I've finally finished making my Bourbon Balls

[Catshrink]

Dang it's boring. But they are so yummy, it's worth the rolly-rolly, dredge-dredge.

Now I can finish grading finals. How's that for prioritizing? Bourbon balls, then grading. Poor kids.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Mmmmmm. Bourbon balls.

Lots of double entendres I could make here, but will be polite. I have an old family recipe for them, but no bourbon in the house.

[Catshrink]

8. Mmmmmm, is right!

I actually started with my mom's old bourbon ball recipe but modified it. She used that candied fruit crap which is gross. I use chocolate chips, pecans, and orange peel. And half bourbon/half triple sec.

Damn, they are yummy.

[Lefta Dissenter]

11. So, uhhhhhhh

what do I have to promise you to get you to share the recipe?

[Catshrink]

15. Bourbon Ball Recipe

Okay, since you asked:

Miss Billie's Bourbon Balls

2 c. crushed vanilla wafers
1 t. orange zest (maybe a little more)
1/2 c. chopped chocolate (I use semi-sweet mini-chips.)
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1/3 c. booze (half bourbon, half orange brandy or triple sec)
3 T. light corn syrup
2 T. cocoa powder
1 c. powdered sugar

more powdered sugar for dredging.

mix 'em up, roll 'em, eat 'em. They're better after aging a couple days in zip-loc bags.

Works out to about a teaspoon per bourbon ball... it sneaks up on you!

[Myra]

2. Sampling the bourbon balls are we?

:evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

3. If I had bourbon balls, I'd never leave the house.

Wait...that doesn't sound right. :crazy:

Er, good luck with the grading. :hi:

[Catshrink]

6. Well, if you ate mine, you definitely wouldn't pass a breathalyzer test!

[GOPisEvil]

7. They sound delicious!

I got a package of Christmas goodies tonight too. How I've managed to stop myself from eating the whole box is beyond me.

[Catshrink]

9. VelmaD, right?

You lucky guy. Enjoy the bounty!

[GOPisEvil]

10. I'm glad I put in my order!

I'd have hated to miss out!

[smallprint]

4. I'm curious.

What are Bourbon Balls, really?

[HEyHEY]

5. Dang I'm still working on my liver spots

I have much to learn

[Zomby Woof]

12. Make any NyQuil Balls?

They're Christmas colored, ya know! :D

[Catshrink]

13. I was waiting for that!

Actually, I thought you might ask if I laced my bourbon balls with NyQuil.

Color: Green or Cherry Red, definitely Christmas colors!

[Zomby Woof]

14. if I laced my balls with NyQuil...

Well um, it's not like anyone was expecting ME to stay above the sleazy double entrendres. :evilgrin:

[Catshrink]

16. Not you, Zomby, the naked piano man.

OMG!

[leftofthedial]

17. Doh!

And all this time here I have been trying to make my balls bourbon!

Sheesh!

I LOVE bourbon balls.

Must. Make. Some. Tonight!

[Catshrink]

18. I always wondered...

why are some barware glasses called "high balls?" I once moonlighted at Crate & Barrell and asked someone else who worked there, but she just laughed at me. Did I miss an important lesson in my youth?

[DemBones DemBones]

19. A "Highball" is an old-fashioned drink, like

a "Tom Collins" and, for that matter, an actual "Old Fashioned."

Don't ask me how to make one, though. :shrug:

(I'm betting your co-worker didn't KNOW and was just conning you.)

On Edit:

Highballs and Old Fashioneds are made in short, wide glasses, while "Tom Collinses" are made in tall glasses. At least that's how I remember it from observing adults in my childhood. They used to play those weird party games, like each person holds a toothpick in their mouth and uses it to pass a lifesaver mint from one person to another until it's been passed to everyone at the party. Who else remembers those? There was another involving a balloon that you had to pass using your body, no hands allowed. Pretty risque, huh? (Now you know why they had so many kids in the Fifties!)