Kentucky Bourbon Balls Recipe

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Kentucky Bourbon Balls
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Ingredients:

  • pecan halves (i soak them in bourbon for at least a week before i use them)
  • 1 (16 oz) box confectioners' sugar (must use real salted butter at room temp) or 1/2 cup butter (must use real salted butter at room temp)
  • 1/2 cup of kentucky bourbon
  • 1 (12 oz) package dark chocolate chips
  • paraffin wax (1/3 of a block)

Directions:

  1. Mix butter with mixer till nice and soft slowly add sugar and small amouts of bourbon you may need to cut back on the bourbon depending on humity. Mixture should be soft but easy to form in to balls use extra conf. sugar on your hands to form nice round balls and place in freezer till frozen, I usually leave them for at least 4 hours, you can freeze them for weeks if wrapped well. Melt wax in a double broiler once melted add in chocolate and mix well, sick a toothpick in balls while still frozen and use to dip into chocolate while still on toothpick dip a second time then place on wax paper. Use what is left of the chocolate and a toothpick to place a little chocolate on the pecan and place on top of the ball.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 74.14 Kcal (310 kJ)
Calories from fat 34.19 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.8g 6%
Cholesterol 7.68mg 3%
Sodium 40.79mg 2%
Potassium 9.92mg 0%
Total Carbs 8.02g 3%
Sugars 4.63g 19%
Protein 1.98g 4%
Iron 0.3mg 1%
Calcium 2mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 254.2 Kcal (1064 kJ)
Calories from fat 117.21 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.02g 6%
Cholesterol 26.32mg 3%
Sodium 139.87mg 2%
Potassium 34.02mg 0%
Total Carbs 27.49g 3%
Sugars 15.88g 19%
Protein 6.79g 4%
Iron 0.9mg 1%
Calcium 7mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 1.8
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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