viking33 wrote:Tell me, are these filled with REAL bourbon, or only flavored with bourbon?
Kind of like: you can't eat just one? Sound GREAT to me! Can you order with Jack Daniels or specific booze?
I'm not really qualified to answer, Bob, except on the periphery of what goes into the making of a bourbon ball. First of all they use real Kentucky BOURBON, not Tennessee sour mash (Jack Daniels!). And no, you don't get to choose what bourbon is used in the making. As I understand it, from a couple of ladies I know who MAKE them, the nuts that are put into the inside of the candy are SOAKED in bourbon for some period of time. They are NOT like a chocolate covered cherry where you bite it and the juice of the cherry is noticeable. When you eat a bourbon ball there is no liquid present. I guess one would say the bourbon is "embedded" in the nuts.
BUT, a well made bourbon ball is NOT something you want to eat too many of unless you're ready to take a lie down afterward. Eating them IS a great temptation to have SEVERAL and therein lies the reason they were a no-no at my long time place of employment!
In this neck of the woods they are also very expensive. I'm waiting until Monday to open the first of the two boxes I bought so I can take a few to a couple of ladies I know to let them see what they think of Rebecca Ruth's product.
