Yum-Yum-Rum Balls - Real Recipes from Mums

A minimal fuss dessert that can be easily adapted to children by leaving out the alcohol, changing biscuits, adding mini MnM’s or rolling in 100’s and 1000’s.

Ingredients (makes 40 )

250g chocolate flavoured biscuits
1 tin condensed milk
30-60ml rum or other spirit
Coconut (for rolling)

Method

Place biscuits in blender until crumbled.
Add rum and condensed milk and mix through with a blunt knife. Once completely combined use a teaspoon to scoop some into the coconut and roll until nicely round. Re-roll in coconut until covered.
Cover with wrap and refrigerate for an hour.

Notes

Fantastic for the kids to make. No dangerous objects, no heating and lots of sticky mess to lick from their fingers which is always the part that they love. 15 minutes prep and an hour to chill makes it great when you have forgotten dessert.

29 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 07 Feb 2022
    12:54 pm
My Gran used to love making things like this. Always makes me think of her.

- - mom112217 said
  - 07 Feb 2021
    1:21 pm
I love your easy and delicious rum balls!

- - nadine_hill said
  - 30 Sep 2019
    4:57 pm
Quick and easy – love it!

- - mom322008 said
  - 10 Dec 2018
    10:42 am
I just made this recipe and I love it so easy to make and my daughter loves to roll the balls in the coconut

- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 29 Nov 2017
    1:11 pm
Thanks for this enticing recipe

- - mom112023 said
  - 21 Apr 2017
    11:43 am
Easy and they look great. Thanks for the recipe.

- - ella12 said
  - 24 Jan 2017
    4:01 pm
I make a similar recipe omitting the alcohol and adding cocoa so it is kid friendly.

- - mom134803 said
  - 02 Dec 2016
    2:17 am
Not my type of recipe, but thanx for sharing.

- - rovermum said
  - 01 Dec 2016
    10:07 am
Or rolling in crushed peppermint crisp. A great idea for Christmas, I’m definitely making some of these. They were a huge hit in our house last year.

- - mom101628 said
  - 30 Nov 2016
    10:33 pm
These sound easier to do than the ones I make which take forever, even though they taste wonderful.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 30 Nov 2016
    10:05 pm
rum balls are always a winner in our house

- - youngoldlady said
  - 04 Oct 2016
    8:55 pm
Easy recipe with the chocolate biscuits, though for the children and non drinks will be using orange juice instead of spirits. So much quicker and easier then my rum balls that entail soaking dried fruit for a few mouths in spirits.

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Sep 2016
    11:05 am
wow i love the idea of adding mini m and m’s. that would be pretty cool and different. cheers

- - Melissa89 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    3:34 pm
I love rum balls

- - mom81879 said
  - 31 May 2016
    9:16 am
Always a favourite in my home, even now, years after the kids have left home. I still get requests from them to make these and often add them to Xmas or Easter parcels. So easy to make, minimal ingredients yet so delicious

- - mom81879 said
  - 31 May 2016
    9:14 am
A fa

- - youngoldlady said
  - 27 Apr 2016
    1:31 am
A very easy rum ball to make and so easy to change for the children or non drinkers. Great one for this weekend for the younger ones to make for Mothers Day for Nan.

- - mom113991 said
  - 25 Apr 2016
    11:43 pm
i love rum balls….yum

- - mom62624 said
  - 16 Mar 2016
    7:22 am
Simple, delicious and a favourite; thanks!.

- - roguealicious said
  - 22 Feb 2016
    12:51 am
Thank you all for your positive comments. I know you’ll enjoy making and more importantly eating them <3