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Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls {Rum Truffles}

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Author: Dini K.
Posted: 12/18/2014
Updated: 12/18/2020

Updated: December 2016

These intensely boozy, fudgy, chocolate rum balls (or rum truffles) are the perfect indulgent treat for the holidays! They are easy, no-bake, vegan-friendly and dairy free-friendly, and perfect for gift giving too! 

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Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!

Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!

December has always been about the holidays for me – Christmas lights, decorations, New Year traditions, the presents, the food, the sense of family and love.

Since I was raised a Buddhist, we didn’t celebrate Christmas, but we sure enjoyed the holiday spirit! We grew up with Christmas trees and Christmas celebrations all around us. Plus it was the only time of the year that we were allowed to drink a little wine as kids. Ha!

Christmas in Sydney!
Christmas in Sydney!

Boozy truffles

One of my favorite indulgent treats during the holidays was Chocolate Rum Truffles (Chocolate Rum Balls) – not too sweet but insanely fudgy, intensely flavored with rum, chocolate truffles from this particular supermarket. They were so boozy they made me lightheaded after eating just one! And now that I’m an adult, I need no invitation to make my own! 🙂 And boy, do I make ’em.

Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!

The best thing about these rum balls is that they are vegan-friendly and dairy-free friendly and of course no-bake too! My sister made these truffles following this recipe, but used vegan products to make it dairy free and vegan. And they came out perfectly!

What’s great about these rum truffles

Super chocolatey,
Super boozy,
With a very fudgy texture,
And super easy to make.

And that’s exactly what you get with these deliciously and intensely flavored Dark Chocolate Rum Balls! 

Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!
Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!
Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!
Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!

These chocolate rum balls are made with digestive cookies (or digestive biscuits) but you can easily substitute them with graham crackers if you like. Remember to process the dry ingredients together. The desiccated coconut needs to be chopped up along with the cookies.

Then process it with cocoa powder and sugar (if you like to add a touch of sweetness), and then pour in the melted chocolate, rum, butter (or coconut oil) and mix to form a soft “dough”.

The texture of the truffle “dough” is quite sticky, soft and fudgy. When it cools down it becomes less sticky and soft, and it’ll actually harden slightly too, but will still be quite fudgy.

Knead the dough slightly to make it malleable and then roll portions of it into bite sized balls.

Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!
Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!

Coating the rum truffles

Now you can be a little creative at this point.

Roll it in tempered chocolate (or melted vegan chocolate) to form chocolate coated rum truffles.

Then top these with a white chocolate drizzle or nuts or coconut.

OR just roll the rum balls in cocoa powder, chocolate sprinkles or desiccated coconut (easy and quicker option) and serve ’em just like that.

I used milk chocolate because that sweetness was a nice contrast against the bitter-sweet, boozy dark chocolate rum balls.

Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!

Tempering chocolate

Tempering chocolate isn’t technically difficult, just a little more involved. For these rum balls, I chose the easiest way to temper by using “seeding chocolate”, where I first melt about 2/3 of the chocolate in the microwave in bursts until its just melted. This will bring the temperature of the chocolate up to 105°F (for me this is usually 95-105°F)

Next, the chocolate needs to be tempered and cooled down, to avoid blooming. To do this, I add “seeding chocolate” – the remaining 1/3 of the chocolate and mix it well, vigorously, to bring down the temperature of the chocolate to 84 – 86°F. Then leave this melted chocolate in a water bath (that’s around 88-90°F) to keep it at a constant optimum temperature.

Then these rum truffles were dipped in the tempered milk chocolate with a truffle dipping fork, and kept on parchment paper to set.

If you are adding any chopped nuts or desiccated coconut, you should add them at this point, while the chocolate is still wet.

Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!

Another way you can coat the truffle is by pouring the chocolate onto a marble slab, and then rolling the rum balls in the chocolate until completely coated. As the finishing touch, you can drizzle white chocolate over the dark chocolate rum balls and let it set completely.

Final notes

These dark chocolate rum truffles are not for the faint of heart! They have an intense chocolate flavor from the bitter-sweet chocolate and cocoa powder. And as soon as you get past that, you’re hit with the warm, intense, boozy flavor of rum! 🙂

If you don’t have rum, you can even make these with bourbon for bourbon truffles too.

