Best 10 Mocha Pecan Butter Balls Recipes

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Indulge in a delightful symphony of flavors with our selection of irresistible Mocha Pecan Butter Balls. These delectable treats are a harmonious blend of rich coffee, crunchy pecans, and creamy butter, coated in a decadent chocolate ganache. Each bite offers a perfect balance of sweetness, nuttiness, and a hint of coffee that will tantalize your taste buds.

Let's embark on a culinary journey with three distinct recipes that showcase the versatility of these Mocha Pecan Butter Balls.

1. **Classic Mocha Pecan Butter Balls:** This traditional recipe forms the foundation of our flavor adventure. Simple yet elegant, these butter balls are crafted with a luscious mixture of coffee, pecans, butter, and confectioners' sugar, then enrobed in a rich chocolate ganache. Their timeless appeal is sure to win over hearts and palates alike.

2. **White Chocolate Dipped Mocha Pecan Butter Balls:** For those who prefer a touch of sweetness, these butter balls are dipped in a creamy white chocolate ganache. The white chocolate's delicate flavor beautifully complements the coffee and pecan filling, creating a harmonious balance of flavors. The contrasting colors of the white chocolate and dark chocolate ganache also make these treats visually captivating.

3. **Chocolate Truffle Mocha Pecan Butter Balls:** These luxurious butter balls elevate the indulgence factor with a decadent chocolate truffle filling. The velvety truffle center, made with a combination of chocolate, cream, and butter, adds an extra layer of richness and depth of flavor. The dark chocolate ganache coating provides a delightful contrast to the creamy filling, making each bite an exquisite experience.

Whether you're a coffee aficionado or a pecan lover, these Mocha Pecan Butter Balls are sure to satisfy your cravings. So, gather your ingredients, put on your apron, and let's embark on this culinary adventure together.

Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!

MOCHA NUT BALLS



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"These tender, flavorfufl cookies are so addictive, I always know I have to make a double batch. The family demands it!" Janet Sullivan, Buffalo, New York

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 35m

Yield 4-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
1 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts
Confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa and coffee granules; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in pecans. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake 14-16 minutes or until set. Cool on pans 1-2 minutes. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts :

MOCHA NUT BUTTER BALLS



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I found it! Thought you might love it as much as we do. It is buttery and rich with chocolate, coffee and nuts.

Provided by JEANIE BEAN

Categories     Desserts     Cookies

Time 45m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
½ cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups finely chopped pecans
1 cup confectioners' sugar for rolling

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Stir together the flour, cocoa, coffee crystals and salt; set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in the dry ingredients just until blended. Stir in the pecans. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the bottoms are lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets and roll in confectioners' sugar while still warm. Store in a tightly covered container at room temperature.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 101.3 calories, Carbohydrate 9 g, Cholesterol 10.2 mg, Fat 7.2 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 51.7 mg, Sugar 4.8 g

MOCHA BUTTER BALLS



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Categories     Cookies     Coffee     Chocolate     Nut     Bake     Christmas     Pecan     Walnut     Winter     Gourmet

Yield Makes about 6 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/2 preparedBasic Butter Cookie Dough at room temperature
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
1 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans, if desired
about 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In bowl of a standing electric mixer beat together all ingredients except confectioners' sugar until just combined well. Form dough into 1-inch balls and arrange about 3/4 inch apart on baking sheets.
  • Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until just firm and beginning to brown, about 18 minutes, and cool on baking sheets 5 minutes.
  • Sift confectioners' sugar into a bowl. After the 5 minutes cooling, toss balls, a few at a time, in confectioners' sugar, coating them well and transferring them as coated to trays to cool completely. (Before balls are stored or frozen, they can be coated lightly again in confectioners' sugar to keep them from sticking to each other.) Cookies may be stored between layers of wax paper in airtight containers up to 6 weeks frozen.

MOCHA PECAN BALLS



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Categories     Cookies     Chocolate     Dairy     Bake     Pecan     Winter     Gourmet

Yield Makes about 95 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups finely chopped pecans
confectioners' sugar for coating the cookies

Steps:

  • In a bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter with the granulated sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, add the vanilla, the espresso powder, the cocoa powder, and the salt, and beat the mixture until it is combined well. Add the flour, beat the dough until it is just combined, and beat in the pecans. Chill the dough, covered, for at least 2 hours or overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 375°F. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and arrange the balls about 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Bake the cookies in batches in the middle of the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are just firm, and let them cool for 5 minutes on the sheets. Toss the warm cookies in batches in a bowl of the confectioners' sugar to coat them well. The cookies maybe made 2 months in advance and kept frozen in airtight containers.

SUGAR'S BROWNED-BUTTER PECAN BALLS



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Browning butter with chopped pecans gives these tasty cookies an even deeper and nuttier flavor.

Provided by Arlene Cummings

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup butter
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1 cup powdered sugar

Steps:

  • In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add pecans; cook about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until butter begins to turn brown. (Butter will get foamy as it cooks so gently stir to prevent nuts from burning.) Remove from heat; pour into bowl. Refrigerate 15 to 20 minutes or until mixture is cooled.
  • Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat cooled butter-pecan mixture and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed. Add cinnamon and vanilla; beat well. Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour until dough forms.
  • Roll dough into 1-inch size balls; place on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Bake about 12 minutes or until cookies are light golden brown (do not overbake). Immediately remove cookies from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Place powdered sugar in medium bowl. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar to coat; return to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Reroll cookies in powdered sugar.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Serving

MOCHA PECAN BALLS



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Another one of my resident's family's recipes. Really easy and delicious. Will be a permanent part of my holiday cookie tray.

