Rum ball

Rum balls are a truffle-like confection, being sweet, dense balls flavoured with chocolate and rum. They are roughly the size of a golf ball and often coated in chocolate sprinkles, desiccated coconut, or cocoa.

Rum balls are a popular Christmas snack in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Denmark (called Romkugle), Austria and Hungary.

To make a rum ball, the cake (or biscuit) material is crushed and mixed with cocoa and a moist binding ingredient, such as jam or condensed milk. Other optional ingredients can also be added, such as nuts. When the mixture holds together firmly, it is rolled into balls and then coated.

In Hungary they are made in the similar way, except for usually rolled in sugar. Ground walnut and raisins are sometimes added to the rum ball ingredients.

Some Hungarian rum balls are made with whole cherries placed inside the balls, and then rolled in coconut flakes (called kókuszgolyó).

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