Booze Balls

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 54
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 20 (4 1/2 ounce) chocolate wafer cookies
• 4 ounces chopped almonds (optional) or 4 ounces chopped walnuts (optional) or 4 ounces chopped cashews (optional)
• 1/2 cup pitted prune, chopped fine
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup bourbon or 1/2 cup
• 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar or 1/4 cup colored sugar sprinkle, for rolling

Recipe

• 1 put chocolate chips into a double boiler on low heat and simmer, stirring occasionally until melted and smooth.
• 2 put cookies & nuts, if using, into food processor and process until finely ground, about 1/2 cups.
• 3 stir crumbs, pitted prunes, confectioner's sugar, bourbon or and condensed milk into chocolate mixture until evenly combined.
• 4 cover and refrigerate mixture until firm enough to roll into balls, about 24 hours.
• 5 scoop 1 tablespoon or so of mixture with a cookie scoop or small ice cream scoop, roll each portion with cool hands into a smooth ball and set on baking sheet or large plate.
• 6 to serve, put sugar on a plate and roll balls to coat, & serve at room temperature.