Keto Christmas is something I like to share with people, as Christmas is all about sharing! I’ve been concocting this keto rum balls recipe for a little while now, and what better way to bring out the Christmas spirits by sharing recipes.
If you only make one Christmas recipe this festive season, honestly, these keto rum balls will blow your mind.
I have a few other Christmas recipes if you’re looking for some other recipes to add to your dessert collection.
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Keto rum balls
Rum balls are one of my favorite festive recipes ever. I used to eat them as a kid, sneak down to the shops and buy a whole packet with my pocket money. Luckily back then, I only had a limited amount of pocket money, so I couldn’t’ do any real damage to my health.
I used spiced rum with these Chocolate rum balls, making them spiced rum balls. I used Sailor Jerrys spice rum, and they taste fantastic! These are so easy to make, and really don’t take that much time. You’ll be able to make them and be eating them within 20 mins. How easy is that?
Keto Rum Balls
Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 Cup Coconut Oil
- 1/4 Cup Almond Flour
- 2 Tbsp Coconut Flour
- 2 Tbsp. Heavy Cream
- 1/2 Cup shredded coconut
- 2 Tsp Natvia (Or Swerve)
- 60 ml Rum (2 oz)
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients together into a bowl. Combine until sticky. Depending on the weather, if it gets to sloppy, just add some more almond flour to the mix.
- Roll into balls and roll in some extra shredded coconut. (I blended my shredded coconut in the nutri-bullet so it was smaller shreds). Let the disco overwhelm you as you point to the sky, then point to the floor whilst making these ones!
- Refrigerate on a plate and enjoy!
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The rum balls look amazing except I can’t handle shredded coconut (gag reflex). I was wondering if almond meal would suffice or if coconut could be left out? Thanks!
Of course!
Can you leave out the alcohol altogether to make it kid friendly? It would be nice to have sugar free treats for older kids too. Also hubby can’t have alcohol, but can have the rest of the ingredients.
You sure can! just use rum extract (you can find it in coles and woollies)
Hi can i freeze these in advance eg 4 days?
Yes definitely!
I found sugar free choc sprinkles at a Dutch store to coat them!
These Rum Balls were much easier to make and less messy than traditional recipe with condensed milk. And the taste…delicious. I’m new to keto and I love how we can still have the things we love if we modify them a little. My traditional Christmas Day breakfast is Rum Balls and fresh cherries – now I can still eat what I love. Thankyou
Thanks so much Linda!
First year Keto and I was in a Panic over my rumballs! I added walnuts and almonds to give it a more crunch and I am just as Happy with them as I was with my other version! If you freeze them a week before, the rum flavour does tone down FYI.But is more potent :0) I always freeze a week ahead, fridge them the day before and they come out perfect! The keto version did as well also. Thank you for a simple put!
Thanks 🙂
Can these be frozen?
They sure can!
Accidentally got the sweeten coconut flakes(too many carbs and sugars), so I opted to eliminate them and add a bit more almond flour and erythritol and then dusted with the erythritol. Hopefully these turn out OK today
I’ve just made these and WOW! I like that I can make them less sweet ?. I soaked my coconut in the rum overnight and they taste perfect. My only question is, what size do you make yours? My mix made 18 petit four size.
Will this work with all coconut flour? I am rather allergic to nuts and too afraid to use almond flour as almonds messed me up pretty bad last time I had them.
It should yes, use 1/4 coconut flour compared to almond flour
? brilliant! I’m asked to make rum balls every Christmas and i’ve always followed the same recipe with nuts, mashed up nilla wafers, and tons of sugar- truly decadent.. But now I’m trying keto and these sound like a perfect alternative! Great recipe. I’ll definitely try this version and perhaps pecans in place of shredded coconut for one batch. Thanks!
Also, others said there was too much alcohol flavor. In my experience, with other rum ball recipes, they taste best the 2nd or 3rd day, some recipes call for them to sit for 5 days! But the alcohol flavor seems to increase over time, and luckily they never last that long! Rum balls = heaven. Can’t wait to try your version.
Hello! I tried them but had to make a few substitutions: substituted coconut milk instead of cream, and coconut sugar instead of natvia. They turned out just okay so I am guessing these were not good substitutions? What substitutions would you recommend for the cream and the Natvia? Also these will get you drunk by the way!
Loved them
I tried them… delicious but way too alcoholic for me. Had to do a second batch with much less rum.
I love the rum flavour, but can also be dialed down for a more subtle flavour
I may be missing something, but how many rum balls equal a serving?
1 ball = 1 serving 🙂
Hi, they taste yum, but tHey crumble as soon as I try to roll them! I have added a little more coconut oil and cream on 2 attempts But it is still crumbly! They won’t roll in the Coconut! Please help!
Chris
Hey chris,
Oh no! It means it doesn’t have enough cream. Did you substitute any of the dry ingredients?
Hello actually after substituting coconut milk for the cream and coconut sugar for the Natvia and refrigerating for a day they were just great! At first they were too wet and tasted too alcoholy but after adding some more almond milk and waiting 24 hrs it’s seems the rum flavor has become more subtle. Just a note to others to wait 24 hours.
These look great. We have one vegan guest this year, would coconut cream be a suitable replacement for heavy cream in this recipe?
Yup, it definitely could! It basically just adds to the texture, so coconut cream will work perfectly 🙂
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These were so good and so easy to make. I made them without the rum and they tasted like Cherry Ripe without the cherry. . 🙂
Thanks Clara! Glad you liked them 🙂
You could try adding cherry-flavoured stevia drops. They are 100% natural. You might need to reduce the amount of other sweetener though
YUM!!! that would be an awesome idea