Spencer Christian's Rum Balls

A family favorite for the holidays from Good Morning America's former Weather caster. I have also modified his recipe and added vanilla flavored light rum or coconut light rum for the summer and for the Christmas holiday season I have used the Meyer's Dark Rum, so this isn't just a seasonal or holiday treat. I use Ghiradelli powdered cocoa (unsweetened).

Ingredients

2 tbsps. cocoa
1 c. powdered sugar
1/4 c. rum
2 tbsps. light corn syrup
2 1/2 c. vanilla wafers, crushed
1 c. chopped pecans
powdered sugar

Sift together cocoa and powdered sugar. Combine and stir rum with light corn syrup. Add and mix vanilla wafers and chopped pecans.

Roll ingredients together into balls.

Dip each ball into powdered sugar, or put them in a plastic bag and shake them in the sugar.

Makes 25 rum balls