Talk:Rum ball

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Rum balls around the world[edit]

There are a variety of rum ball recipes to be found in the United States and a suspect Europe has some too. This article needs to be generalized to show both the variety of ingredients and styles that are found in different locations around the world. --207.136.9.35 22:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've expanded the content a bit and made things a bit more general, but I'm also an Aussie and so can't speak for European or American versions. Contributions from someone who knows more would help. -dmmaus 09:34, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In Germany they are called Rumkugel and are by no means a Christmas treat but are eaten all year round. By the way, there is a Swedish version that uses arrack instead of rum and is therefore called arraksboll.2003:DA:9704:DE5F:810E:3BE8:BDF8:E4A (talk) 16:34, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Canada also has rum balls. My mother's recipe is quite different from the one described here. It has no cake, and is very rich as a result. I hate the cake rum balls, and always thought they were fake. I'm not sure if the Scottish version is different (my family is of Scottish decent), or if my family invented it way back in the day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.75.125.247 (talk) 15:36, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Definitions??? No rum is therefore NOT a rum ball Snowballs are a totally different thing and not in the least bit related to rum balls - about as close as cake and bread are, this reference should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.97.237.62 (talk) 21:31, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a different name for rum balls if they don't have rum in them? We just make them with any sweet arnotte's biscuits, but still with the cocoa and condensed milk, then rolled in coconut... so are they still rum balls, even if they don't have the rum? :P ~ Fighter4luv (talk) 00:11, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

size of a golf ball doesnt seemright, not for theuk version anyway ours are much smaller...a\about size of a peach stone — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.103.245 (talk) 09:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In Poland they are also popular, called either Kula Rumowa, Ziemniaczek, Kartofelek or Bajaderka (which is misconception with Balkan Bajadera). The last one is the most popular name. https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajadera_(ciastko) TobiaSZaidoT (talk) 13:34, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

History?[edit]

I don't have any documentation for this (yet), but the recipes I've seen for rum balls all are remarkably similar to medieval European gingerbread recipes [1]. --Doc 20:15, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Will eating rum balls cause me to fail a drug test?[edit]

Can somebody please let me know asap? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.198.8.60 (talk) 21:57, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright conflict?[edit]

The opening paragraph is identical to the one found here: http://www.joyofbaking.com/RumBalls.html 70.55.39.131 (talk) 17:49, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The other kind of rum ball[edit]

Worth mentioning that there is a kind of chocolate candy, looking perhaps like regular sized malt balls. The center is either rum or rum flavour extract.

Drsruli (talk) 02:59, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]