rum ball

Spherical boozy sweet

A rum ball is a small, round confection made from crushed cookies or cake crumbs mixed with cocoa, nuts, and rum, then rolled into balls and coated with chocolate sprinkles, powdered sugar, or coconut.

They require no baking and are popular at holiday gatherings: She made three dozen rum balls for the Christmas party.

chocolate

cocoa

Ground cacao seed powder

bittersweet · semisweet · tempering · dipping · coating · bonbon · cacao · fudge · chocolatey · milk chocolate

confection

dessert

Sweet course after dinner

vanilla · raisin · marzipan · praline · sugar · bakery · sweetmeat · no-bake · cookie crumbs · condensed milk

holiday

Christmas

Winter nativity celebration

recipe · gift · platter · celebration · family · gathering · wintertime · eggnog · spices · nutmeg

spirits

Bourbon

French ruling family

alcohol · soaked · infused · aged · Caribbean · spike · tipsy · Bacardi

indulgence

decadent

Self-indulgent, often corruptly

  • richHaving much of something
  • treatSomething pleasantly special
  • pleasureHappy, satisfied feeling

craving · temptation · guilty pleasure · gourmet · savor · comfort food · reward · bite-sized · sinful · irresistible

Categories
Opposites
alcohol content

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Spongy sugar confection

jelly bean · gummy bear

preparation method

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flavor profile

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Tart yellow confection

peppermint · meringue

Family

rum, ball, rums, balls, balled, balling, ballroom

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G