Yum-Yums
After making Yo-Yos, what else can I make but Yum-Yums… Do you see a disturbing pattern forming, first I made Yo-Yos, then Onde-Onde, now Yum-Yums… Oooh, am I regressing into childhood again… He-he… But don’t you just love snack names like these? Yum-Yums, or Yum-Yum Balls are sometimes also called ‘Rum Balls’, but that’s a misnomer since no rum is used. So Yum-Yums are actually rum-less version of Rum Balls, or what I would call Poor-Man’s Chocolate Truffles.
I first saw a recipe for Yum-Yums on the back of a package of cocoa powder, specifically, Cadbury Bournville Cocoa.
They are very easy but messy to make – no cooking required – and of course yummy, need I say more? The basic ingredients used are just Marie biscuits, cocoa powder, sweetened condensed milk and grated coconut (but I have omitted the coconut from the version I made), how simple is that!
I decided to make two versions of these Yum-Yums, one using cocoa powder to make the standard Chocolate Yum-Yums, and the other using milo as an experiment. I have often wondered why there’s such a very limited number of recipes that uses milo as an ingredient. Hands up if you are one of those people who scoop milo from the tin and eat it straight – I have to admit sometimes I’m one of those people! And as far as comforting drinks go, how about a big glass of hot milk with milo? Of course it has to be full-cream milk with that, no diluted stuff for me please! Then there is the icy cold milk with a couple of big scoops of milo that absolutely refuse to dissolve for hot summer night, hmmmm, yummo! OK, I’m drooling for a cuppa right now… That’s it, I’m abandoning the writing of this post for now and make myself a glass of that…
So why aren’t there many recipes that use milo? Well, here comes my Milo Yum-Yums, ready or not… Milo and sweetened condensed milk, don’t you think that’s a winning combination… For these milo ones, I have done some with sprinkle coating and some with milo coating. I think children would probably prefer the colourful sprinkle ones, but if you love milo, do the milo coating, they are to die for – yummy, really does its name justice!
One other thing, the Arnott’s Marie biscuits made in Australia come in 250g-packet, so you need just 1 packet to make these yum-yums with a standard tin of sweetened condensed milk. However, for this batch, I have bought the Ping Pong brand Marie biscuits made in Malaysia, which come in 400g-packet – so need to measure out 250g for this recipe.
Talking about using milo to replace cocoa powder to make Yum-Yums, I know recently the coffee flavoured sweetened condensed milk is now also widely available, and I know there’s Coffee flavoured Marie biscuits, so why not use them to make Coffee Yum-Yums as well if you prefer coffee flavour!
Adapted from the recipe ‘Yum Yum Balls’ taken from the back of the ‘Cadbury (Australia) Bournville Cocoa’ packaging.
Makes approx. 30 yum-yums.
[Ingredients]
250g Marie biscuits, crushed
395g sweetened condensed milk, or adjust as necessary
2 - 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 - 3 tablespoons milo
extra cocoa powder for coating
extra milo for coating
Other Coatings (as you desired):
desiccated coconut, icing sugar, 100’s & 1000’s, chocolate sprinkles or coloured sprinkles (cake toppings)
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[Preparation]
1. Crush Marie biscuits in a food processor into biscuit crumbs (or you can pound the biscuits in a plastic bag).
2. Divide into 2 equal portions. Add cocoa powder to one portion and milo to the other portion, mix well.
3. Add about 200g sweetened condensed milk to each portion of the biscuit crumbs to form a slightly sticky dough. You may need to adjust amount of sweetened condensed milk needed.
4. Divide each portion of the dough equally into 15 balls, you should get 30 balls. Roll each ball in extra cocoa powder or milo respectively to coat, or roll in other coatings of your choice. If you find it hard to get coating to stick, dip the ball in a little extra sweetened condensed milk (or melted unsalted butter) to moisten the surface of the ball, then roll in coating ingredient.
5. Chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to firm up before serving. Keep in airtight container in the refrigerator.
[Note]
Please note this recipe uses 1 standard cup of 250ml, 1 tablespoon of 20ml and 1 teaspoon of 5ml.
