Recipe: Rum Balls

Rum Balls
From: Roberts Freimuts
Makes about four dozen

My mother-in-law has made the following recipe for years. It originally
came from a book nobody remembers. We make them as rum balls but bourbon, brandy or light cream could be substituted as the liquid that holds everything together.

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate bits
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 cup rum, bourbon, brandy, light cream or whatever
2 1/2 cups crushed vanilla wafers
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 cups chopped nuts (we use pecans)

Melt chocolate bits over hot water.
Add corn syrup and rum (or substitute).
Combine vanilla wafer crumbs, powdered sugar and 1 cup chopped nuts.
Add chocolate mixture.
Let stand 30 minutes.
Shape into 1 inch balls.
Roll in chopped nuts.
Let ripen in covered container at least three days.