Addictive Rum, Bourbon Or Grand Marnier Cocoa Balls
- 3 cups Finely crushed vanilla wafer cookies. But I also find that an entire 11-12 oz box of vanilla wafer cookies does the trick. I do not even measure.
- 2 cups Powdered (confectioner's) sugar, plus more to roll the balls
- 1 cup Finely chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup Bourbon, Rum, or Grand Marnier (or even Tequila which I used last time by mistake thinking it was whiskey)
- 1/4 cup Light corn syrup (honey can also be used)
- optional - 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- optional - 1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest (you may want to skip if using Grand Marnier since it is already an orange flavor liqueur)
- Mix wafers, sugar, pecans, cocoa . Stir rum/bourbon/grand marnier, corn syrup, and (if using) vanilla extract and orange zest. To form balls that are more consistently shaped, you can scoop the dough into 2
- teaspoon worth of dough (or tablespoon if you want the balls bigger), and shape them into balls with your hands. If you find the dough to be a bit too sticky to be shaped, you can place in the refrigerator for 1/2 hour before shaping them. Roll them into a lot of powdered sugar. Can be refrigerated if you want. Tastes even better if served 1 or 2 days later.
vanilla wafer cookies, sugar, pecans, cocoa, bourbon, honey, vanilla, orange zest
Taken from food52.com/recipes/31842-addictive-rum-bourbon-or-grand-marnier-cocoa-balls (may not work)