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Bourbon Balls

My mom used makes bourbon balls every Christmas and I always ate one at the big Christmas party they would throw and be disappointed every year. And then once I formed a happy memory with the taste and smell, I loved them! Now they are one of my very favorite parts of Christmas.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup pecans or walnuts
  • 1 box vanilla wafers (12 oz)
  • 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
  • 2 tbsp bittersweet cocoa
  • 1/2 cup bourbon
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup OR 1.5 tbsp honey

TO-DO:

Eat a vanilla wafer to make sure they are good

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Then pulse wafers in a food processor until they are crumbs.

Toast nuts in the oven until fragrant, about 4 minutes at 400*, or toast in skillet, being careful they don’t burn

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1 cup powdered sugar

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2 tbsp really good cocoa

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Pulse nuts, sugar and cocoa in with wafers to combine into a nice crumb mixture:

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The Good Guy

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The Bad Guy (or another good guy is honey!)

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Combine bourbon with corn syrup or honey. Add to crumbs. Use hands to combine like so:

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Begin to roll into balls. I find it helpful to squish a blob of dough back and forth between my hands 6-7 times to mush it all together before I begin rolling

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I like to make 10 at a time and then powder them to let them dry slightly

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Form pretty rows

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Recipe makes about 50-60 balls, depending on how big you make them and how many you eat!

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Tin ’em up for serving

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Celebrate your hard work with a swig of the Good Guy

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