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PeterLucas[_4_]

(Phred) wrote in
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> In article
> >,
> "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote:
>>......it's surprisingly delicious.
>>
>>Licorice Allsorts Slice
>>
>>1 pkt Marie biscuits crushed
>>1 Cup coconut
>>250gms Licorice Allsorts
>>125 gms butter
>>1 Tblspn Golden Syrup
>>half tin Condensed milk
>>
>>Cut Licorice Allsorts into 6 (in half then in three), Put crushed
>>biscuits into a bowl along with the Licorice Allsorts and the coconut.
>> Melt butter, golden syrup and the condensed milk in a saucepan until
>>butter is melted. Add butter mix to crushed biscuit mix and mix well.
>>Line a slice pan with paper, pour in mix and press down. Can be
>>topped with chocolate icing, but why bother?
>
> Okay, I'll bite! :-)
>
> Do these things have to be served from the fridge, or do they hold up
> at room temperature? Could they be moulded into smallish balls
> (about the size of one of those large marbles) that will hold shape
> and not get too messy at room temp?
>
> [I'm looking for alternatives to conventional rum balls that don't
> involve baking or whatever -- so other practical alternatives also
> welcome!]
>
> Addendum:
>
> A few years ago I made some "rum balls" based on a packet (250 g) of
> crumbled shortbread biscuits, butter, cocoa, adequate rum, and ???
>
> Regretably, I can't remember the details and I seem to have lost the
> secret instructions (along with my treasure maps etc. but the tour
> de force was to make each ball by wrapping the mix around a glace
> cherry. I think pieces of confectionary ginger would work too.
>

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