Irish Coffee Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1 cup pecans, finely chopped
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted and divided
3 tablespoons instant coffee granules
1/3 cup Irish whiskey
1/3 cup light corn syrup

Preparation

In a large bowl, combine the cookie crumbs, pecans and 1 cup of sugar.
Dissolve coffee granules in the Irish Whiskey in a small cup.
Add the coffee/whiskey mixture and the corn syrup to the dry ingredients, mixing until blended.
Shape mixture into 1-inch balls and roll in the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar.
Store in an air tight container.