These would be the perfect after-dinner treat for adults during holiday gatherings. Little bite-sized morsels of rich indulgence. These rum balls are like a digestif, a dessert and a coffee accompaniment all in one. They make excellent gifts during the holiday season too. These truly are “amaze-balls”!

Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!

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Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls {Rum Truffles}

Author: Dini K.
Servings: 30 -35 Rum Balls/Truffles
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Ingredients:

Rum Truffles

  • 14.2 oz / 400g cookies I prefer using Digestive cookies but vanilla wafers or even graham crackers will work too
  • 1/3 cup of unsweetened desiccated coconut
  • 3 tbsp natural cocoa Dutch processed will work too
  • 2 tbsp melted butter or coconut oil
  • 6 oz / 170g bittersweet chocolate chips or chopped from a block - Vegan for DF version
  • 3/4 cup plus 1 tbsp rum
  • 1-2 tbsp white sugar

To Coat

  • 1 lb / 450g melted and tempered chocolate optional
  • plus extra chocolate if needed
  • Desiccated coconut
  • Chocolate sprinkles
  • Melted White chocolate - to drizzle

Instructions:

  • Melt the bittersweet chocolate and butter and 1/4 cup rum in a heatproof bowl in the microwave (in 30 sec bursts) till nice and smooth. Let it cool slightly.
  • In a food processor, process the cookies, coconut and cocoa powder and sugar till it's completely crushed and is in fine crumbs
  • Add the melted chocolate and butter mix, to the cookie base while running the food processor until it's mixed through. Scrape the sides in between to ensure that it mixes evenly.
  • Add the remaining rum and mix it through until you get a slightly sticky ball of "dough".
  • Place the truffle "dough" in a bowl and knead for a few seconds until completely mixed through, and smooth.
  • Let the dough rest and cool down. It should become less sticky and less soft but still fudgy.
  • Make 1 - 1 1/2 inch balls from the dough and place them on a parchment paper.
  • You can roll these in coconut or chocolate sprinkles and serve them just like that if you prefer.
  • If you're coating the rum ball truffles in chocolate - you can melt candy coating wafers or temper the chocolate according to the following directions.
  • Pour half of the chocolate on a cool marble slate or kitchen counter top and roll each of the rum balls in the melted chocolate OR dip the truffles in the melted chocolate.
  • Shake off the excess gently and place them back on the parchment paper.
  • Before the chocolate coating sets - sprinkle some nuts, coconut or sprinkles. Or drizzle some white chocolate once it sets.
  • Serve at room temperature or cold. Enjoy!
  • You can store these in the fridge for at least a week in an airtight container.

Tips & Tricks

More truffle recipes/variations
Easy classic chocolate truffles
Peppermint chocolate truffles
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Easy chocolate champagne truffles
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Deliciously Intense Dark Chocolate Rum Balls - Super boozy, dark chocolate truffle like Rum Balls made with digestive cookies or graham crackers and a whole lot of Rum! These are Dairy free friendly (and vegan friendly) and an excellent and easy edible gift choice! There's a reason why these are so popular!

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  1. Stella says

    May 20, 2020 at 06:22

    Hi Dini, I tried to recreate this recipe woth 1/2 amount of biscuit, so I used 1/2 portion of each ingredient, but the dough turned out to be quite dry, not fudgy, So I ended up melting more chocolate and butter and adding more rum, but after chilling in the fridge, it becomes very chocolate-like texture instead of cake-y. Any tips? Thanks

    Reply
  2. Laurel says

    December 12, 2019 at 15:58

    5 stars
    Great recipe! When mixing in the rum, I did it bit by bit till the bough formed a moist ball in my food processor. In the end it only took 1/2 cup of rum. Nice texture, good flavour. A keeper of a recipe. Well done!

    Reply
    • Mona says

      November 11, 2020 at 12:45

      I’m going to make these and wondered if you can freeze them until Christmas?

      Reply
      • Dini says

        November 12, 2020 at 09:06

        Hi Mona
        They do keep in the freezer very well. However, due to the filling contracting and expanding as they freeze and thaw out, it is possible that the chocolate coating may crack as they thaw out before serving.

        Reply
  3. Doreen says

    November 18, 2018 at 11:24

    The reviews are confusing. I agree they look great but did anyone else actually make them?

