These totally look great and they’re so easy. I’m definately going to include these on my holiday dessert plates!

great recipe..thanks

I made rum balls once. They were really easy and everyone loved them.

Ooh, these look pretty, delicous, and easy. I might add them to the baking line-up off all the usual holiday suspects this year!

I don’t think I’ve ever had a rum ball. They look pretty easy and anything with rum in it is good, right?

Boozy is right, and utterly addictive.

Wow, that’s a lot of rum. I like the recipe, have never had a rum ball, ever.

these are yummy--have made similar kind for years

This recipe is a Christmas standard in our family. My mom makes them by the hundreds from the recipe my grandmother passed down. I make them, and so do both of my grown kids. We give them away for gifts and take them to any holiday cookie exchanges we might be going to. If you want to dress them up a bit, flatten the balls and add a pecan half. Tightly sealed, they keep for weeks.

These look like they’d be so much fun with after-dinner drinks!

I’m gonna have to try this. They look yummy !!!!

Tasty after dinner treats! Recipe works well with other nuts, too, like almonds or walnuts.

We’ll enjoy nibbling these by the fire (the DVD that you can put in for a faux crackling fire) while listening to Bette Midler’s “Cool Yule” CD. PARTY!!!!

MMMM. boozy sweets. sounds good!

I had completely forgotten about these, but seeing them and reading the recipe, brings back the tastes and smells of my mother making them in the 50’s and 60’s. Am going to have to make to see if the finished product compares to the memory.

We make these every year! Usu. we’d set up by the sink -- my mom, my brother and I and take our stations. The roller is by the faucet (sticky hands), the jimmies station (we rolled ours in chocolate jimmies) is next in line, and the third person places them on waxed or parchment paper lined tray on which we freeze them. Thanks or bringing these tasty treats to light!!

These look delicious and easy too!

As I’m a bourbon girl, I sub it for the rum and Bob’s your uncle! Always a holiday favorite whatever the liquor.

Would you believe I’ve never had a rum ball? I didn’t realize they were so easy.

I don’t really like rum balls, but I sure like joy of cooking and chocolate!!

Dang! A great way to get some holiday cheer! I never knew these could be so simple!

I thought I had picked out all the cookie recipes I wanted to make next week...nope...now adding rum balls.

These look delicious and not too much rum.

I made rum balls quite awhile ago(years)and have always loved them. Time now to treat myself to a
special gift of goodness.

You know, I’d never thought to make these until now.

26. by lisalmg25 on Dec 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM PST

I’ve never tried Rum Balls but this recipe looks really easy to make and this would be a great new addition to the cookies and candies I make for Christmas!

These sound yummy :) Thanks for the giveaway!

These remind me of parties my parents had when I was a child. They’re next on my list of sweets to try. And I love the fact that it’s a no-bake recipe. Can’t beat that!

Yum, I love rum balls!

looks good

I’ve got to try this recipe!

Love rum balls during the holidays. I have never made them, but these look easy to make and look delicious.

These rum balls looks so simple to make. When I was growing up, my aunt would make these and I thought you had to be an adult to eat them, because they had RUM in them and you would get DRUNK. LOL. Thanks for the great recipe! I love baking and collecting cookbooks! Thanks for the chance!

I haven’t seen these in years and forgot all about them- I think I just may have to try them this year. :)

Yummy, my grandmother made these. However, I would substitute brandy for the rum.

The look like grown-up chocolate munchkins!

Thanks for reminding me about Rum Balls. It’s been years since I’ve had them at the holidays.

okay - i was already making this saturday, so i had to comment when i saw this! This was one of my grandma’s treats she would make for the holidays. she would always ask us kids if we were 21 before we had one :) truffles with grand marnier, rum balls & bourbon balls. mmm!! thanks for posting this classic!

These sound so god and super easy to make!

Can’t do these myself, as I don’t do any alcohol, but I’m sure they’re great for almost everyone else!

My family’s rum ball recipe uses gingersnaps instead of Nilla Wafers. I think I like them better that way (with the gingersnaps). One year Mom made them with 151 proof rum! Wow was it intoxicating when the tin was opened!! I think we had to air them out before we could even eat them (apparently it was the only rum in the house, and she didn’t want to go out for more...)

I printed this of. I am making them this year.

I have been searching for years to find a bourbon ball recipe!!!! I am so excited to make this recipe! Thanks.

Crushed vanilla wafers? Are you kidding me?

You tout homemade........Come on.

Susan -- We called for vanilla wafers, a generic type of cookie you can easily make at home, instead of Nabisco’s popular (and chemical-full) Nilla Wafers. Try making your own vanilla wafers with these recipes from Baking Bites and Epicurious.

46. by Lisamary Wichowski on Dec 2, 2009 at 1:03 PM PST

My mom made these and sent them to school with me for the nuns. They were really funny after lunch that day. She made them with bourbon and I do that plus switch out local Oregon filberts.