Recipe: Mocha Rum Balls

Ingredients:

* 1/4 cup freeze dried coffee
* 1/4 cup rum
* 1 tablespoon water
* 2 tablespoons cocoa
* 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
* 3 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
* 1 cup chopped nuts
* 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
* dash salt

Preparation:
In a mixing bowl, dissolve coffee in rum and water; add cocoa, vanilla wafer crumbs, 2 cups of confectioners' sugar, chopped nuts, and corn syrup; mix well. Sift remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar onto waxed paper. Measure mocha ball mixture in teaspoonfuls; roll into small balls. Roll in the sifted confectioner's sugar. Store in tightly covered container for several days to bring flavor out.
Makes about 4 dozen.

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