    Reply
    • Dini says

      November 18, 2018 at 11:40

      Hi Doreen,
      I can assure you these rum balls really are decadent and addictive! 🙂 These get really popular during the holidays and around Christmas time, and I’ve gotten a number of messages on facebook from readers who enjoyed them. They are easy too, so I encourage you to go ahead and make them. And if you do, I’d love to hear back from you to see how they turned out for you.
      Cheers,
      Dini

      Reply
      • Bella says

        December 23, 2018 at 13:13

        5 stars
        Hi! Is coconut a vital part of the recipe? I have some people with allergies I know I have something to sub the coconut oil but I was wondering ab the desiccated coconut?
        Thanks!

        Reply
        • Dini says

          December 23, 2018 at 21:09

          Hi Bella, I use desiccated coconut here because I really like the coconut flavor, but it’s not crucial to the recipe, so you can leave it out if you like. Hope you enjoy the rum balls! 🙂

          Reply
  4. Angela says

    May 8, 2018 at 05:49

    5 stars
    I made these Rum truffles to gift my brother and he and his family enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
    I wanted to share the pics with you but uncertain how to do so here.

    Reply
    • Dini says

      May 11, 2018 at 22:33

      Thank you so much Angela!
      I am so happy that your brother’s family enjoyed it! I would love to see a photo too, and I will try to look into adding that feature on my blog in the future. But in the meantime, you can still share photos with me on the facebook page of my blog 🙂
      Dini

      Reply
  5. Lou Lou Girls says

    December 29, 2014 at 10:03

    Hello cute lady! I bet these little gems made a lot of people happy! Pinned and tweeted. Thank you for being a part of our party. I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm. We love to party with you! Lou Lou Girls

    Reply
  6. Ganu says

    December 24, 2014 at 21:46

    5 stars
    I can’t believe how easy and delicious these are!!! 🙂 thank you so much for the recipe

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 25, 2014 at 13:21

      Your very welcome!! Im so glad they come out well! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Justine says

    December 22, 2014 at 10:32

    I made these, oh my I am so not skilled, these though taste good lol, look awful haha, oh my, but me and the kids had great fun. Do you mind me using your pic in a post at some stage when I post my own experience today, of how they ‘should’ and ‘shouldn’t’ look lol? xx

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 22, 2014 at 11:52

      Hi Justine! I am so glad you made them and you and your kids liked them!! The beauty of truffles is that they CAN look messy! 😀 But I would love to see your post 🙂 you can definitely use a picture that you like, would it be ok to have a link back to this post? or my blog? if that’s ok with you? Can’t wait to see it!

      Reply
  8. Jen says

    December 21, 2014 at 23:45

    5 stars
    Oh my goodness those look to die for!!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 22, 2014 at 12:01

      Thank you Jen!! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Sarah @ Sarah's Kitchen says

    December 21, 2014 at 16:18

    Oh yumm! That looks great!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 22, 2014 at 12:00

      Thank you Sarah! 🙂

      Reply
  10. Mila says

    December 21, 2014 at 00:43

    They look so good!!! It can be a lovely gift for the holidays!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 22, 2014 at 12:00

      Thank you Mila! 🙂 I’ve given homemade truffles as gifts before and people usually love them (even if it is messy looking!)

      Reply
  11. Hilda says

    December 20, 2014 at 18:19

    Those truffles look amazing – the perfect thing to fend off the cold in a North American winter. It looks to me as if you are set to do quite well in this tough climate!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 22, 2014 at 11:58

      Thank you Hilda! I hope so… Ive got Rum, Brandy and work stocked up especially because I think I might be getting the cold already (again)!!

      Reply
  12. Indu says

    December 20, 2014 at 14:53

    Your truffles look amazing! 🙂

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 22, 2014 at 11:57

      Thank you Indu! 🙂

      Reply
  13. Sadia says

    December 20, 2014 at 09:24

    These truffles look soo good. Very appealing. 🙂

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 22, 2014 at 11:57

      Thank you Sadia! 🙂

      Reply
  14. Sandhya says

    December 20, 2014 at 05:29

    Dini,
    I cannot stop drooling looking at these truffles. I have to make these! Thank you for the recipe.
    They look gorgeous too. Would be great to give as gifts but very hard to part with them:)

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 22, 2014 at 11:56

      Thank you Sandhya! I found it very hard to part with them too… I had to hide them away so I wouldn’t eat what I wanted to give as gifts… 🙂

