Chocolate Cherry Kid Friendly Rum Balls Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHERRY KID FRIENDLY RUM BALLS

Steps:

• Chop up maraschino cherries, set aside.
• Beat cream cheese with food processor or wooden spoon.
• Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips in microwave on medium power for 1 minute at a time until melted; stir lots after each minute to make sure you don't burn it.
• Beat chocolate mixture into cream cheese; Mix in rum, water, cherries and graham wafer crumbs.
• (the amount of water depends on the type of cream cheese you use, if using light add the minimum amount of water).
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• With your hands, roll out about one teaspoon of the mixture at a time into balls.
• Put chocolate sprinkles in a small bowl (such as a cream cheese container), roll rum balls in the sprinkles one at a time.
• Store in refrigerator.
• If you are making these for a gathering/occasion, roll the rum balls the day before or day of, They do keep for about 2 weeks in the fridge, but at that time the chocolate sprinkles do soften slightly.
• Yield: about 80 rum balls.

CHOCOLATE RUM BALLS

Steps:

• Grate chocolate squares and almonds in food processor.
• Place almonds in a large bowl and sift in the icing sugar and coffee. Add chocolate.
• Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of the rum and the milk.
• Mix until the mixture is evenly moistened and is a uniform dark brown.
• Chill for 10 minutes.
• Shape into ball and knead several times.
• Roll dough into 3/4" balls.
• Dip each ball in remaining rum. Shake off excess moisture and roll in vermicelli or icing sugar.
• Place on waxed paper to dry for 1 hours.
• Cooking time is chilling and drying time.

CHOCOLATE RUM BALLS

Steps:

• Comine melted chocolate, sour cream and almond extract and set aside. In separte bowl combine wafers and other ingredients. Mix well until it holds. Chill first (1 hour) as it is easier to work with. MIx all together. Shape into balls and roll in additional powdered sugar.
• Keep in refigeratior. Can be frozen.
• The longer they sit, the better they are!

CHOCOLATE CHERRY BALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine butter, powdered sugar, maraschino cherries, peanut butter, walnuts, coconut, and salt; shape into 1-inch balls.
• In the top of a double boiler over hot water, melt chocolate chips and paraffin wax.
• Insert a toothpick into each ball; dip into chocolate mixture to coat exterior.
• Place onto wax paper to set. Use another toothpick to push ball from inserted toothpick.
• If a hole remains where toothpick was inserted, add a small amount of chocolate coating to cover.