Recipe(tried): Rum Balls (using vanilla wafer crumbs)

RUM BALLS

1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
1 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 cups finely chopped nuts, divided use
2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
1/4 cup rum
granulated sugar (optional, for rolling)

Combine crumbs, sugar, 1 cup of the nuts, cocoa powder and corn syrup, mix well. Add rum and mix again.

Roll mixture into 1-incn balls. Roll balls in the remaining 1/2 cup of nuts or in granulated sugar. (Sugar may be tinted with food coloring.)

Allow to set for 1 hour and then store in an airtight container.