Kentucky Bourbon Ball Cookies - Easy No Bake Recipe! (2024)

FAQs

Can you get buzzed from bourbon balls? ›

Can I get drunk from eating your bourbon balls? Highly unlikely. The balls are bite-sized, maybe two bite-sized, so you would have to eat a lot of them. You are more likely to experience a sugar high, than a buzz, so we feel it is a safe indulgence.

It is unlikely that anyone could catch a serious buzz from bourbon balls. Yes, this recipe does call for a half cup of bourbon. But it also makes 24 balls (with a serving size of two balls), so the alcohol is distributed across many servings and diluted with other ingredients.

Not for kiddos

Since bourbon balls are not cooked in any way, the Maker's Mark^® in them is fully active. Difficult as it may be, don't eat too many and do keep these out of the reach of children.

The choice is up to you. You may choose to use cooking methods that help to reduce the alcohol content and use less alcohol in a dish to make it safer for your child. Otherwise the safer option is to choose to leave out alcoholic drinks when preparing food for babies and children.

At 15% ABV (30 proof), there's enough alcohol under that Dunlop seal to get you well and truly drunk. The appeal is targeted right to the limbic system. As Liquor.com writer Matt Merkin poetically cracked in a 2014 article, “They are literally ballz that get you buzzed.”

The general rule is that one 12-ounce (354-ml) beer with 5% ABV equals one shot of 40% ABV liquor.

In short, the answer from current research is, the less alcohol, the better. A note on drinking level terms used in this Core article: The 2020-2025 U.S. Dietary Guidelines states that for adults who choose to drink alcohol, women should have 1 drink or less in a day and men should have 2 drinks or less in a day.

The most common variation for home cooked recipes is regional to the southern United States and incorporates crushed cookies, corn syrup, chopped pecans, and bourbon into a mixture that is formed into balls and coated in powdered sugar to prevent the evaporation of the alcohol.

Bourbon balls were invented in 1938 by Ruth Hanly Booe, who operated a shop called Rebecca Ruth Candy. The history behind this candy shop is actually pretty notable. Initially, Booe founded the shop with her friend, Rebecca Gooch.

What is the minimum age for Kentucky bourbon? ›

Straight bourbon must be aged for a minimum of two years, but straight bourbon aged between two to four years must display an age statement on the bottle indicating the age of the youngest spirit in the bottle. Straight bourbon aged over four years requires no age statement.

The short answer is, no, Jack Daniel's is a Tennessee whiskey. The slightly longer answer is yes, because Tennessee whiskey is a subtype of bourbon that meets all of the legal requirements for the spirit, but has additional requirements specific to its production in Tennessee.

🥃 Quick summary. Whiskey is a general term for an alcoholic liquor made from fermented mashed grains. Bourbon is the term for a whiskey made from a grain mixture that is at least 51% corn. Bourbon was traditionally made in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and most bourbon is still produced in the state of Kentucky.

Ruth Hunt Candies worked to perfect the craft of making the perfect Bourbon Ball. Nearly 20 years ago, at the eve of the world's love affair with Bourbon, Ruth Hunt Candies partnered with one of the finest bourbons ever produced: Woodford Reserve® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

The typical 1.5 fl oz. shot of bourbon has 40% alcohol by volume. Over the course of 1–2 hours, sip the four rums. To become drunk on bourbon, you'll need fewer shots if you're a woman or a lighter person and more than five if you're on the heavier side.

The alcohol in the bourbon sauce cooks off, so it's safe for kids (or non-drinkers) to eat these meatballs. But, with the bourbon flavor left behind, it's the parents at the meets who really love these meatballs!

Do non-alcoholic drinks give you a buzz? While it's nearly impossible to get intoxicated from non-alcoholic beverages, they might make you feel uplifted. A 2018 study found that the taste of non-alcoholic beer can boost your dopamine levels because your brain associates the taste of alcohol with pleasant feelings.

Fortunately, you're not going to be stumbling around after drinking a pot of our coffee. The actual alcohol is cooked down during the roasting process. As a result, you're still left with a pronounced bourbon taste, but you're not going to be passing out at your desk.