Chocolate Snowball Cookies
This chocolate snowball cookie recipe makes the tastiest Festive Chocolate Snowball Cookies you will ever try! These rich chocolate cookies are coated in powdered sugar that are exploding with chocolate flavor! Red and green mini candy-coated m&m's are hidden crunchy candies inside for a surprise!
Servings: 4 dozen
Calories:
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (Hershey’s Special Dark)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or chocolate extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup mini m&ms or chocolate chips or chopped nuts
- 1 ½ cups Additional powdered sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Using mixer, mix the butter, ½ cup powdered sugar, cocoa, and vanilla until fluffy. Add flour and salt and mix until the dough comes together. Stir in the m&m’s, chocolate chips or nuts.
- Scoop 1 tablespoon balls of dough and place on prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake cookies for 7-10 minutes until bottoms are just slightly brown and the tops are no longer glossy.
- Remove from oven and cool for 5-10 minutes, until you can handle them to make snowball cookies.
- Fill a small bowl with 1 cup powdered sugar and roll each cookie in the sugar until coated. Re-roll them in more powdered sugar if desired.
Notes
- Watch the cookies closely to be sure that they do not overbake. Overbaked snowballs will be very dry.