Low FODMAP Chocolate Whiskey Balls
These Low FODMAP Chocolate Whiskey Balls are easy to make and are based on low FODMAP cookie crumbs, ground pecans, dark chocolate and whiskey and taste just like the classic holiday treat. In fact, these are based upon my original recipe for Low Chocolate Bourbon Balls from my book, A Baker’s Field Guide to Christmas Cookies.
Low FODMAP Serving Size Info: Makes about 50 whiskey balls; 25 servings; 2 whiskey balls per serving
Ingredients:
- 10- ounces (280 g) Enjoy Life Vanilla Honey Grahams
- 1 cup (100 g) lightly toasted pecan halves
- ½ cup (45 g) sifted confectioners’ sugar
- 6- ounces (170 g) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, preferably around 60% cacao, finely chopped
- ½ cup (120 ml) whiskey
- 3 tablespoons light corn syrup or golden syrup
- Sugar
- Small fluted, paper cups; optional
Preparation:
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Outfit your food processor with the metal blade. Add the cookies to the processor bowl with the pecans and confectioners’ sugar. Pulse on and off until everything is finely ground, then dump into a mixing bowl.
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Melt the chocolate in microwave or top of double boiler; stir gently until smooth. Stir in whiskey and corn syrup (or golden syrup). Add chocolate mixture to cookie mixture and stir well to combine. Let mixture sit for 30 minutes. Place some sugar in a separate small bowl.
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Roll mixture between your palms into 1-inch (2.5 cm) balls (I like to use a tiny scoop), then roll in sugar. Place balls in fluted cups, if using, then place in an airtight container, separating layers with aluminum foil or parchment paper, and allow flavors to develop by sitting at room temperature at least overnight. Balls may be stored at room temperature in airtight container for up to 1 1/2 months. I think they are best after sitting sealed for about a week or two.
Notes:
FODMAP Information
Our recipes are based on Monash University and FODMAP Friendly science.
• Chocolate: Monash University has lab tested dark, milk and white chocolate all have low FODMAP amounts: 85% dark at 20 g; dark at 30 g; milk at 20 g; white at 25 g.
• Pecans: Monash and FODMAP Friendly have both lab tested pecans. Monash says that a low FODMAP serving size is 10 pecan halves or 20g. The small print tells us that they are not High FODMAP until they reach a 100 g serving size, or about 40 halves. You might notice that on the FODMAP Friendly app the image is for pecans in the shell. We have asked FODMAP Friendly for clarification and they told us that the ¼ cup (30 g) low FODMAP serving size is for nuts OUT of the shell and is approximately 15 pecan halves.
• Sugar: Monash University and FODMAP Friendly have both lab tested white, granulated sugar. Monash states that a Green Light low FODMAP serving size of white sugar is 1/4 cup (50 g). FODMAP Friendly simply states that they have tested 1 tablespoon and that it is low FODMAP. Regular granulated white sugar is sucrose, which is a disaccharide made up of equal parts glucose and fructose. Sucrose is broken down and absorbed efficiently in the small intestine.
Please always refer to the Monash University & FODMAP Friendly smartphone apps for the most up-to-date lab tested information. As always, your tolerance is what counts; please eat accordingly. The ultimate goal of the low FODMAP diet is to eat as broadly as possible, without triggering symptoms, for the healthiest microbiome.