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Rum Ball Recipe

I had planned to make these awhile ago, but when drama unfolded around here they were pushed to the back burner. Not needing as much as I originally did, I halved the recipe-which worked really well! They are chocolatey, rummy, and oh SO delicious. From now on, I think these are going to be one of my holiday must have recipes.

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Ingredients:

4 oz semi sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (bittersweet might be even better)
1 pkg (200g) chocolate wafer cookies
1 cups finely chopped walnuts or pecans
1 can (300 ml) sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup rum
1 tsp vanilla
chocolate sprinkles

  Melt semi sweet chocolate in a bowl over hot, not boiling, water until melted. Set aside and let cool. Whiz chocolate wafers in a food processor to make 2 1/3 cups (actually, you could probably just purchase already crushed Oreo cookie crumbs); transfer to a large bowl. Add 1 cup nuts, condensed milk, run, and vanilla; stir in chocolate. Chill, covered, for 1 hour or until firm.

  Shape mixture by teaspoons into balls and roll in chocolate sprinkles to coat. Chill in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. If you must, drink the leftover rum.

Makes 70...unless you scarf them down when nobody's looking.

She may go by the name Scatteredmom online, but Karen really is anything but scattered when it comes to the kitchen.  Churning out tasty treats within view of the Georgia Strait on Canada's west coast, Karen will hand you an organized weekly meal plan or teach you how to make meals from scratch.  As Mom to a teenage boy, she knows exactly what it takes to keep kids full and happy-which has really come in handy with her job as the Food Editor at Yummy Mummy Club.

A strong supporter of Food Revolution who has been endorsed by Jamie Oliver himself, by day Karen can be found working as a special education teaching assistant, running a kitchen and showing teenagers how to cook nutritious meals for themselves.  By night, when she's not chatting on Twitter and answering cooking questions,  she writes her popular blog Notes From the Cookie Jar, or posting mouthwatering recipes over at Chasing Tomatoes.  Not afraid to give her opinion and passionate about community, Karen spoke at Blissdom Canada 2010 and her writing has been published in Canadian Living magazine, as well as in various online publications. 

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