Mocha Pecan Balls

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1 tablespoon instant espresso coffee powder, you can substitute regular instant coffee
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 48 unwrapped hershey chocolate kisses
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 in a large bowl crumble cookie dough.
• 3 stir in cocoa, espresso powder and pecans.
• 4 shape dough into 48 pieces.
• 5 wrap each piece around a hershey kiss.
• 6 place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 7 bake for 10-12 minutes or until set.
• 8 transfer to wire rack.
• 9 cool for 5 minutes.
• 10 roll in confectioners sugar.
• 11 store in covered container.