Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2011

I LOVE these!! My mom makes them alot and they are addictive! Sometimes we coat them in white chocolate and they are just as good!! Yum!

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CAROLINAMOM99

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2011

Sooo easy and sooo good! I have also made with following substitutions, which turned out to be a hit too : use graham crackers instead of vanilla wafers, and use lemonade frozen concentrate...roll in powdered sugar. Plan on trying with frozen limeade too. great quick recipe!

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sadams

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2010

These are my new favorite Christmas cookie! I have also tried them with frozen lemonade and that is AMAZING!

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slr814

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Living In: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2010

This is a recipe from our childhoods-DH & I both remember these as Christmas cookies, but they make a great, cool, very sweet treat in the summer, too. I use confectioners sugar and/or finely chopped pecans to roll them and chill the mixture, then use a small cookie scoop to form the balls.

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Elle

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Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2009

I got an orange ball recipe many years ago from a co-worker and I lost it. I now use this recipe with a few modifications. I add the pecans to the rest of the mixture and then roll the balls in powdered sugar. After the balls have chilled, I roll in a second coating of powdered sugar. They are wonderful. Thanks for the recipe.

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Cindy J

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2009

These were just okay. After the good reviews, I expected a great addition to my holiday cookie tray. I hoped for more orange flavor, but found these orange balls to be a bit bland. I followed the recipe exactly. I chilled the dough before rolling it into balls, and the consistency was fine. My son hates peacans and coconut, so I rolled some in graham cracker crumbs, too. They are edible, but not spectacular enough to add to my list of Christmas recipes.

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MAMALEIGH

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2009

This is my great aunt Eleanor's recipe to the letter! (Although back then it was just 'one box' of wafers, 'one box' of sugar). It's so easy and tastes so yummy! I've also tried rolling them in chocolate sprinkles as well, also good.

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SLONGWOR

Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2009

Love these! My Grandma has made these all my life and I look forward to them every year! Tip : Put the vanilla wafers in your food processor to grind them up... saves a lot of time. Also stick dough in the fridge for awhile then use a melon scoop and they are all the same size and your hands don't get as messy :)

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Tab

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2009

I typically do not alter ingredients and then rate a recipe, but i just had to try adding 8 oz of cream cheese to this, and I am glad I did! Here is what I did. ...I could not figure out for the life of me why in the world this recipe would need FOUR cups of conf. sugar, and then I figured the reason for that was because it had to sweeten the 6 oz of OJ concentrate. So instead I only used about 3 oz OJ and only ONE cup of conf sugar and it turned out GREAT! Otherwise, I followed the recipe as stated, except I added 8 oz of room temp cream cheese. These were also really good without the OJ in them, just the crushed cookies, cream cheese and the sugar...YUM! Next time I will make them like that and dip them into white chocolate. Try adding cream cheese, you won't be sorry---just make sure it is room temperature so that it "folds" into the cookie crumb mixture well.

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luv2cook

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2009

These are delicious. Thank you for sharing your recipe. When I made my second batch, I used my grandmother's cooking secret -- I added a shot of brandy to the mixture. The brandy enhances the flavor - myself, my family, and my friends loved them.

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