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Chocolate Snowballs

Name: Chocolate Snowballs
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: about 4 dozen.
Ingredients: 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

30 reviews

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Total Time

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 15 min./batch + cooling

Makes

about 4 dozen

Updated: Apr. 08, 2023

This is my favorite Christmas cookie recipe. The cookies remind me of the snowballs I packed as a child during many cold Wisconsin winters. —Dee Derezinski, Waukesha, Wisconsin

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Ingredients

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

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. 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.

Test Kitchen Tips

We like pecans and walnuts, but you can substitute chopped pistachios, macadamia nuts or even almonds. Not a fan? You can omit the nuts and add a few more chocolate chips.

Learn how you can freeze extra cookies for later.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 92 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 12mg cholesterol, 49mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.

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