Crunchy Spiced Rum Balls

Name: Crunchy Spiced Rum Balls
Yield: Makes about 18
Ingredients: 1 cup (4 ounces/113 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons, light corn syrup; 2 tablespoons, cocoa powder; 1/2 cup, raisins, chopped fine; 1/2 cup (1½ ounces/43 grams), sweetened shredded coconut; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces/50 grams), granulated sugar; 1/4 cup, spiced rum (such as Captain Morgan's); 1/4 teaspoon, nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 3/4 cup, whole almonds, toasted; 3/4 cup, cornflakes; 12 , vanilla wafers

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2007

These elegant, festive holiday treats pack a grown-up rum punch and require no butter, no eggs, no flour, and no baking.

SERVES Makes about 18

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