Best Mocha Brandy Nut Balls Recipes

BRANDY BALLS

Steps:

• In food processor, process vanilla wafers into fine crumbs. Pour crumbs into large bowl. Add nuts, 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons cocoa; stir to combine.
• In small bowl, stir together brandy and corn syrup until well combined. Add to dry mixture; stir until dough-like mixture forms.
• Roll mixture into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in additional powdered sugar. If desired, place each in mini paper baking cup. Store in airtight container up to 2 weeks.

MOCHA NUT BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa and coffee granules; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in pecans. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake 14-16 minutes or until set. Cool on pans 1-2 minutes. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire racks.

MOCHA NUT BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Stir together the flour, cocoa, coffee crystals and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in the dry ingredients just until blended. Stir in the pecans. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the bottoms are lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets and roll in confectioners' sugar while still warm. Store in a tightly covered container at room temperature.

MOCHA NUT BUTTERBALLS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Add the next 4 ingredients and mix well, then add nuts.
• Shape into 1" balls and put on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Cool, then roll in confectioners' sugar.

MOCHA NUT BALLS

Steps:

• In large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Combine the flour, cocoa and coffee granules; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• Stir in pecans.
• Roll into 1 inch balls (I use a 1-inch cookie scoop).
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 14-16 minutes or until firm.
• Cool on pans for 1-2 minutes before removing to wire racks.
• Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar.

CHERRY MOCHA BALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, coffee granules and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in pecans and cherries. If necessary, cover and refrigerate dough until firm enough to shape., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 15 minutes or until cookies are set. Cool completely on wire racks. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Freeze option: Freeze cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw before serving.

MOCHA BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In bowl of a standing electric mixer beat together all ingredients except confectioners' sugar until just combined well. Form dough into 1-inch balls and arrange about 3/4 inch apart on baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until just firm and beginning to brown, about 18 minutes, and cool on baking sheets 5 minutes.
• Sift confectioners' sugar into a bowl. After the 5 minutes cooling, toss balls, a few at a time, in confectioners' sugar, coating them well and transferring them as coated to trays to cool completely. (Before balls are stored or frozen, they can be coated lightly again in confectioners' sugar to keep them from sticking to each other.) Cookies may be stored between layers of wax paper in airtight containers up to 6 weeks frozen.

MOCHA-BRANDY NUT BALLS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine wafer crumbs, 3/4 cup nuts, powdered sugar and cocoa. Dissolve coffee in brandy or water add with corn syrup to dry ingredients mix well.With wet hands, shape into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in granulated sugar or additional nuts. Store in an airtight container in a cool place. Use within 1 week.Packaging Suggestions: Place the nut balls in colorful bon bon papers. Arrange them in an airtight container such as a cookie tin, tall apothecary jar or clear plastic refrigerator container. Write the recipe and directions for storage on a gift tag and attach it to the container.

GREAT GRANDMA'S NUT BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, 1 cup confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in the cake flour, then fold in the pecans. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 15 to 19 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned. Cool cookies completely before rolling in additional confectioners' sugar. If you are storing the cookies in a tin, add remaining sugar to the tin.

MOCHA BALLS

Steps:

• 1. Melt chocolate chips over boiling water in a double boiler. Beat egg yolks, adding sugar gradually. Beat until smooth. Beat in butter a little at a time. Dissolve coffee in the Brandy and vanilla. Combine Brandy mixture with the egg and butter mixture. Add melted chocolate and mix thoroughly. Chill well in the refrigerator. Shape into small balls and roll in the pecans. Keep refrigerated. May be frozen and served later.

MOCHA BUTTERBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
• Have ungreased cookie sheets ready.
• Beat butter, sugar and vanilla together until fluffy.
• Dissolve coffee in hot water and stir into butter mixture.
• Sift flour, cocoa and salt into mixture and add nuts.
• Stir to blend well.
• Shape into one-inch balls and put on cookie sheets.
• Bake 15 minutes or until set.
• Roll in icing sugar while warm.
• Let cool and roll in icing sugar again before storing in a container with a tight lid.

MOCHA BALLS

Steps:

• Combine crumbs, cocoa, coconut, jam, liqueur and water in a bowl and mix well.
• Roll mixture into balls.
• Use two level teaspoons of mixture for each ball.
• Place balls onto baking paper lined trays and refrigerate, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Dip balls, one at a time, into the melted dark chocolate.
• Return to fridge on the tray and refrigerate until chocolate is set.
• Spoon the melted white chocolate into a zip lock bag and snip one small corner off the bag.
• Drizzle chocolate decoratively over the balls and allow chocolate to set.
• These can be made up to 1 week ahead of serving and stored in an airtight container in the fridge.