Chocolate Rum Balls

What with the feeling of Christmas coming and the love of chocolate in most of us, I thought that I would share with you this simple recipe for Chocolate Rum Balls. Do your self a favour though, get your hands on the best chocolate that you can, believe me it makes the difference in almost all chocolate recipes.

You will need; 480g Butter, 8 Egg yolks, 150g Cocoa, 500g Icing sugar, 6 shots Rum and 1.2 kg Chocolate grated.

This should make you 160 balls, depending on how much you eat and how big you roll the balls!!

Cream the butter with the Yolks in your mixer. When light and fluffy add the cocoa and sugar, allow this to mix in ( turn the speed on slowly or you will get it all in the face) Add the rum and a kilo of the chocolate, the rest you will need to roll the balls in. Place in the fridge. (warning don’t taste it as you won’t be able to stop) When cool, shape into small rounds with your hands. The balls now roll them in the grated chocolate and then store them in airtight containers in the fridge. You could also roll them in coconut, pistachio, hundreds & thousands etc, just use your imagination. Enjoy