What do bourbon balls taste like

Cover with plastic wrap and let sit until the pecans have absorbed some of the bourbon, 2 to 3 hours. Drain and reserve the bourbon. Spread the pecans onto a baking sheet and bake until lightly toasted, 12 to 15 minutes. Let the nuts cool, then finely chop and set aside. Stir until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine the remaining cocoa powder and confectioners' sugar and coat each ball in the cocoa sugar.

Transfer the bourbon balls to a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours or until firm. To-Dos allows Tasting Table members to store and remember all of the food and drink recommendations we send out each week. You've now added the To-Dos below to your personal list. Happy eating! Thanks for Signing up. Step 5 — Usina 1 teaspoon cookie scoop , scoop up dough and roll it into a ball in your hands. Drop the ball into the sugar-cocoa powdered mixer and toss to coat, then pace the completed bourbon ball on a parchment paper -lined baking sheet.

Repeat this step until all the dough is used. Step 6 — Chill bourbon balls in the freezer for 1 hour, then store in a sealed container with any remaining sugar-cocoa mixture. When ready to serve, give the sealed container a shake to re-coat the bourbon balls with more sugar-cocoa mixture. Keep bourbon balls refrigerated until ready to eat. Any nutritional information discussed or disclosed in this post should only be seen as my best amateur estimates of the correct values.

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Recipe Details. Recipe Details Save Saved. Yields: 24 bourbon balls. Ingredients US Customary — Metric. Instructions Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set both aside. In a food processor , add pecans and vanilla wafers and crush until completely crumbled. For the most part it tastes like a cookie, or a cake. I can truly say that once you bite into one of these, you will feel as if though you took a shot of bourbon instead of a bite of a cookie.

Unless you do what you are supposed to — wait one day before eating them! I could not wait to try them, and because of that, I instantly hated them! Thank goodness I left the rest of the cookies to sit over night because the next day these Bourbon Balls were better than delicious. They were incredible! So, if you are going to give these a try, please wait at least a day before eating them.

You will thank me later. In a deep bowl combine crushed vanilla wafer crumbs, chopped pecans, powdered sugar, and the cocoa. Shape small bits of the dough into balls and roll them in the powdered sugar.