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This Taste of Home rum ball recipe is almost as easy as eating them

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Go for delicious rum balls from Taste of Home over traditional dessert this winter
Taste of Home
ByLaura Laughead
December 20, 2019, 10:27 AM

This traditional holiday dessert offers all the fun of rum without the guilt -- and there's chocolate.

Taste of Home's new recipe for rum balls is a must this holiday season.

Keep reading below to learn how you can make the quick and easy festive treat.

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Ingredients:

2-1/2 cups crushed vanilla wafers (about 75 wafers)
1 cup ground pecans
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons baking cocoa
1/4 cup rum
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons water
Additional confectioners' sugar or crushed vanilla wafers

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Directions:

Mix wafer crumbs, pecans, confectioners' sugar and cocoa.

Combine rum, honey and water; stir into crumb mixture.

Shape into 1-inch balls. Roll in additional confectioners' sugar or wafer crumbs.

Store in an airtight container — yields about 3-1/2 dozen.

See Taste of Home's top 10 Christmas recipes of 2019 here.

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