Mocha Pecan Balls Recipe

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Dusted in either confectioners’ sugar or cocoa, this 6-ingredient dough rolls up into truffle-like treats—no baking required. —Lorraine Darocha, Mountain City, Tennessee

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Mocha Pecan Balls Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 48 Servings

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Ingredients

2-1/2 cups crushed vanilla wafers (about 65 wafers)
2 cups plus 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar, divided
2/3 cup finely chopped pecans, toasted
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1/4 cup reduced-fat evaporated milk
1/4 cup cold strong brewed coffee
Additional baking cocoa, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the wafer crumbs, 2 cups confectioners' sugar, pecans and cocoa. Stir in milk and coffee (mixture will be sticky).
With hands dusted in confectioners' sugar, shape dough into 3/4-in. balls; roll in remaining confectioner's sugar or additional baking cocoa if desired. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 61 calories, 2 g fat (trace saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 20 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein. Diabetic Exchange: 1 starch.

Originally published as Mocha Pecan Balls in Healthy Cooking December/January 2013, p72