I first saw a recipe for Yum-Yums on the back of a package of cocoa powder, specifically, Cadbury Bournville Cocoa.
They are very easy but messy to make – no cooking required – and of course yummy, need I say more? The basic ingredients used are just Marie biscuits, cocoa powder, sweetened condensed milk and grated coconut (but I have omitted the coconut from the version I made), how simple is that!
I decided to make two versions of these Yum-Yums, one using cocoa powder to make the standard Chocolate Yum-Yums, and the other using milo as an experiment. I have often wondered why there’s such a very limited number of recipes that uses milo as an ingredient. Hands up if you are one of those people who scoop milo from the tin and eat it straight – I have to admit sometimes I’m one of those people! And as far as comforting drinks go, how about a big glass of hot milk with milo? Of course it has to be full-cream milk with that, no diluted stuff for me please! Then there is the icy cold milk with a couple of big scoops of milo that absolutely refuse to dissolve for hot summer night, hmmmm, yummo! OK, I’m drooling for a cuppa right now… That’s it, I’m abandoning the writing of this post for now and make myself a glass of that…
So why aren’t there many recipes that use milo? Well, here comes my Milo Yum-Yums, ready or not… Milo and sweetened condensed milk, don’t you think that’s a winning combination… For these milo ones, I have done some with sprinkle coating and some with milo coating. I think children would probably prefer the colourful sprinkle ones, but if you love milo, do the milo coating, they are to die for – yummy, really does its name justice!
One other thing, the Arnott’s Marie biscuits made in Australia come in 250g-packet, so you need just 1 packet to make these yum-yums with a standard tin of sweetened condensed milk. However, for this batch, I have bought the Ping Pong brand Marie biscuits made in Malaysia, which come in 400g-packet – so need to measure out 250g for this recipe.
Talking about using milo to replace cocoa powder to make Yum-Yums, I know recently the coffee flavoured sweetened condensed milk is now also widely available, and I know there’s Coffee flavoured Marie biscuits, so why not use them to make Coffee Yum-Yums as well if you prefer coffee flavour!
Adapted from the recipe ‘Yum Yum Balls’ taken from the back of the ‘Cadbury (Australia) Bournville Cocoa’ packaging.
Makes approx. 30 yum-yums.
[Ingredients]
250g Marie biscuits, crushed
395g sweetened condensed milk, or adjust as necessary
2 - 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 - 3 tablespoons milo
extra cocoa powder for coating
extra milo for coating
Other Coatings (as you desired):
desiccated coconut, icing sugar, 100’s & 1000’s, chocolate sprinkles or coloured sprinkles (cake toppings)
http://cafeoftheeast.blogspot.com/
[Preparation]
1. Crush Marie biscuits in a food processor into biscuit crumbs (or you can pound the biscuits in a plastic bag).
2. Divide into 2 equal portions. Add cocoa powder to one portion and milo to the other portion, mix well.
3. Add about 200g sweetened condensed milk to each portion of the biscuit crumbs to form a slightly sticky dough. You may need to adjust amount of sweetened condensed milk needed.
4. Divide each portion of the dough equally into 15 balls, you should get 30 balls. Roll each ball in extra cocoa powder or milo respectively to coat, or roll in other coatings of your choice. If you find it hard to get coating to stick, dip the ball in a little extra sweetened condensed milk (or melted unsalted butter) to moisten the surface of the ball, then roll in coating ingredient.
5. Chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to firm up before serving. Keep in airtight container in the refrigerator.
[Note]
Please note this recipe uses 1 standard cup of 250ml, 1 tablespoon of 20ml and 1 teaspoon of 5ml.
posted by SeaDragon @ 21.8.05
12 Comments:
They are certainly colourful! Did u coat some of them in chocolate, esp. those with chocolate rice?
so....which is nicer - cocoa or milo? Who wins??? :) _k
K,
Yes, I did coat some of the cocoa ones with chocolate rice.
