Rum Balls

[cookie1]

Rum Balls

Ingredients
125g butter
220g sugar
50g cocoa
75g mixed fruit
1 teaspoon vanilla
75g coconut, plus extra for rolling
5 tablespoons powdered milk
2 tablespoons rum
1 tablespoon milk, if needed

Method
Blitz the sugar to make icing sugar and scrape the bowl down.
Combine all of the other ingredients except the extra milk and extra coconut and mixed fruit. Speed 4/5 for 20 seconds. If the mixture is too firm add the milk.
Add the mixed fruit, Reverse, speed 2 for 10 seconds.
If mixture is soft place in the fridge until it firms up.
Roll into balls and roll in extra coconut.
Refrigerate.

Tweaking
You can add any extra you like to these. eg cinnamon or ginger.

Members' comments

sue purrb - I misread the recipe and added the mixed fruit before it got whizzed up but I really liked the texture so would probably do it that way again. I also reduced the sugar to about 120g and was very liberal with the rum. They were delicious! 
I have also blitzed the zest of an orange with the sugar and used Cointreau instead of rum. I reduced the sugar again and again blitzed the fruit so they were almost smooth. I also rolled the balls in dark drinking chocolate powder instead of coconut. Now I can't decide which way I like them the best! 

[I Love Bimby!]

Yum.Thanks Cookie.

[Thermomixer]

Thanks cookie1 - so simple with the TMX. 

[bron]

Oh lovely cookie! When you say mixed fruit, do you mean dried fruit like raisins, apricots, prunes etc? As I have lots in my pantry at the moment!

[Thermomixer]

In Australia mixed fruit is sold in packets with a mix of sultanas, raisins, currants, mixed peel and sometimes glace cherries.

[cookie1]

Thanks TMXer. Yes you can add any of those, even glace fruit would give a different flavour.

[bron]

Thanks Cookie & Thermomixer! Will give them a go at the weekend! We have a xmas party at the swimming club on Saturday, so these and chocolate truffles will be perfect to take along with a Banoffee Pie and am also going to try the Oreo cheesecake too!

[cookie1]

Can I come?

[Thermomixer]

Don't think I'm quiet ready to fit into my mankini - even a huge tankini - getting ready for summer but don't wish to frighten anybody.  Maybe next year bron

[faffa_70]

*snort* ROFL

[I Love Bimby!]

LMAO!!!

[bron]

  Wish you were all here!

[I Love Bimby!]

We wish that too Bron! 

[Thermomixer]

Especially today  shocker of a day at work

[sue_purrb]

I made these on the weekend to take to a friend's house.

I misread the recipe and added the mixed fruit before it got whizzed up, but I really liked the texture, so would probably do it that way again.

I also reduced the sugar to about 120g, and was very liberal with the rum. They were delicious!