Bourbon Balls

These bourbon balls were served at a Kentucky Derby Day Party hosted by a classmate from the Air Force Academy, Emil Monda, and his wife, Michelle.
Bourbon Balls
  • 1 cup chocolate chips (6oz.)
  • 3 Tbsp. light corn syrup
  • 12 oz. box of vanilla wafers (mashed in food processor to make a fine crumb)
  • 1/2 cup bourbon
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • Sugar to roll balls in

Melt the chocolate over a double boiler.  Stir in the sugar and corn syrup.  Add the bourbon. Stir in mashed vanilla wafers and nuts. Form into 1 inch balls and roll in sugar.

Allow to ripen in a closed container for AT LEAST 2 weeks.  A month is better so that it really mellows.