Espresso Kahlua Balls

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (about 6 ounces)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder or 1 tablespoon instant coffee crystals
• 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup kahlua
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2 1/2 cups chocolate or 2 1/2 cups vanilla wafer cookies, finely crushed
• 1 cup toasted walnuts, finely chopped, use any nut you like
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2-1 cup powdered sugar, amount is an estimate add more as needed for coating

Recipe

• 1 place a bowl over a pot of simmering water and melt the chocolate chips, sugar, espresso powder, and corn syrup together. stir until smooth and then remove from heat.
• 2 whisk in kahlua, butter, and sea salt into the chocolate mixture.
• 3 using your food processor, crush cookies. in a separate bowl, combine the crushed wafer cookies and chopped walnuts, if adding nuts.
• 4 stir the melted chocolate mixture into the cookie crumbs and walnuts until well combined.
• 5 use a tablespoon to form each kahlua ball. roll the ball gently in the palm of your hands and then roll in powdered sugar to coat.
• 6 refrigerate for about an hour to set.
• 7 storage: store the kahlua balls in a ziploc bag or airtight container.