rum balls
36 balls
6 ouncesunsalted butter
6 ouncessemisweet chocolate chips
3eggs
½ cuplight brown sugar
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
½ teaspoonkosher salt
¾ cupall-purpose flour
3 ouncesdark rum
coarse turbinado sugar
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat 12x17-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Melt butter and chocolate over simmering water.
  3. Whisk together eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt.
  4. Stir chocolate mixture into eggs. Fold in flour.
  5. Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake for about 10 minutes. Let cool completely.
  6. Break brownie into bowl of stand mixer.
  7. Paddle on low until crumbly. Mix in rum until dough comes together.
  8. Form dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in coarse sugar. Chill.
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