Best Chocolate Filled Meringue Snowballs Recipes

CHOCOLATE FILLED SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Add sifted flour and pecans; blend well.
• Chill dough while unwrapping kisses.
• Shape dough around each kiss to form a ball; about 1 teaspoon. Make sure the kiss is completely covered.
• Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. They dont spread, but make sure there is space between them.
• Bake at 375°F four about 12 minutes until set but not brown.
• Cool slightly on cookie sheet then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Be careful, they are very delicate when they first come out.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar to complete the "snowball" effect.
• Store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, egg, flour, cocoa, almonds and extract until soft dough forms.
• Shape dough into sixty 3/4-inch balls; wrap each around 1 milk chocolate candy. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Cool slightly, about 5 minutes.
• Roll cookies in powered sugar. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Re-roll cookies in powdered sugar. Store tightly covered.

MERINGUES (PLAIN AND CHOCOLATE FILLED)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Have egg whites at about 70 degrees. Beat until foamy in an electric mixer or by hand. Add vanilla. While continuing to beat, add sugar one tablespoon at a time. When the mixture stands in stiff peaks on the beater, it is ready for baking. Fill a pastry bag with mixture and pipe onto parchment covered baking sheet, using star tip to create kisses. Bake about 1 hour or longer, depending on the size. Do not remove from the oven at once, but turn off the oven, open the door and leave them for at least 5 minutes. Cool gradually, away from a draft. Remove them from the sheet when cool.
• To prepare chocolate ganache, pour hot, scalded cream over chocolate. Blend until smooth. Cool.
• To fill meringues, crush the bottom lightly with the thumb while still warm. Fill the hollows with chocolate ganache.

CHOCOLATE SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips., Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set and bottoms are lightly browned, 15-20 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool completely on wire racks. If desired, reroll cookies in confectioners' sugar.

DOLLY'S CHOCOLATE SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour and salt. Set aside.
• 2. Blend the butter, cane sugar, and vanilla.
• 3. Beat in egg.
• 4. Stir in flour mixture and chocolate chips.
• 5. Shape into balls about an inch in size. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool slightly.
• 7. Roll in confectioners sugar.

CHOCOLATE-FILLED MERINGUE SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 250° F. Generously grease cookie sheets with shortening.
• In medium bowl, stir powdered sugar, cookie crumbs, pecans, chocolate chips, bourbon and corn syrup until well mixed. Shape 1/2 teaspoonfuls into balls; place on sheet of waxed paper. (If necessary, flour hands to shape balls.)
• In small bowl, beat egg whites with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Stir in vanilla.
• Drop balls 1 at a time into meringue. With spoon, coat well to form 1-inch balls; place on cookie sheets. Swirl top of meringue with spoon.
• Bake 30 minutes or until meringue snowballs are crisp. Immediately remove from cookie sheets.