Bourbon Balls

1 cup crushed vanilla wafers
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tbsp. cocoa
1 cup confectioners sugar
2 tbsp. Karo syrup (dark)
2 jiggers bourbon (if too moist, add more wafers)

Put in refrigerator to cool
Roll into balls in confectioners sugar

-- Florence Jessie Meredith Sproul, "Grandma Sproul," 1914-2004