Provided by mandabears

Categories     Dessert

Time 15m

Yield 48 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 6

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

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • In a large bowl crumble cookie dough.
  • Stir in cocoa, espresso powder and pecans.
  • Shape dough into 48 pieces.
  • Wrap each piece around a Hershey Kiss.
  • Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or until set.
  • Transfer to wire rack.
  • Cool for 5 minutes.
  • Roll in confectioners sugar.
  • Store in covered container.

MOCHA NUT BUTTERBALLS



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We love our coffee in Seattle and not just to drink! These are a quick, rich little treat, similar to Mexican or Russian Wedding Cookies; they go perfectly with a hot cup of coffee or tea.

Provided by momaphet

Categories     < 60 Mins

Time 35m

Yield 6 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
1/4 cup cocoa
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups pecans or 2 cups walnuts, finely chopped
confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
  • Add the next 4 ingredients and mix well, then add nuts.
  • Shape into 1" balls and put on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Bake for 15 minutes.
  • Cool, then roll in confectioners' sugar.

MOCHA BUTTERBALLS



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Make and share this Mocha Butterballs recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Lennie

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 6 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 cup soft butter
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
1 tablespoon hot water
1 3/4 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups chopped walnuts, , finely chopped
icing sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
  • Have ungreased cookie sheets ready.
  • Beat butter, sugar and vanilla together until fluffy.
  • Dissolve coffee in hot water and stir into butter mixture.
  • Sift flour, cocoa and salt into mixture and add nuts.
  • Stir to blend well.
  • Shape into one-inch balls and put on cookie sheets.
  • Bake 15 minutes or until set.
  • Roll in icing sugar while warm.
  • Let cool and roll in icing sugar again before storing in a container with a tight lid.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 742.3, Fat 56.8, SaturatedFat 21.9, Cholesterol 81.3, Sodium 413.6, Carbohydrate 52.3, Fiber 4.3, Sugar 18, Protein 10.8

PECAN BUTTER BALLS



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These are melt in your mouth goodies.

Provided by Kathy Farmer

Categories     Desserts     Nut Dessert Recipes     Pecan Dessert Recipes

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup margarine
2 cups chopped pecans
⅓ cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Steps:

  • Sift together into a medium sized bowl the flour, sugar and vanilla. Work in the margarine with a spoon or hands until well blended. Add chopped pecans and mix well.
  • Shape dough into 1 inch balls and put on ungreased pans. Bake in a preheated 325 degree F (165 degrees C) oven for about 25 minutes or until pale brown. When slightly cool roll or shake in confectioners' sugar. Store in an air tight container.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 182.3 calories, Carbohydrate 13 g, Fat 14.1 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 87.8 mg, Sugar 4.2 g

MOCHA-PECAN ICE CREAM BONBONS



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These bite-sized bonbons may sound tricky to make, but you'll find that fashioning them is a breeze. What's more, our cooking experts advise that you keep this recipe handy when you serve them-as soon as folks sample the treats, they'll be asking how to make them. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 25m

Yield about 5 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups finely chopped toasted pecans
1 quart vanilla ice cream or flavor of your choice
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup butter, cubed
1 tablespoon instant coffee granules

Steps:

  • Line a 15x10x1-in. baking pan with waxed paper; place in freezer to keep cold. Place pecans in a shallow bowl., Working quickly, scoop ice cream with a melon baller to make 3/4-in. balls; immediately roll in pecans. Place on prepared pan; freeze at least 1 hour or until firm., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and butter; stir until smooth. Stir in coffee granules until dissolved; cool completely., Working quickly and in batches, use a toothpick to dip ice cream balls into chocolate mixture; allow excess to drip off. Place on a waxed paper-lined pan; remove toothpick. Return to freezer; freeze until set. For longer storage, transfer bonbons to a covered freezer container and return to freezer.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 171 calories, Fat 14g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 16mg cholesterol, Sodium 46mg sodium, Carbohydrate 12g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 2g protein.

Tips:

  • Use softened butter for a smooth and creamy texture.
  • Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before rolling and cutting, this will help prevent the dough from sticking to your hands and make it easier to work with.
  • Use a sharp knife to cut the dough into even pieces, this will help ensure that the cookies bake evenly.
  • Bake the cookies until they are just set, overbaking will make them dry and crumbly.
  • Let the cookies cool completely before dipping them in chocolate, this will help prevent the chocolate from melting.
  • For a richer flavor, use dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate for dipping.
  • If you don't have any chopped pecans, you can use other nuts such as walnuts, almonds, or hazelnuts.
  • Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Conclusion:

Mocha pecan butter balls are a delicious and festive holiday treat that are sure to be a hit with your friends and family. With their rich chocolate flavor, creamy texture, and crunchy pecans, these cookies are the perfect way to satisfy your sweet tooth. So next time you're looking for a special holiday treat, give these mocha pecan butter balls a try!

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