Creme de Menthe Balls

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.

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Reviews of Creme de Menthe Balls:

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  A cookie baker  Dec 20, 2009
Would make this again.
This recipe yields about 2 dozen 1" balls. it is too sweet for my taste, but otherwise the flavors blend very nicely. I used walnuts and it worked great. Definitely chill them first! four stars

  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! five stars

  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! five stars

  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. three stars

  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. four stars

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