Jim Beam Bourbon Balls

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup jim beam bourbon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 12 ounces good quality semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 8 ounces pecans
• 1/2 lb store-bought plain butter pound cake, cut into cubes
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 bring cream to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. remove from heat and stir in bourbon and vanilla.
• 2 sprinkle chocolate over cream and allow to set without stirring for 5-6 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, pulse the pecans in a food processor until coarsely chopped. add pound cake cubes and pulse until pecans and cake are finely chopped.
• 4 stir the chocolate and cream until smooth. pour the chocolate over the pound cake mixture in the food processor and pulse until combined. transfer mixture to a medium bowl and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until firm enough to scoop, about 1 hour.
• 5 sift cocoa and powdered sugar together in medium bowl. line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. scoop out heaping tablespoons of bourbon-chocolate mixture and roll to form a ball. roll ball around in cocoa-powdered sugar mixture to coat and transfer to baking sheet. repeat with remaining bourbon-chocolate mixture. refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. these look great placed in mini paper muffin/candy cups.