tea-time truffles/rum balls

Name: Tea-Time Truffles/Rum Balls
Prep time: 1 h
Ingredients: 5 cup(s) cake crumbs; 1/2 cup(s) raisins or currants; 2 tablespoon(s) cocoa powder; 4 tablespoon(s) warmed & sieved apricot jam; 1 tablespoon(s) dark rum; - enough chocolate sprinkles to coat all 15 balls

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24 Pinches

Lily Mathews

Diamond Bar, CA

Updated on Nov 30, 2011

This is one of my favorite treats I've always made for Christmas. My daughter loves it & specifically requests it every year, as this is her "to die for & must have" treat...

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prep time 1 Hr

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Ingredients

5 cups cake crumbs
1/2 cup raisins or currants
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
4 tablespoons warmed & sieved apricot jam
1 tablespoon dark rum
- enough chocolate sprinkles to coat all 15 balls

How To Make tea-time truffles/rum balls

Step 1

Mix 1st 3 ingredients in a large bowl.

Step 2

Then add in the jam & rum & mix in well to a stiff paste.
Step 3

Form into balls, the size you like & immediately roll it in the chocolate rice, before it dries out.
Step 4

Either chill the truffles or serve immediately.
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