Keto Rum Balls Recipe | Low Carb Dessert - Christmas Special (2024)

FAQs

Is rum keto friendly? ›

Many low carb alcohol options are available if you follow a keto diet. For instance, pure forms of alcohol like whiskey, gin, tequila, rum, and vodka are all completely free of carbs. You can drink them straight or combine them with low carb mixers for more flavor.

Coles Rum Balls (1 ball) contains 14g total carbs, 13g net carbs, 6.3g fat, 1.2g protein, and 118 calories.

KLYR Rum has zero grams of sugar and zero grams of carbohydrates, and it's lower in calories than other, more sugary rums.

A good quality dark rum is suitable for use in co*cktails, but if you're planning on drinking rum straight, then try to avoid light rums, because they usually contain high levels of sugar, which can impact on levels of ketones. In fact, most rum brands are now using cane sugar instead of molasses.

How many carbs in a rum ball? Conventional rum balls can contain as much as 20g of carbs per truffle! But this keto rum ball recipe has only 5.6g of carbs and 3g of fiber per serving. That comes to 2.6g net carbs for two rum balls.

While vanilla wafers are my favorite for their subtle sweetness and vanilla notes, graham crackers, butter cookies, digestive biscuits, or shortbread cookies are all excellent substitutes. For a gluten-free version, opt for gluten-free cookies.

Dry red or white wine: keto and wine go well together! One glass contains about 2 grams of net carbs. Champagne or extra dry/brut sparkling wine: one glass of bubbly contains about 2 grams of net carbs. Low carb hard seltzers: these refreshing beverages are generally pretty low in carbs.

Since Martí rums aren't overly sweet (there is less than 5 grams of sugar per liter), they work wonderfully in a range of refreshing and summery co*cktails. Try them in some of our favorite classic and mordern drink recipes.

Careless drinking without regard for the ingredients used can give your body too many carbs, and indeed this will "kick" you out of ketosis. Adding something simple like fruit juice to liquor can introduce enough sugar to disrupt your diet!

Does rum have high carbs? ›

The good news is that there's no carbohydrates in rum or most other hard liquor (the carbohydrate family is either sugar, starch or fibre) but there are calories, about 60-70 per nip. That's not too much of a problem if you are exercising regularly and burning off your calorie intake.