Kentucky Bourbon Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 cups crushed vanilla wafers (4 boxes)
3/4 cup dark corn syrup
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
4 1/4 cups powdered sugar, divided
4 3/4 cups chopped pecans, divided
3 cups Bourbon (such as Old Grand Dad's)

Preparation

Mix vanilla wafers, corn syrup, cocoa powder, 4 cups powdered sugar, 4 cups pecans, and bourbon. Refrigerate at least 12 hours.
Shape into balls. Pulverize remaining 3/4 cup pecans and sift in remaining 1/4 cup powdered sugar. Mix together and roll bourbon balls in mixture.