1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoon light corn syrup
1/3 cup green creme de menthe
additional powdered sugar
Combine wafer crumbs, pecans, 1 cup powdered sugar, corn syrup and creme de menthe, blending to make a stiff dough. Roll into 1" balls, then roll in additional powdered sugar to coat.
Note: Reviewers, please help us out and note the yield. Thanks!
B.Austin in South Shields, England Dec 7, 2008
Would make this again.
My family love these and we have made them at Xmas for many years. We have altered the recipe a bit and left out the powdered sugar coating, and substituted melted chocolate with shavings of parafin wax and dipped the chilled cookie mix balls into the chocolate/wax mix and immediately removed them from the heated choc/wax mix and placed them on a wire rack to cool. It was an experiment and works GREAT! Try it!
Dawn Dec 7, 2008
Would make this again.
When we made them we had some troubles at first, but what helped us was... we let them chill first. It helps them be less tacky and they go into balls!
Crysta in North Dakota Dec 20, 2007
Would make this again.
I doubled the recipe and yielded 42 1-inch balls. They are quite strong, so perhaps next time I would use another liquid for part of the creme de menth to tame them down a bit.
Andrea in Alberta Dec 12, 2007
Would make this again.
These are actually really good, so long as you LOVE mint. I tried a few variations:
Double everything EXCEPT nuts and C de M, I used 1/3 cup of water to make up for the moisture. It worked dog as they are strong. I also tried with oreo crumbs and with pistachios. All were fantastic.
A single recipe would only give 1-2 dozen good size balls, they are strong, so I made them a bit small.
A cookie baker in Westland, Mi Dec 10, 2007
Would not make this again.
Didn't like these. Went right in the trash
