Whiskey Bon Bons Food

BOOZY BON BONS

Steps:

• Put cookies into a large ziplock bag and crush with a rolling pin or put into a food processor until you have very fine crumbs.
• Mix the 1 cup powdered sugar, cocoa powder and walnuts thoroughly. Add to the cookie crumbs in a large bowl and mix together.
• Add the corn syrup and whiskey and stir to combine. If mixture seems dry, add more whiskey, about a tablespoon at a time, up to 1/4 cup more. Do not add any more than this or the mixture will be too wet.
• Let mixture stand for 20 minutes.
• Roll into 1" balls, then roll in powdered sugar and place on waxed paper. Let dry 30 minutes.
• Store in airtight container 2-3 weeks to ripen before eating.

WHISKEY BON BONS

Steps:

• Roll out vanilla wafers in a zip loc or heavy plastic bag, until wafers are fine and smooth.
• Combine wafer crumbs with the cocoa powder, powdered sugar, karo syrup, whiskey and walnuts.
• Roll into 1" balls.
• In a double boiler, melt together the chocolate chips and the shortening.
• Roll the bon bons in the melted chocolate, and allow to cool on a sheet of waxed paper.
• I'm told these can be frozen ... but they never lasted long enough for that, as I put them on goody trays for the holidays and never tried freezing them.
• I do not drink whiskey, so I "borrowed" a cup from a neighbor to make these, but you can also use a rum extract and reconstitute it to make 1/3 cup substitution for the whiskey.