Traditionally a holiday treat, but why wait? You can create these rich, flavorful Fudge Rum Balls all year long using Duncan Hines Butter Recipe Fudge Cake Mix.
- 1 pkg Duncan Hines® Moist Deluxe® Butter Recipe Fudge Cake Mix
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1 tbsp rum extract
- 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
- pecans or walnuts
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- Preheat oven to 375 °F. Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
- Prepare, bake and cool cake according to package directions.
- Crumble cake into large bowl. Stir with fork until crumbs are fine and uniform in size. Add 1 cup nuts, rum extract, confectioners' sugar and cocoa. Stir until well blended.
- Shape heaping tablespoonfuls of mixture into balls. Garnish by rolling balls in finely chopped nuts. Press firmly to adhere nuts to balls.
- Variation: Substitute rum for rum extract.
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Jeanuine (78 discussions) on Oct 28, 2012 at 07:38 AM
I don't drink but my libation would be to fry up some bacon, use the bits, and the grease.
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shadow_drmr (1 discussion) on Dec 20, 2011 at 09:34 PM
Hi, this is my first time on here and i really want to try this recipe using rum which rum do yall recomend i use?
Comment by: idjackson60 (no discussions) on Jan 24, 2012 at 09:13 PM
Bacardi Rum is the best try the dark rum. I make rum balls different that the usage of cake mix. So not sure how that one turns out.
Comment by: shadow_drmr (1 discussion) on Feb 10, 2012 at 02:54 PM
thanx im going to try it today
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dawn1299 (1 discussion) on Dec 2, 2011 at 04:40 PM
Nice tasting recipe; but balls kept falling apart; not sure cooked cake is best for serving in this form.
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cakebaker234 (1 discussion) on Jun 8, 2011 at 11:12 PM
i made this without the rum and only 1 cup of confectioners' sugar, witih rainbow sprinkles. they came out amazing!
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MecciaB (1 discussion) on Dec 30, 2010 at 11:07 PM
These were a little hard to coat. They were moist so they should have accepted the crushed almonds and pecans easily. Theydid not. Anyone have any suggestions?
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louie9 (4 discussions) on Dec 23, 2010 at 08:24 PM
where do you find confectioners sugar can anyone tell me instead of nuts what can you use in this recipe cos I have friends who are allergic to nuts
Comment by: antdav (no discussions) on Dec 24, 2010 at 01:49 AM
Confectioner's sugar is the same thing as powdered sugar. You can find it in any grocery store. Instead of nuts you can use mini chocolate chips, plain m&m, small things like that. Hope this helps
Comment by: mnitch (no discussions) on Jan 15, 2011 at 02:09 PM
You can find confectioners sugar in any grocery store next to the brown sugar, regular sugar, in the baking section.
Comment by: Daniela07 (no discussions) on Feb 12, 2011 at 04:58 PM
You can use chocolate sprinkles or even rainbow sprinkles if you want them to be colorful
Comment by: Edinaroxy (no discussions) on Jun 19, 2011 at 12:24 AM
It is also called powdered sugar. A very common staple at any grocery store.
Comment by: Taunta (1 discussion) on Oct 21, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Confectioners sugar is founf in the baking goods aisle of your grocery store. It comes in boxes or plastic bags.
Try using colored sprinkles or sugars in lieu of the nuts.
Try using colored sprinkles or sugars in lieu of the nuts.
Comment by: constance.plympton (no discussions) on Dec 12, 2012 at 05:07 PM
Try crushed candy canes
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vegasfinnelli (1 discussion) on Nov 16, 2010 at 02:54 PM
i made these last year for Christmas. but i took some of the Philly pre-made cheesecake filling and spooned it onto a cookie sheet and put it in the freezer to harden. then took the cake mix and pressed it around the outside then dipped it in rum... then put all the goodies on it... i used melted chocolate, (milk and white) nuts, coconut, and powdered sugar. they were so good, i made 6 dozen and within fifteen minutes they were gone.
Comment by: esjones4 (no discussions) on Dec 23, 2010 at 07:24 PM
HI: sounds great but I am a little confused on the process. Do you put the cheese cake filling on the cookie sheet and freeze it then put the cake mix and press it on the outside edge of the cookie sheet? Seems like a lot of cake on a very small space. Also do you dip the entire cookie sheet after that into rum? Pls clarify if you can. I LOVE rum balls. Thanks and Merry Christmas.
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shell bell (4 discussions) on Nov 13, 2010 at 10:55 AM
I can't wait to try the Sno Ball Surpise for my family on Thanksgiving
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bertamott (1 discussion) on Aug 17, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Could not find the cake mix listed here - used dark chocolate fudge. I also had a nip of rum that I had broguht home from Bermuda and I used that - it seemed like something was missing - barely tasted the rum and didn't much car for the flavor of the cake mix - going to keep looking for the cake mix in the recipe and try again - also want to try with a yellow cake mix...
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sidney57 (1 discussion) on Jun 15, 2010 at 09:26 AM
Has anyone heard about a recipe where you mix the cake with the icing and then form a ball and dip it in white chocolate? It is almost likea petit four.
Comment by: mattstreasure (no discussions) on Aug 5, 2010 at 11:56 AM
They're called cake balls. You take a cooled cake, crumble it in a bowl and mix with a container of frosting and whatever other topping(s) you want. I use a 2 oz ice cream scoop to scoop these out onto waxed paper and refrigerate to firm them up. Everyone seems to love them.
Comment by: Testers (no discussions) on Oct 15, 2010 at 10:14 PM
check out the bakerella.com site to see all kinds of cake ball and cake pop ideas.
Comment by: kweenofengland (no discussions) on Dec 23, 2010 at 10:37 AM
I make cake balls using coffee creamer, not frosting. Freeze and then dip in chocolate. one of my favs is strawberry cake with french vanilla coffee creamer dipped in white chocolate. This rum fudge balls looks very good! you can also try www.cakecentral.com for the recipe for cake balls.
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krystal.corona (1 discussion) on Jan 18, 2010 at 04:38 PM
I can't wait to try these.They look so delicious.MMMMM
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MissPris (2 discussions) on Nov 10, 2009 at 09:21 AM
I can't wait to try this version of Rum Balls! Now I can't say that Rum Balls are only for the holiday season!!
Comment by: iftikar (no discussions) on Oct 8, 2010 at 08:23 PM
Hi,this my first time I am here ,i will try this recipe looks yammy.
