we are making them for holiday gifts. thank you!

ewitwins says:

Nov 21, 2009. 7:31 AM

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I know this might come off as a silly question but does the alchohol ( what little there is) from the rum extract go away at all? I want to know if I can give this safely to those under 21 :)

scoochmaroo (author) says:

Nov 21, 2009. 12:50 PM

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This is a very good question. Rum extract is perfectly safe. However, if you were to use straight rum, you would definitely know it!

Solderguy says: Your balls are so delicious and moist. Nice instructable!
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Jun 9, 2009. 6:56 PM

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INSTRUCTUBAL says:

Jul 31, 2009. 12:51 PM

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BAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHA sorry, im quite perverted when it comes to things like that :D!

ANTQNUT says: Bahahahahahahahahahahahaha x2 me too Instructubal me too :3 Rofl

Nov 14, 2009. 12:56 PM

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SoapyHollow says:

Jun 3, 2009. 3:17 PM

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I made these...a little differently...today to go with the "Bee Cake" I'm making for my best friend's birthday this weekend. I used 'nilla wafers, honey, hazelnut liqueur, and hazelnuts with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and ginger. I ended up having to add another 20 or so nilla wafers to get the texture to be not too wet. I used a #100 scooper (truffle cream sized scooper) to scoop out balls, then shaped them into mini-beehive shape, and rolled them in a gold/yellow sugar/powdered sugar mix. The powdered sugar sort of disappeared, leaving the gold granulated sugar to sparkle...it looks really cool. I'll try to get a picture of them this weekend, when I put the whole cake together. I'll be using these as plate decoration. :)

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Reply May 31, 2009. 6:06 PM Is the addiction to them caused by the rum, or the caffeine do you think? Or both? Or maybe they are just that good.

Syko Pyro says:

Jun 1, 2009. 9:33 PM

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There is no actual addiction, like there would be with cigarettes or alcohol. But trust me they are DELICIOUS

Speedmite says: I will take your word.

Jun 3, 2009. 11:33 AM

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Opaltrinket says: oops damn! found them. ;)

Jun 2, 2009. 8:52 AM

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Opaltrinket says:

Jun 2, 2009. 8:50 AM

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I missed a step, the ingredient list. I wanna make sure the trinket house has all the stuff.

lemonie says: They look great, I should do this and find out how good they taste.
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May 26, 2009. 12:16 PM

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scoochmaroo (author) says:

May 26, 2009. 1:43 PM

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Yeah you should. It only takes five minutes - what do you have to lose?
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MegaMaker says: Five minutes.

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