Best Minty Chocolate Snowballs Recipes

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MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP SNOWBALL COOKIES



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These snowball cookies, also known as Mexican wedding cookies, are a great alternative for anyone with a nut allergy. Full of chocolate chips filled with mint, they are so tasty you won't even miss the nuts.

Provided by Yoly

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 7

½ cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 cup flour
½ cup dark chocolate and mint chips (such as Nestle® Toll House® Dark Chocolate and Mint Morsels)
½ cup confectioners' sugar for rolling, or as needed

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Combine butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl; beat using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Slowly add flour and mix in. Add mint chocolate chips until well incorporated. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on the prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until bottom of cookies start to lightly brown, 16 to 20 minutes. Cool briefly on baking sheet until cool enough to handle, about 5 minutes. Pour confectioners' sugar in a shallow plate and roll each cookie in the sugar while still warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 82.8 calories, Carbohydrate 9.3 g, Cholesterol 10.2 mg, Fat 4.9 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 0.8 g, SaturatedFat 3.1 g, Sodium 39.5 mg, Sugar 5.1 g

CHOCOLATE SNOWBALLS



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This is my favorite Christmas cookie recipe. The cookies remind me of the snowballs I'd pack as a child during winters here in Wisconsin. -Dee Derezinski, Waukesha, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 45m

Yield about 4 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 9

3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 cup (6 ounces) chocolate chips
Confectioners' sugar

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 92 calories, Fat 6g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 12mg cholesterol, Sodium 49mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.

CHOCOLATE SNOWBALLS



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From Betty's Soul Food Collection... Wrap up the fun with a chocolate twist on traditional Russian tea cakes. Surprise! There's chocolate in the center of each cookie.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h

Yield 60

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 egg
1/4 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
1 teaspoon almond extract
60 Hershey's® Kisses® Brand milk chocolates, unwrapped
3/4 cup powdered sugar

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 90, Carbohydrate 12 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 35 mg, Sugar 8 g, TransFat 0 g

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