Old Fashioned Bourbon Balls
These old-fashioned bourbon balls are full of boozy flavor paired with pecans and vanilla goodness, and make the perfect decadent adult sweet treat. And they’re also so quick to put together for the holidays or Kentucky Derby party!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups crushed vanilla wafers
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped (walnuts are good too)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/4 cup bourbon
- 1 tbsp. light corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- Optional: Powdered sugar, cocoa powder, crushed pecans, or other desired coatings
Instructions
- Crush the pecans and vanilla wafers using a food processor to grind the pecan bits and Nilla wafers into fine crumbs. If you don’t have a food processor, you could also use a blender, or crush the cookies in a Ziploc bag and chop the pecans finely with a knife.
- Combine the crushed cookies and pecans, softened butter, corn syrup, bourbon, vanilla, powdered sugar, cocoa, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Cover the bourbon ball mix with plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Shape the mixture into approximately 1-inch balls. (Since these aren’t baked you don’t have to be consistent or exact—make them as large or small as you like.)
- Roll the balls in the coatings of your choice.
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