Easy Cheerio® Coconut Rum Balls recipe

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Ingredients

3 cups honey-nut toasted oat cereal (such as Honey Nut Cheerios®)
1 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
½ cup crushed cashews
½ cup crushed almonds
¼ cup shredded coconut
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
⅓ cup dark rum, or more as needed
3 tablespoons light corn syrup

Nutrition Info

73.7 calories
carbohydrate: 11.3 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 2.4 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 1.1 g
saturatedFat: 0.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 51 mg
sugar: 7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place oat cereal, confectioners' sugar, cashews, almonds, coconut, and cocoa powder in a food processor, blend to an even crumb texture.

  2. Stir rum and corn syrup together in a bowl, add cereal mixture. Stir until dough holds together. Add more rum if dough is dry. Form into balls and place on a plate.

  3. Chill rum balls in the refrigerator for flavors to blend, at least 1 hour. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving.

Recipe Yield

2 -1/2 dozen small rum balls

Recipe Note

This is a yummy recipe for rum balls, and it costs a lot less to make than original recipes. I had 4 people try the little balls, and they thought they were great!

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