Comments on: Rum Balls http://mooflyfood.com/rum-balls/ recipes to live for Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:15:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eso http://mooflyfood.com/rum-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-1826 eso Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:53:51 +0000 http://mooflyfood.com/?p=319#comment-1826 You're right, I should have said extremely-low-gluten. Oats don't contain gluten of course, but often are contaminated with gluten via machinery and other production sources. Thankfully my parents aren't THAT sensitive. You’re right, I should have said extremely-low-gluten. Oats don’t contain gluten of course, but often are contaminated with gluten via machinery and other production sources. Thankfully my parents aren’t THAT sensitive.

]]> By: mooflyfoof http://mooflyfood.com/rum-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-1825 mooflyfoof Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:34:32 +0000 http://mooflyfood.com/?p=319#comment-1825 Cheerios are gluten-free? My understanding is that they're not: http://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/topic/45514-cheerios/ But that they make gluten-free alternatives like this: http://whattofeedyourkids.blogspot.com/2008/12/whole-os-gluten-free-alternative-to.html Anyway, sounds tasty! :) Cheerios are gluten-free? My understanding is that they’re not:

http://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/topic/45514-cheerios/

But that they make gluten-free alternatives like this:

http://whattofeedyourkids.blogspot.com/2008/12/whole-os-gluten-free-alternative-to.html

Anyway, sounds tasty! :)

]]> By: eso http://mooflyfood.com/rum-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-1824 eso Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:23:35 +0000 http://mooflyfood.com/?p=319#comment-1824 So I made a gluten-free version using Cheerios instead of Nilla wafers. They actually turned out quite good. I think 12 oz of Cheerios is far too much for the recipe though; I needed a great deal more rum to achieve the correct consistency, as well as a half stick of butter and a 1/4 cup of sugar and some vanilla extract. I made it in the food processor, which worked splendidly for something as tough as Cheerios. Anyway it was great! Thanks! So I made a gluten-free version using Cheerios instead of Nilla wafers. They actually turned out quite good. I think 12 oz of Cheerios is far too much for the recipe though; I needed a great deal more rum to achieve the correct consistency, as well as a half stick of butter and a 1/4 cup of sugar and some vanilla extract. I made it in the food processor, which worked splendidly for something as tough as Cheerios. Anyway it was great! Thanks!

]]> By: eso http://mooflyfood.com/rum-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 eso Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:52:26 +0000 http://mooflyfood.com/?p=319#comment-1823 I was just thinking about how I needed to bug you for this recipe when I remembered you had a food blog. Delight! I was just thinking about how I needed to bug you for this recipe when I remembered you had a food blog. Delight!

]]> By: samantha http://mooflyfood.com/rum-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 samantha Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:20:49 +0000 http://mooflyfood.com/?p=319#comment-1821 My grandmother made Rum balls every Christmas, and for the children (much to our dismay) she made "Orange balls." Which were delicious as well, but we always snuck the rum balls anyway. =) My grandmother made Rum balls every Christmas, and for the children (much to our dismay) she made “Orange balls.” Which were delicious as well, but we always snuck the rum balls anyway. =)

]]> By: mooflyfoof http://mooflyfood.com/rum-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 mooflyfoof Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:39:16 +0000 http://mooflyfood.com/?p=319#comment-1350 Glad I could help! Letting them sit at room temp really works well because I find that if you refrigerate the dough, it becomes too hard to roll into balls. As far as whether you want to serve them to your kids... It's really your call. While I don't have kids, I personally wouldn't have a problem giving them a one or two at a time. I think I ate them when I was a kid and I turned out just fine. :) Really, though -- while there's some alcohol in them, it's not very much. Definitely not any more than those chocolate covered cherry candies. The only thing I can think of that's non-alcoholic that you could substitute for the rum is coffee. In fact, I think my mom's recipe actually lists that as an alternative. Unfortunately, I doubt that would be much better for the kids than alcohol. Maybe cream would work? It would make for a totally different candy, but I bet it would be good... Give it a shot and let me know how it goes! Glad I could help! Letting them sit at room temp really works well because I find that if you refrigerate the dough, it becomes too hard to roll into balls.

As far as whether you want to serve them to your kids… It’s really your call. While I don’t have kids, I personally wouldn’t have a problem giving them a one or two at a time. I think I ate them when I was a kid and I turned out just fine. :) Really, though — while there’s some alcohol in them, it’s not very much. Definitely not any more than those chocolate covered cherry candies.

The only thing I can think of that’s non-alcoholic that you could substitute for the rum is coffee. In fact, I think my mom’s recipe actually lists that as an alternative. Unfortunately, I doubt that would be much better for the kids than alcohol. Maybe cream would work? It would make for a totally different candy, but I bet it would be good… Give it a shot and let me know how it goes!

]]> By: Linda http://mooflyfood.com/rum-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Linda Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:49:15 +0000 http://mooflyfood.com/?p=319#comment-1349 I found this recipe in the nick of time!! Just what i was looking for, and it sounds so delicious too. This is the first recipe i've found where you let it sit at room temp. What a great idea, as i'm sure it really holds the flavor. My question is, should i not serve these to my 3 yr old and 9 yr old daughters? Or if i make a second batch just for them, what can i substitute the rum for? I know if they see these, they will want a few, so i may as well make some extra that they will be able to eat. I know you don't cook these, so the rum doesn't get cooked off. I know they say that when you make rum cake, the rum is cooked off, but i remember being 15 and someone giving us a rum cake for Christmas. I must have had 2-3 pieces and i could swear i felt a little tipsy. At the time, i didn't even know what rum was. LOL!! I look back and laugh at that now. But anyway, just want to see if there's another liquid i can use besides the rum, when i make the kids a batch too. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. :) I found this recipe in the nick of time!! Just what i was looking for, and it sounds so delicious too. This is the first recipe i’ve found where you let it sit at room temp. What a great idea, as i’m sure it really holds the flavor. My question is, should i not serve these to my 3 yr old and 9 yr old daughters? Or if i make a second batch just for them, what can i substitute the rum for? I know if they see these, they will want a few, so i may as well make some extra that they will be able to eat. I know you don’t cook these, so the rum doesn’t get cooked off. I know they say that when you make rum cake, the rum is cooked off, but i remember being 15 and someone giving us a rum cake for Christmas. I must have had 2-3 pieces and i could swear i felt a little tipsy. At the time, i didn’t even know what rum was. LOL!! I look back and laugh at that now. But anyway, just want to see if there’s another liquid i can use besides the rum, when i make the kids a batch too. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. :)

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