As to which is nicer, still can't decide... Each to its own... But definitely the ones coated with milo are very good, but I did not coat the cocoa ones with cocoa powder which would have been better (used the sweet chocolate rice instead which reduced the flavour IMO)... the coloured sprinkle coatings, although colourful but also reduced the flavour.
Hi! SeaDragon, your Yum-Yums Ingredients and method look very
similar like "Cake Jawa" (which I used to made when I'm in my hometown^^!!) Therefore I know they're definitely taste yummy!
Today I accidentally found your "Webshots album", and I spend almost my whole morning to enjoy it. There is a lot of food I really wish you can teach me how to make them... first of all, I miss "Kaya" so very much, I wonder if you can share your "Kaya" recipes with me (if you don't mind could you please send me the recipes to my email address :- anna231@gmail.com ?)
By the way, your Kaya look so successful creamy and smooth, did you steam your Kaya after stirring for a while or you just cook "Kaya" over the stove for the whole process?
Thank You and have a good day!
Anna
Hi Anna,
Oh, yum-yum's called Cake Jawa as well... learnt something new again :)
As for kaya, let me look for the recipe first, yeah... I haven't make it since last year, can't remember whether I jotted down any pointers somewhere while I was making it... Maybe it's time to make it again and write down the recipe properly... That's what always happened before I started this blog to put my recipes together in one place, I would write down pointers on pieces of paper, then can never find again....
Oh, almost forgot your question, the method I used was stirring the kaya over the stove throughout, very tiring, that's why have not make it again since...
hi there,
Great blog i must say.....:)
a quick question....i am soon off to Ausralia for holiday and would like to know where can i buy Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract in Australia ?
Rrgs,
Grace(singapore)
Grace,
Hmmm, that's a good question, I've never actually gone and hunt for the specific pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract before.
Most supermarkets here sell Natural Vanilla Extract (Queen brand) - about Aus$10 per 200mL-bottle if I remembered correctly. According to their product info, although they do use a blend of Vanilla beans, the largest portion of their beans come from Madagascar (Bourbon Vanilla beans). Just make sure it is the vanilla 'extract' which is purer, not the vanilla 'essence' which contains alcohol. They also have a stronger premium vanilla extract labelled 'Vanilla Extract Concentrated (Black Label)' - which according to them is the one preferred by chefs. HTH.
BTW, I did a quick search and only Simon Johnson seems to sell the Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract here (imported from US, don't faint, it's $39.99 for a 118mL-bottle), see this link:
GreenGrocer - Simon Johnson Sydney
Here's Simon Johnson website and their stores' location and tel. no. if you're interested:
Simon Johnson
hi seadragon,
Thank you very much.......:)
is the 'Vanilla Extract Concentrated (Black Label)' better then the Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract ?
Grace
Grace,
Oh dear :p , as I've never bought or used either the black label conc. vanilla extract or the pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract myself, I really cannot give you an answer, sorry. I usually just buy the normal natural vanilla extract myself :)
hi seadragon,
anyway thank's for all the info's :)
i heard a lots abt this Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract,they said is very good...bla..bla...that's why i am wondering abt it and desperately want one,i normally used vanilla essence in my baking,i would love to have a bottle if i can find it. So the normall one(Vanilla Extract)which sell at the supermarket in Australia also good right ?
Grace
Grace,
Yeah, the vanilla extract is better than vanilla essence, but both are good enough for everyday baking use... BTW, when I say vanilla essence, I'm referring to the real natural ones, not the 'imitation vanilla essence'...
I may even consider trying the concentrated for special occasion baking but really cannot see myself paying $40 for a small bottle of pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract though :)
hi seadragon,
can i buy the Vanilla Extract at the normal supermarkets ? can you recommend me which brand's to go for ?
Thank you very much
Grace
Grace,
Yes, you can buy it at any normal supermarkets, eg, Coles, Safeway (in Vic or Woolworths in other states), IGA etc., all of them should carry it... Usually there is only one brand, 'Queen', as they have cornered the essence market here... I have attached a photo of the vanilla extract in the 'Carrot Cake' post for a look-see.
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