🇭🇺 Coconut Rum Chocolate Cake Balls

Absolutely, Ashley! Here’s a rich and flavorful recipe post for your Coconut Rum Chocolate Cake Balls – Hungarian Style 🇭🇺 — a perfect bite-sized treat for celebrations, holidays, or just when you’re craving something indulgent and a little nostalgic.


🇭🇺 Coconut Rum Chocolate Cake Balls

Old-fashioned flavor meets modern indulgence!

These little delights are popular across Hungary, especially around holidays like Christmas or Easter, but they’re easy enough to make anytime. They’re deeply chocolatey, rich with a hint of rum, and rolled in sweet shredded coconut for that irresistible finish. Best part? No baking required if you use leftover cake or simple crushed biscuits!


🧺 Ingredients:

  • 2 cups (about 250g) chocolate sponge cake or plain biscuits, finely crumbled
  • 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ cup (120g) softened butter or margarine
  • ½ cup (100g) powdered sugar
  • 1–2 tbsp dark rum (or rum flavoring for a non-alcoholic version)
  • ¼ cup (60ml) milk, as needed to bring it together
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 cup shredded coconut, for rolling