Mocha Pecan Balls Food

MOCHA PECAN BALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the wafer crumbs, 2 cups confectioners' sugar, pecans and cocoa. Stir in milk and coffee (mixture will be sticky)., With hands dusted in confectioners' sugar, shape dough into 3/4-in. balls; roll in remaining confectioners' sugar or additional baking cocoa if desired. Store in an airtight container.

MOCHA NUT BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Stir together the flour, cocoa, coffee crystals and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in the dry ingredients just until blended. Stir in the pecans. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the bottoms are lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets and roll in confectioners' sugar while still warm. Store in a tightly covered container at room temperature.

MOCHA PECAN BALLS

Steps:

• In a bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter with the granulated sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, add the vanilla, the espresso powder, the cocoa powder, and the salt, and beat the mixture until it is combined well. Add the flour, beat the dough until it is just combined, and beat in the pecans. Chill the dough, covered, for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and arrange the balls about 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Bake the cookies in batches in the middle of the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are just firm, and let them cool for 5 minutes on the sheets. Toss the warm cookies in batches in a bowl of the confectioners' sugar to coat them well. The cookies maybe made 2 months in advance and kept frozen in airtight containers.

MOCHA PECAN BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a large bowl crumble cookie dough.
• Stir in cocoa, espresso powder and pecans.
• Shape dough into 48 pieces.
• Wrap each piece around a Hershey Kiss.
• Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until set.
• Transfer to wire rack.
• Cool for 5 minutes.
• Roll in confectioners sugar.
• Store in covered container.

MOCHA BALLS

Steps:

• Combine crumbs, cocoa, coconut, jam, liqueur and water in a bowl and mix well.
• Roll mixture into balls.
• Use two level teaspoons of mixture for each ball.
• Place balls onto baking paper lined trays and refrigerate, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Dip balls, one at a time, into the melted dark chocolate.
• Return to fridge on the tray and refrigerate until chocolate is set.
• Spoon the melted white chocolate into a zip lock bag and snip one small corner off the bag.
• Drizzle chocolate decoratively over the balls and allow chocolate to set.
• These can be made up to 1 week ahead of serving and stored in an airtight container in the fridge.

MOCHA-PECAN ICE CREAM BONBONS

Steps:

• Line a 15x10x1-in. baking pan with waxed paper; place in freezer to keep cold. Place pecans in a shallow bowl., Working quickly, scoop ice cream with a melon baller to make 3/4-in. balls; immediately roll in pecans. Place on prepared pan; freeze at least 1 hour or until firm., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and butter; stir until smooth. Stir in coffee granules until dissolved; cool completely., Working quickly and in batches, use a toothpick to dip ice cream balls into chocolate mixture; allow excess to drip off. Place on a waxed paper-lined pan; remove toothpick. Return to freezer; freeze until set. For longer storage, transfer bonbons to a covered freezer container and return to freezer.

MOCHA BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In bowl of a standing electric mixer beat together all ingredients except confectioners' sugar until just combined well. Form dough into 1-inch balls and arrange about 3/4 inch apart on baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until just firm and beginning to brown, about 18 minutes, and cool on baking sheets 5 minutes.
• Sift confectioners' sugar into a bowl. After the 5 minutes cooling, toss balls, a few at a time, in confectioners' sugar, coating them well and transferring them as coated to trays to cool completely. (Before balls are stored or frozen, they can be coated lightly again in confectioners' sugar to keep them from sticking to each other.) Cookies may be stored between layers of wax paper in airtight containers up to 6 weeks frozen.