Recipe - Chocolate-Cherry Bourbon Ball

1 cup Semisweet chocolate pieces;
(6 ounce pkg.)
One fourth cup Milk
3 tablespoon Light corn syrup
2 tablespoon One fourth cup bourbon
1 pack Chocolate wafers; crushed
(about 2 One fourth cups) (9 oz)
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Nuts; finely chopped
One half cup Powdered sugar; sifted
One fourth cup Candied red cherries; finely
chopped
Unsweetened cocoa powder OR
Pistachio nuts; fine ground

Stir chocolate in a heavy small saucepan over low heat till melted. Stir in
milk, corn syrup, and bourbon. Set mixture aside. Combine crushed chocolate
wafers, granulated sugar, nuts, powdered sugar, and cherries in a large
mixing bowl. Add chocolate mixture and stir till combined. Cover and let
stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Shape mixture into 1inch balls
and roll in cocoa powder or ground nuts. Store in an airtight container at
room temperature up to 1 week. Makes 60 balls. Source: BH&G Christmas
Cookies 1995. Mary Wilson, BWVB02B.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #953 by Nancy Berry nlberry@prodigy.net on
Dec 11, 1997