Granny's Famous Rum Balls made Vegan
A classic Australian recipe that I've veganised! Rum Balls are always a hit at Christmas time, so be sure to make extra to take along to any parties you're off to over the festive period.
Servings: 32 balls
Calories: 86kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 250 g packet of plain biscuits (graham crackers or cookies) 2.5 cups - make sure they are vegan!
- 210 g tin of coconut condensed milk
- 150 g dried cranberries or raisins/sultanas
- 50 g dessicated coconut plus more for rolling (⅓ cup + more)
- 80 ml rum I used spiced rum, because that's what I had in the cupboard, but plain rum is good too.
- 35 g cocoa powder
Instructions
- Chop the dried cranberries & soak in the rum.
- Once the cranberries are plumped up, remove them from their rum bath.
- Blitz the biscuits in a food processor, or bash them up inside their packet with a rolling pin until they are fine crumbs
- Mix all the ingredients together until fully combined.
- Take a teaspoon at a time & roll into balls, then coat with the coconut. It's quite a messy mixture!
- Allow to set in the fridge for at least an hour.
- These will last a few weeks in an airtight container.
Notes
If you don't want to use rum, you can choose to use a few drops of rum essence in orange juice to soak the fruit.
BISCUITS (UK) vs COOKIES (USA) :
This recipe calls for plain biscuits, which to my US readers actually means cookies. The closest equivalent in the USA is graham crackers or any other type of pre-made, plain vanilla cookie.
Nutrition
Calories: 86kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 54mg | Potassium: 71mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg