Chocolate Sugar Plums Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar

1/4 cup light corn syrup

1/3 cup water

1 tsp rum extract, or almond extract

2 ½ cups vanilla wafers, finely crushed

1 cup pecans, crushed

1/2 cup granulated sugar

Line cookie sheets or trays with waxed paper.

Melt chocolate chips in the microwave for 25 seconds. Stir and microwave in 10-second intervals as needed, stirring each time until melted.

Mix the water with the rum or almond extract.

In a medium-sized bowl, mix melted chocolate, confectioners’ sugar, corn syrup and the flavored water with a wooden spoon.

Stir in wafer crumbs and pecans until blended. Shape by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls. If the mixture is too crumbly, add a tiny amount of water.

Roll in granulated sugar and place on cookie sheets to set. Store in an airtight container until ready to eat.