      Reply
  15. Wendy says

    December 19, 2014 at 21:35

    The flavors in your truffles sound fabulous, Dini! I am extremely impressed with your chocolate tempering! I have tried and tried, but it is just not in my skill set. I even had a chocolate making friend try to help me, but I ended up with “blooming” cookies the next day. Happily, there is a tasty and easy way for the tempering inept, like me to still enjoy your truffles. When I make your recipe, I will be covering the truffles in Chocoley compound dipping chocolate instead (unless you offer tempering lessons with a money back guarantee 🙂 ). Thank you for sharing your international experiences. I enjoyed reading about the pieces of different cultures you have incorporated into your life. 🙂

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 22, 2014 at 11:55

      Thank you Wendy! 🙂 I love chocolate tempering but it gets so messy and it goes wrong often too! usually what goes wrong is used as ganache or chocolate sauce! 🙂 Compound chocolate is much easier I have to agree! I just wanted to get messy with chocolate (although I hate having to clean up afterwards!!) Maybe one day we can temper chocolate together! (no charge if you can bring cookies and you don’t mind if it goes horribly wrong!) 🙂

      Reply
  16. Michelle says

    December 19, 2014 at 15:41

    These look gorgeous oh my gosh! Tempering chocolate is one thing I can’t do though, I don’t know what it is but I always mess it up!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 19, 2014 at 19:23

      Thank you Michelle!! I used to hate tempering but I love it now (though it’s messy!) but you can roll it in cocoa, coconut or sprinkles too! I did a few with chocolate sprinkles and it was still yum!

      Reply
  17. sue obryan says

    December 19, 2014 at 14:30

    I forced myself to read the tempered chocolate link and now I think I can make these! They look soooo decadent!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 19, 2014 at 19:21

      oooh please let me know how it goes!! I have been horrible with tempering so many times! The good thing is that even if you mess it up you can start over (provided you don’t burn or sieze the chocolate (which I’ve done!)

      Reply
  18. Loretta says

    December 19, 2014 at 12:45

    I’ll take half a dozen please, especially since they have a good “glug” of rum 🙂

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 19, 2014 at 19:19

      hahaha!!! Not a problem Loretta! I am slowly but surely demolishing the rest of them! I will be happy to share them with you!!

      Reply
  19. apsara says

    December 19, 2014 at 10:32

    Very gorgeous looking truffles! Just looking at them makes me happy. 🙂

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 19, 2014 at 19:18

      Aw thank you Apsara! 🙂 They make me happy too!!

      Reply
  20. Naina says

    December 19, 2014 at 09:05

    These look really delicious!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 19, 2014 at 19:17

      Thank you Naina!

      Reply
  21. Jhuls says

    December 19, 2014 at 08:14

    I never really had experienced preparing for Christmas as I don’t observe the holiday. The preparations must be fun and crazy. I am happy to see people preparing for such occasion. 🙂 The year is soon to end and I am sad as well… and happy, too, for the new year coming. Thank you for sharing these at FF, Dini. They look gorgeous. Enjoy the party.

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 19, 2014 at 19:17

      Thank you Jhuls! We don’t observe the holiday either, but we celebrate it in our own way as a family! 🙂 It’s become a day about family (sort of like our Thanksgiving!)
      I am very excited about the new year too! It’s been a fantastic year, and I can’t wait to see what 2015 will bring! Thank you for hosting the pa rty!!

      Reply
  22. CakeSpy says

    December 18, 2014 at 22:14

    Sounds just perfect – deep, dark, decadent little morsels!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 18, 2014 at 23:08

      Thank you Jessie! They were all of that! (I’m actually having one now…)

      Reply
  23. Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says

    December 18, 2014 at 21:57

    5 stars
    Oh Dini, these look absolutely amazing! Beyond amazing!! Pinning and sharing…I so want to make these!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      December 18, 2014 at 23:07

      Thank you Michelle! This has quickly become my favourite! You definitely need to try it 🙂

      Reply

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Unbelievably easy Rough Puff pastry - Quick and easy to make and tasted infinitely better than store bought (30 -45 minutes only)! No long waiting times, to make this amazing pastry and NOONE will know you took a shortcut!

Perfect Quick and Easy Rough Puff Pastry

Spicy Sweet Chilli Sauce Easy to make, absolutely delicious, with an extra kick of spice this is the BEST Sweet chilli sauce you will EVER have!

The Best Spicy Sweet Chili Sauce!

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