Rum Balls - A No Bake recipe for Easy Entertaining (2024)

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Can you get tipsy from rum balls? ›

Can rum balls make you drunk? This is a no bake recipe, which means any alcohol we use in the process won't be cooked away or made less effective. However, we're not using that much of it, so getting drunk isn't something to worry about! After all, there's only ¼ cup of rum divided among 24 individual bites.

While vanilla wafers are my favorite for their subtle sweetness and vanilla notes, graham crackers, butter cookies, digestive biscuits, or shortbread cookies are all excellent substitutes. For a gluten-free version, opt for gluten-free cookies.

Add more cocoa powder or ground almonds if the mixture needs thickening. Roll and coat: Bakery rum balls tend to be monstrously huge; I prefer to make them bite-sized at home.

Does the alcohol evaporate in rum balls? No. They are not baked, so all the alcohol that goes into the mixture of this rum balls recipe will stay there! Get all professional tips you need whether you want to bake thick, thin, chewy or crunchy cookies!

Anytime you cook with alcohol, it should cook out. And you're left with the flavor, not the alcoholic content. Wild, Just wanted you to know that the rum in the cakes are safe to eat for the younger ones. The rum is cooked out during the baking process.

Rum does not get you more drunk than vodka. It's the amount of alcohol you consume in a given period of time, not the spirit per se that determines how drunk you get. For example a shot of vodka or rum (1.5 oz) will obviously enter the bloodstream faster than a co*cktail sipped slowly.

I haven't had banana pudding in years, and as I recall, it was always with vanilla wafers. The graham crackers worked equally well as a replacement. I'd never used Dream Whip before, but it certainly thickened the pudding nicely.

What is this? My kid-friendly rum balls are also known as chocolate coconut balls or 'donkey drops' - because of their resemblance to... well... you know what! They're the perfect recipe for getting the kids in the kitchen - you can see how easy it is for my Mr 4 to make them in the video below!

If the mixture seems too dry, add an additional small amount of melted butter or more rum. Form small balls about the size of a walnut.

How to stop rum balls from going flat? ›

Store your rum balls in an airtight container in the fridge to prevent the rum from evaporating and to ensure they keep their shape.

Store the Rum Balls in the refrigerator. How long will these keep? These should keep for at least two weeks but I find they will last even longer than that.

An average rum cake has around 1/2 cup rum to bake the cake and eating two to three pieces of dry rum cake is too less to get you drunk. However, if you soak the cake in rum after baking and serve it after refrigeration, then eating too much cake can get you a little intoxicated.

What can you use instead of rum in rum balls? Of course, a traditional rum ball contains rum, but you can use other types of alcohol, including Baileys or a coffee-flavoured liqueur, for example to flavour the truffles. For a non-alcoholic substitute, you could try using fruit juice (orange works well) instead of rum.

The choice is up to you. You may choose to use cooking methods that help to reduce the alcohol content and use less alcohol in a dish to make it safer for your child. Otherwise the safer option is to choose to leave out alcoholic drinks when preparing food for babies and children.

An average rum cake has around 1/2 cup rum to bake the cake and eating two to three pieces of dry rum cake is too less to get you drunk. However, if you soak the cake in rum after baking and serve it after refrigeration, then eating too much cake can get you a little intoxicated.

Overall, getting drunk on chocolate bursting with booze is theoretically possible, especially when you crunch the numbers. But with the amount of chocolate you'd have to eat, a hangover might be the least of your worries.

How many shots does it take to get drunk off rum? Pretty much the same as for vodka, scotch, gin, etc. It depends on your body mass, if your stomach is empty, how experienced a drinker you are, etc.. Generally one shot will make you some amount of tipsy, two shots some amount of drunk.

If you're feeling wound up, and tired of your own worries, rum is the way to make that all go away. It will make you feel carefree, appearing nonchalant to everyone around you. Interestingly, rum is one of the oldest spirits in the world, originating in the Caribbean.