Chocolate Snowballs

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Chocolate Snowballs - Sugar-covered chocolate chips and pecan cookies. Buttery, crunchy, sweet, the best cookies for the season!

Easy and delicious festive sugar-covered chocolate chips and pecan cookies.
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Christmas baking has just started in my kitchen and I will be sharing some of my favorite holiday cookies with you.

To kick off the holiday baking season, here are the super delicious and amazing chocolate snowballs for you.

The recipe is really easy and fail-proof, and they look absolutely adorable.

Closed up chocolate snowballs made with pecan.

I just love these chocolate snowballs and just can’t stop eating them.

Covered and rolled in powdered sugar, these cookies practically scream holidays and winter.

They are practically cute, little, sweet, chocolate chip and pecan-laden cookies that you can eat.

How amazing is that?

Chocolate and Pecan Snowballs in half, ready to serve.

The recipe is adapted from Taste of Home.

I love the crunchy and crispy texture, and I also love that I get the chocolate chips and pecan pieces with every bite.

As the cookies are rolled with powdered sugar, we reduced the sugar in the dough so they are not overly sweet.

You may use walnut instead of pecan.

Either way, they are just absolutely delightful.


Frequently Asked Questions

How many calories per serving?

This recipe is only 89 calories per serving.

Easy and quick homemade chocolate chips snowballs and pecan cookies coated with powdered sugar.

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5 from 3 votes

Chocolate Snowballs

Chocolate Snowballs – Sugar-covered chocolate chips and pecan cookies. Buttery, crunchy, sweet, the best cookies for the season.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 24 snowballs
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Ingredients  

  • 6 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • Powdered sugar, for rolling

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C). In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in the flour, then stir in the pecans and chocolate chips.
  • Shape the dough into 1-inch (2.5 cm) balls and place them 2 inches (5 cm) apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until set and the bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on the pans for 2 minutes.
  • Roll the warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool completely on wire racks. If desired, reroll the cookies in confectioners' sugar. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutrition

Serving: 24snowballs, Calories: 89kcal, Carbohydrates: 8g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 14mg, Sodium: 54mg, Sugar: 4g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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8 Comments

  1. Patricia McKinney says:

    Can these be frozen?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Yes.

  2. Jialing says:

    The butter is salted or unsalted?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Unsalted.

  3. Ummi says:

    Hi Rasa. Thanks for the amazing recipes.
    Can I substitute pecans with almond?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Yes.

  4. lallie says:

    Hi Rasa
    Your recipes are divine n delicious
    Thank y for sharing

    Regards

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Lallie, thanks so much for your sweet comment.