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Gluten-Free Rum Balls
These are a perfect DIY gift for gluten-free, dairy-free friends over 21. For the younger crowd, replace the rum with orange juice. Store in a covered container in a cool location for a week.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dairy-free semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- ½ cup rum, , orange juice or ⅓ cup orange juice and 2½ tablespoons orange liqueur, such as Grand Marnier
- 2¼ cups crushed gluten-free shortbread cookies, (about 1 boxes)
- ¼ cup finely chopped walnuts, ,* optional
- ⅓ cup confectioners ’ sugar
Instructions
- In a medium microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate in microwave on medium setting 1 minute, repeating in 20-second increments until most of the pieces are melted.
- Stir in sugar and honey. Mixture may be lumpy. Add rum and stir. Add cookie crumbs and nuts, if using, and mix well.
- Chill mixture 1 hour or until it’s hard enough to form into small balls.
- Roll balls in confectioners’ sugar. Then set them in gold, silver, red and green candy papers and place on candy dishes to serve.
Notes
*TIP: If omitting the walnuts, increase the cookie crumbs to 2½ cups.
Nutrition
Calories: 92kcalCarbohydrates: 11gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 19mgPotassium: 31mgSugar: 8gVitamin A: 5IUCalcium: 4mgIron: 0.3mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Written by Beth Hillson, originally published in Gluten Free & More.
