Glutarded Christmas Cookies–Rum Balls

 

This almost happened…

Greetings Glutards!  We’ve finally come to the end of out Christmas cookie extravaganza!  I decided to end with a holiday staple in my family, Rum Balls.  Now, rum balls are a no bake cookie creation that contains alcohol.  They are so incredibly simple to make.  And since they are not baked, the rum stays in the cookie!  These can definitely cause you to really feel the holiday cheer.  I suggest keeping them away from the kids…

The following is my Great Aunt Edith Casella’s recipe that I modified to be gluten free.  Normally, you would use crushed vanilla wafers instead of the gluten free cookies.  Don’t tell my grandma I put this recipe on the internet, ok?

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 1 Cup Gluten Free Shortbread Cookies – Crushed *(I used a mixture of Schar’s Shortbread Cookies & MI-DEL Arrowroot Cookies)
• 1-1/2 Cup chopped walnuts
• 2 TBSP Hershey’s cocoa powder
• 2 TBSP Corn syrup (Karo Syrup)
• 1/4 Cup of Rum
• Powdered sugar

Here’s how ya do:

Chop the gluten free cookies and walnuts in a food processor.  Dump them together into a mixing bowl.  See, easy so far.

Add your corn syrup, cocoa powder, and rum into the bowl.  Mix it all together until it forms a moist, chocolaty, alcoholic mixture.

If your mix seems too dry, add more corn syrup.  Hell, add more rum!

Scoop out about a tablespoons worth of mix and roll it into a ball.

Roll your finished balls (hehe,..balls) in your powdered sugar.  This prevents ball stickage and makes them incredibly cute.  They’re like little snowballs of booze.

And that’s it!  Serve these little puppies with a glass of coke for a chaser and you’re done.  They’ll be the hit of your next function.  As long as it’s not an AA meeting…

Make.  Eat.  Don’t drive.  Let me know what you think!

Glutardedly Yours,

 

~Tim

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