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today we're making something that is either a cookie a candy a special treat or just some pure amazingness it's a rum ball and they should not be relegated to the holidays because they're beyond delicious just a few ingredients no baking and they come together in like five minutes the run doesn't bake off I might have eaten some already let's get started first off we're gonna crush some vanilla wafers and if you're like what is a vanilla wafer that was me I had no idea because I saw these recipes for know if firs almost like imagining some kind of like a way for a Kit Kat situation no these guys I grew up calling these Nilla wafers or Nilla cookies
you can let me know in the comments what you called them but these are vanilla wafers we're using like almost a whole bag so we want to end up with 2 cups of pulverized ones plus a quarter cup for rolling if you don't have a food processor you could totally do this in a bag with a rolling pin I can and a little bit of pent-up anger and of course in case you're wondering where I'm at this is a rental house in new kitchen which I found at the rental house measure out two cups there we go that's for rolling set that aside this is for our rum balls yeah it worked it's the first suit for something I don't know alright the extra ones I'm setting aside in here we'll be rolling some of our rum balls in that later okay
now for the pecans okay these are straight out of the oven they're really hot I almost always toast nuts when I'm using them in a recipe it really gives you a nice depth of flavor and you know I think a little bit crunch here too we're gonna pulse this you want to have them pulverized but not go too crazy because it then will turn into a nut butter nose chest right it's like steaming up because it's hot but it's okay okay careful this smells amazing oh my gosh that goes in there too all this goes away we're rounding the corner with our dry ingredients right now we have a cup of confectioner's sugar I'm gonna sift that in there too along with two tablespoons of cocoa powder this is a nice one you can use any cocoa powder you'd like but a nice one is always better last ingredient for the dry mixture is 1/2 a teaspoon of salt sift that out see this nonsense here mm-hmm not in my house not around my kids
we're gonna whisk these ingredients up just mix them up this reminds me of puppy chow right now but so much better have you had puppy chow it's also called like nutty buddies and other like moose munch stuff like that I have a recipe for on the blog you can click up here for that it's really good and snacky this is nice set this aside and now there is just a little bit of a wet ingredient situation going on here so we're gonna handle that okay now for the fun stuff we're going to use 1/3 of a cup and that's a very liberal third of a cup mind you of a nice spice dark rum this one is from st. Lucia and it smells so good I've tried sipping it and it's a little sweet for me I had friends who are really into sipping rum so there was like all these different brands they get a really intense flavor this one's a little sweet but it's perfect for desserts like this
wait wait wait wait what is this no this does that doesn't even count that's for this yeah okay now I'll start here 1/3 of a cup that's 1/3 of a cup just in case you're wondering how to measure 1/3 of a cup of rum and then this was for the miz's for the honey silly me a little bit of honey in here I've been watching Mary berry she's like Mary berry every day if you don't know who she is she's an icon and I learned that this is called a runny honey I've never heard that before until I watched her show but it makes total sense it means this oversized whisk it just whisk in the honey so it dissolves a lot of room ball recipes used corn syrup but I don't think that's in any way necessary this is an exception okay
so we're gonna pour the wet into the dry and mix it up and if you're noticing some dry spots you can add any wet ingredients you want in to help bind things up anything you want pour those wet ingredients in it smells so good and you really taste the rum here so you should use one that you like drinking don't go and buy something that comes in a plastic container you deserve more you know I know garden Allah says you should use a wine that you would enjoy drinking with dinner same thing here it's an excellent roll I know we love you you're my hero you know once I saw ina and Jeffrey walking hand-in-hand in Central Park and I was like I didn't bother them but I saw it I saw it happen that's it look this is your rum ball mixture right now so if you notice it's a little bit wet add in some more of the crushed Nilla wafers if it's a bit dry add a little bit more honey or rum and it will be a little wetter in the beginning it will dry out over time so if you're making this the day ahead don't worry about it being wet it's fine all we have to do now is to roll it out
and let me tell you another recipe testing this if you like roller roller Ola nibble nibble nibble roller roller Ola Neville Danville Louisville because this is like it's done it's shoes whatever you want to roll it in you could roll it in the cookie pieces that looks nice these are really soft and luscious so here I'm rolling them in the cookie bits the cocoa powder and the powdered sugar all of them are delicious I think my favorite was the cookie continue that process you'll probably want to like wash your hands every once in a while because they'll get kind of gunky but that's how it works in your rolling things if you are into this recipe after you make this check out my branded chocolate truffles those are very similar but different but so good they look really similar but they taste more chocolaty and it's brandy instead so it's totally different if you like this recipe check out my cookie playlist it has all my favourite cookies and you might find a new favorite one there too alright now it's time for a bite Robin didn't burn up baby these have everything there's like there's chocolate there's rum there's like crunchy cookies there's rum there's toasted pecans there's rum I don't know what else I could need it's so good
