These Kid Friendly Rum Balls are made with just FOUR ingredients and can be ready to enjoy in less than 10 minutes! The kids will love the Chocolate and Coconut flavour of these sweet treats and you can also freeze these balls, making them a great lunch box treat! Both regular and Thermomix instructions are included.
This Kid Friendly Rum Balls recipe is one of my FAVOURITE recipes to make with the boys. Yes it’s messy, but they just love rolling the mixture into balls and then covering them in coconut, although many of our Rum Balls never make it to the fridge to firm!
Why you will love this recipe:
- Four Ingredients – you only need four simple ingredients to make this recipe!
- Quick – These Kid Friendly Rum Balls can be ready to enjoy in less than 10 minutes.
- Freezer Friendly – Store in the freezer for up to two months.
Rum Balls without Rum
While they are called ‘Rum’ Balls, this version is kid friendly thanks to omitting the rum! You can easily use rum instead if you would prefer a grown up version. We like to make these for easy Rum Balls for special occasions such as play dates or birthday parties, but they also make the perfect easy homemade Christmas gift too – just pop them into a cute container and your done!
Ingredients:
Please note you will find the full ingredient list and method in the recipe card below.
- Plain Sweet Biscuits – I use Arnott’s Marie Biscuits for this recipe, however you can use any type of plain sweet biscuit.
- Cocoa
- Sweetened Condensed Milk – I do prefer to use the full fat version as I find it hold the ingredients together better.
- Desiccated Coconut – you will need to use desiccated versus coconut flakes for this recipe, as the flakes will be too big to roll into balls and coat the balls with.
How to Make Rum Balls
To make this recipe, all you need to do is:
- Crush the biscuits
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Scoop up the mixture and roll into a ball.
- Coat in some extra coconut
- Repeat until you have used all of the mixture.
Tips for Making Rum Balls:
- If you don’t have a food processor to crush your biscuits, simply use a rolling pin to crush them instead.
- You will need to use full fat versus a light version of sweetened condensed milk for this recipe as I find it holds the ingredients together better.
- Also you will need to use desiccated coconut rather than coconut flakes as they will make it difficult the roll the mixture into smooth balls.
- I like to use a dessert spoon to scoop up the mixture, however you can use a teaspoon for make your Rum Balls smaller if you wish.
- For an adult version, add 2 tablespoons of rum to your mixture.
- You can enjoy these Rum Balls as soon as you make them or place into the fridge to chill and they will firm.
- These Rum Balls can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container for up to one week.
- You can also freeze these Rum Balls for up to two months in a freezer safe container.
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Kid Friendly Rum Balls
These Kid Friendly Rum Balls are made using just four ingredients and can be ready to enjoy in 10 minutes! Both regular and Thermomix instructions included.
Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 250 grams Marie Biscuits see notes
- 1 cup desiccated coconut 90 grams
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 395 grams sweetened condensed milk one tin
Extra
- ½ cup desiccated coconut to roll the balls in.
Instructions
- Place the extra coconut into a separate bowl and set aside until needed.
- Place the biscuits into a food processor and blitz until finely crushed. Alternatively you can use a rolling pin to crush them.
- Transfer to a large bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Mix until combined.
- Use a dessert spoon to scoop the mixture up and roll into balls.
- Roll in the extra coconut until covered.
- Repeat until you have used all of the Rum Ball mixture and then place them into the fridge to firm – or you can enjoy them straight away!
Thermomix Instructions
- Place the extra coconut into a separate bowl and set aside until needed.
- Place the biscuits into your Thermomix bowl and use the 1 sec Turbo Function 5 – 6 times to crush the biscuits until they resemble bread crumbs.
- Add the cocoa powder, vanilla essence, coconut and condensed milk to your Thermomix bowl and mix for 15 seconds at speed 4. Scrape down the sides and mix for a further 10 seconds on speed 4 until combined.
- Use a dessert spoon to scoop the mixture up and roll into balls.
- Roll in the extra coconut until covered.
- Repeat until you have used all of the Rum Ball mixture and then place them into the fridge to firm – or you can enjoy them straight away!
Notes
- If you don’t have a food processor to crush your biscuits, simply use a rolling pin to crush them instead.
- You will need to use full fat versus a light version of sweetened condensed milk for this recipe as I find it holds the ingredients together better.
- Also you will need to use desiccated coconut rather than coconut flakes as they will make it difficult the roll the mixture into smooth balls.
- I like to use a dessert spoon to scoop up the mixture, however you can use a teaspoon for make your Rum Balls smaller if you wish.
- For an adult version, add 2 tablespoons of rum to your mixture.
- You can enjoy these Rum Balls as soon as you make them or place into the fridge to chill and they will firm.
- These Rum Balls can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container for up to one week.
- You can also freeze these Rum Balls for up to two months in a freezer safe container.
Nutrition
Serving: 0gCalories: 159kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 87mgPotassium: 132mgFiber: 2gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 53IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 61mgIron: 1mg
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Lyn Thompson
Very happy with the recipe. I added two tablespoons of rum for the adult version.