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This St. Patrick's Day dessert is only for the grown-ups. Leprechaun Balls have both Irish whiskey and Bailey's in them. Four or five of these will roughly equal a shot, so overindulgence could certainly make you loopy. Too many of these alcoholic little green dessert treats, and you might end out kissing more than a Blarney Stone, this Saint Patrick's Day...lol.
Make Chocolate Coating a Breeze
Ingredients
- box of vanilla wafers
- ½ cup Baileys
- ¼ cup Irish Whiskey
- 2 tsp. cocoa powder
- white chocolate + green food coloring or green candy melts
- *optional holiday candy sprinkles
Instructions
- Crush the vanilla wafers in food processor (or in a plastic bag)
- Separate the crushed wafers ⅔ in one bowl, ⅓ in another.
- Add cocoa powder to smaller portion.
- Pour Bailey's into the larger portion of wafers, and mix thoroughly.
- Pour Irish whiskey into the cocoa & wafer mixture. Mix well.
- Make small (approx. ½ teaspoon size) balls from the whiskey blend.
- Take a scoop of the Bailey's mixture into the palm of your hand and press with fingers of your other hand to flatten out.
- Put a whiskey ball in center, and wrap the flattened Bailey's mix around it. Top with a little more of the Bailey's mix to cover, then roll between palms to form a ball. Repeat.
- Melt the candy melts or white chocolate (add a few drops of green food coloring if you like).
- Use chopsticks (or pop sticks) to dip the balls to coat. (Roll in sprinkles while still a bit warm if you choose)
- Allow to cool on the sticks, or place on waxed paper.
Notes
Approx 4-5 of these will equal a shot.
The Leprechaun Balls can also easily be popped on a stick, if you prefer.
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Molly says
Yes! A grown up treat, love it!
I just created a St Patrick's Day board just to put great recipes and inspiration like this on it 🙂 Thank you for linking up to our Lovely Ladies link party, I've included your leprechaun balls in a fabulous round-up on my blog if you'd like to check it out http://bit.ly/1oi8Vbh
Happy St Patrick's Day!
Sarah Day says
They look wonderful. And your commentary is priceless!
Allie says
Yum, almost too pretty to eat, but I'd eat them anyway, so send some my way 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing this on Worthwhile Wednesdays!
~Allie @ http://thecraftiestallie.blogspot.com/