PECAN PIE COOKIE BALLS

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Take dessert to the next level when you make these Pecan Pie Cookie Balls. To prepare these Pecan Pie Cookie Balls, mix together caramels, pecan halves and graham crackers and then drizzle them with chocolate later on. The end result is a dessert that looks almost too good to eat. Almost.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Recipes

Time 15m

Yield 10 servings, 2 cookie balls each

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

20 KRAFT Caramels
4 tsp. whipping cream
1 pkg. (6 oz.) pecan halves, toasted, finely chopped and divided
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted

Steps:

Microwave caramels and cream in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until caramels are completely melted and sauce is well blended, stirring every 30 sec.
Reserve 1 Tbsp. nuts for later use. Add remaining nuts to caramel sauce along with the graham crumbs and vanilla; mix well.
Cover baking sheet with waxed paper. Shape caramel mixture into 20 balls, using about 1 Tbsp. caramel mixture for each ball. Place on prepared baking sheet.
Drizzle with chocolate; sprinkle with reserved nuts. Let stand until chocolate is firm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 240, Fat 16 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 2.2598 mg, Sodium 90 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 4 g