Myers Dark Rum Drink Recipes

Rum raisin cheesecake – recipe calls for dark rum but…?
Could I use Malibu? I have everything else in my kitchen. And I don’t really feel like going out and buying a bottle of Myers Dark, cause I’ll never drink it.
Would substituting Malibu affect the recipe?
I also make an wonderful Rum raisin cheesecake and the Malibu will be fine . I never use the dark because it’s to difining of a flavor
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