No Bake Vanilla Orange Balls

Submitted by Mysterygirl

"This is a holiday favorite from my mother. She makes these every year."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 24-36 cookies

ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) box crushed vanilla wafers
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 1⁄2 - 1 cup oleo
• 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice, thawed (undiluted)
• coconut or powdered sugar

directions

1. Mix crushed wafers with sugar.
2. Add melted oleo.
3. Add nuts; then add juice.
4. Stir well.
5. Make into balls and roll in fine coconut or powdered sugar.
6. Refrigerate.

Reviews

[Charlotte J]

What a blast of orange flavor, excellent! My girls and I just finished making these, very easy. I used the larger end of a melon baller to make our tiny bite size cookies. Sorry Lennie, our cookie count was 157.

 

[stacylu]

Made these for a party - man were they good. Substituted flour for about a third of the powdered sugar due to error... I accidentally poured a whole 12 oz can of orange juice in instead of the 6 without thinking, forcing a double of the recipe. Since I was almost out of sugar and don't prefer too sweet of cookies I subbed flour. I think they were perfect.

 

[Lennie]

This sweet treat is a real delight. I left out the nuts due to a family member's request and they taste just great without them. Vanilla wafers come in 250g boxes here in Canada, so I had to use 1-1/2 boxes to equal the 12-oz box called for in this recipe. One important difference: my yield was 76 balls, using my 1-inch scoop. Rolled in coconut, these are terrific!

 

[Mirj2338]

My daughters made this last night and I couldn't stop picking at the dough before they formed the balls. They used finely ground almonds and also added some grated orange rind. We're going to be making this a lot from now on!

 

[TGirl]

This recipe is a blast from my past. My mother and I stood in the kitchen, rolling up these OJ balls when I was in elementary school (25+ years ago!)in Florida- We didn't use the nuts in the cookies, but they're delicious either way-we rolled them in coconut, powdered sugar, and crushed vanilla wafers-3 ways to enjoy these little balls of sunshine! I had lost this recipe years ago--thank you for helping me recapture a childhood favorite memory!!