No Bake Gingerbread Rum Balls

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The holiday season means assembling no bake gingerbread rum balls, a truffle finished in Confectioners' sugar or a dusting of cocoa powder!

Prep Time10

Rolling Time20

Total Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, Southern

Servings: rum balls

Cost: $0.11 per rum ball depending on the caliber of rum used

2 ½ cups cookie crumbs from gingerbread or gingersnap cookies
1 ¼ cups pecans
¾ cups Confectioners' sugar plus, more for dusting
⅓ cup rum may be dark, medium, spiced or other
2 ½ tablespoons maple syrup must be genuine maple syrup, NOT artificial pancake syrup
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoons ginger freshly grated
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
pinch fine sea salt

In a food processor, pulse together the gingerbread and the pecans until all are coarsely ground. Do not overprocess as it's important that the pecans have some texture.
In a separate bowl, combine confectioners' sugar together with rum, maple syrup, cocoa powder, grated fresh ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, ground ginger, and the tiniest pinch of fine sea salt. Scrape all into the food processor. Pulse until just combined or alternatively, stir both mixtures together in a bowl and use your hands to squeeze together into a mass.
Taste the mixture and add additional spices or more fresh ginger if you feel it needs it.
Cut the dough into thirds. Roll the dough into ten (10) 1-inch balls from each third. Try to make them as uniform as possible. Then roll in confectioners' sugar or other embellishment you've selected. If the dough begins to dry out as you are rolling, drizzle in a bit more rum. Place each rum ball into a paper liner and place all into an airtight container.
NOTE: after a day, you may notice the confectioners' sugar has absorbed into the rum ball. It may be necessary to re-roll the balls in additional sugar and replace them into their liners prior to serving.

Stored in An Airtight Container these truffles will keep up to two weeks at room temperature.