Bourbon (Rum) Balls (No Bake Cookies)

Rita~'s Note:

These I make my request of my sis Lydia. Her favorite! I've also use walnuts. The food processor make this so very easy!

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 balls

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons light Karo syrup
• 2 1⁄3; tablespoons cocoa
• 3 cups vanilla wafers , crushed
• 1 cup pecans , chopped fine
• ½ cup Bourbon (or rum)
• powdered sugar , for coating the cookies

Directions:

1. Place wafers and pecans in food processor and pulse till crumbly.
2. Add remaining ingredients and pulse till smooth.
3. Shape into balls about 1 inch in diameter.
4. Roll in powdered sugar and chill.
5. This mixture is sticky, so keep finger and palms of hands dusted with sugar while shaping cookies.
6. It helps if hands and kitchen is cool.

Reviews

[Loves2Cook!]

These were totally awesome! They went like hotcakes at my office party today. I used food service gloves when I made the cookies into balls--voila! no sticking! After I chilled them for about an hour, I re-rolled them in the powdered sugar, as the powdered sugar from the first roll got absorbed. They were much better after sitting overnight in the fridge. I got 34 1" rum balls out of the recipe.

[Bridget Elaine]

What a great recipe! I used the food processor to chop the pecans and the cookies and the just threw everything on top and pulsed till it came together. Used a small ice cream scoopto ball the cookies and they turned out perfect, no sticky or any other problems.

[Chef Mortimurmur]

I had the same problem as chef #63870-- the "batter" was impossible to work with, but I just popped it into the fridge for a little while and it rolled into balls very easily after that. Although, at that point, the powdered sugar didn't stick very well. Maybe I had it in the fridge a little too long. Gave it 4 stars because it just didn't look very attractive... but maybe that was my fault. Otherwise, yummy and RUMMY!