grandma's bourbon balls

Cleburne, TX
Updated on Dec 14, 2012

I've been making these bourbon balls at Christmas for years, I found this recipe in my Grandma's old recipes when I inherited her recipe collection.

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yield 2 dozen

Ingredients

  • 1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup pecans, finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons white corn syrup
  • 1/4 cup bourbon, rum, or spiced rum
  • - powdered sugar

How To Make grandma's bourbon balls

  • Step 1
    Combine dry ingredients.
  • Step 2
    Blend bourbon and corn syrup.
  • Step 3
    Mix all ingredients.
  • Step 4
    Shape into 1 inch balls.
  • Step 5
    Roll in powdered sugar.
  • Step 6
    Refrigerate.

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