Best-Ever Rum Balls

Ingredients:

1/2 cup dark chocolate
1/2 cup milk chocolate
1/2 cup icing or powdered sugar
3 tablespoons corn syrup
3 cups vanilla wafers, crushed
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/3 to 1/2 cup dark rum
icing sugar, rice flour or cocoa for coating

Instructions:

In a heavy pot, melt the chocolate on low heat. Remove from the heat and stir in the icing sugar and corn syrup. Beat in the vanilla wafers (and nuts if you are using them). Next stir in the salt, vanilla and rum until well combined. Refrigerate the mixture until firm.

Roll the mixture into small 1-inch balls. Roll in the coatings of your choice (I like cocoa and rice flour).

Makes about 3 dozen rum balls