Danish style cocoa and rum balls

I will be off to Finland tomorrow to spend Christmas with my family. I still have a few posts prepared for next week, so there will be more posts, but then I will probably be quiet for a few days and just relax at home. What are your Christmas plans this year?

Now to this sweet recipe. Every time I go to Denmark or Sweden I just have to have these cocoa and rum balls. They are so tasty and incredibly filling, as they are so dense. It's good that you don't manage to eat too many of them, as they are full of butter and sugar.

I thought that these balls would be a nice idea for Christmas as well. There's no baking involved, it's all very simple to make. I adapted my version from Kim's recipe for Cocoa oat balls Havregrynskugler at the Nordic Food & Living blog.

Danish style cocoa and rum balls

Adapted from Nordic Food & Living blog's recipe

Ingredients

For the dough:

280 g oat flakes

225 g soft butter

200 g sugar

6 tbsp cocoa powder

2 tsp almond extract

4 tbsp coconut oil

4 tbsp rum

For decorating:

Desiccated coconut

Hazelnut crunch

Cocoa powder

Method

Just mix all ingredients into an even dough, and let it rest in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

Then shape balls from the dough.

Roll the balls in desiccated coconut, hazelnut crunch and cocoa powder, or in anything else that you can think.

Enjoy!

Your VegHog