I normally sit down on Sunday mornings and clip my coupons before I even start thinking about what I am going to cook for breakfast that day. Now that Christmas is coming up, I am seeing a ton of coupons for baking supplies! Because I love to bake all year long, I totally hoard baking supplies when I see that I can get a good deal on them using coupons and matching them up with weekly sales at the grocery stores or at Target and Walmart. While clipping a coupon for Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chips, I saw a Christmas Snowball Cookies recipe and it was literally so easy that I didn’t even clip it – I memorized it in a minute!
I’ve never made a cookie that didn’t have eggs in it, so I was a little nervous about trying this Christmas Snowball Cookies recipe. No granulated sugar, no brown sugar, no baking soda or baking powder?! I thought they must be insane and that these would be the most disgusting cookies I’d ever eaten…but it was a recipe by Nestle, so I figured I had to at least try it once.
I brought out all of my baking supplies and decided to halve the recipe, which normally makes four dozen cookies. If the Christmas Snowball cookies came out gross or hard as rocks, I could just scrap them and I wouldn’t have wasted too many ingredients.
As it turns out, I had absolutely nothing to worry about! While these Christmas Snowball Cookies aren’t as rich and decadent as I normally prefer in a cookie, they were pretty tasty and I have to admit, I liked how light and fluffy they were!
They remind me of the little cookies you expect to be served as a tea party, if that makes any sense. They are just little one bite cookies, and they have such a mild taste (you can’t even really consider them sweet like normal chocolate chip cookies) and the taste of the chocolate chips really shines through!
Christmas Snowball Cookies Recipe
Easy Homemade Christmas Snowball Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 sticks of unsalted butter softened
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups of flour
- 2 cups Nestle Tollhouse Holiday chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup pecans finely chopped
- additional powdered sugar for garnish
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 374 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
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Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla and salt in a large bowl until creamy and smooth. Gradually add in the flour until thoroughly combined. Stir in the pecans and chocolate chips - do not beat!
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Scoop dough by heaping tablespoon and roll into balls, placing about one inch apart on you cookie sheet. Bake for about 11 minutes, or until the bottom edges just begin to turn golden brown.
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When you take them out of the oven, they will NOT look done - remember, there are no eggs in these cookies, so they aren't going to turn color like many chocolate chip cookies.
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As soon as you set your cookie sheet down, begin sifting powdered sugar over the tops of the cookies.
Remove to cooling racks and allow to cool for about ten minutes. Because these Christmas Snowball Cookies are so tiny and compact, they take a little while to cool down.
Don’t bite into one while it’s fresh out of the oven, or you’ll get a mouthful of scalding chocolate!
Mellisa says
December 7, 2013 at 6:11 pmOh these look so good. I bet Santa would like them too!
Kelsey Apley says
December 7, 2013 at 6:32 pmGood golly these looks so good!!! Thanks for another fab recipe I will have to enjoy!!
Angela says
December 7, 2013 at 6:57 pmThese are such cute little cookies, and they just have to taste amazing!
Stefanie says
December 7, 2013 at 7:16 pmI love any cookie with pecans.
Anne - Mommy Has to Work says
December 7, 2013 at 8:20 pmI like that you used colored chocolate morsels!
Shell Feis says
December 7, 2013 at 8:21 pmI pinned these because I DEFINITELY need to make them!
Robin Gagnon says
December 7, 2013 at 9:31 pmMakes me think of when you “pick things up” when you roll a ball for a snowman… only in this case it’s yummy chocolate.
Kathleen says
December 7, 2013 at 11:01 pmYum! These definitely have everything good and delicious in them, the boys would love them.
Penelope says
December 7, 2013 at 11:41 pmI made snowball cookies for the first time last year and loved it!
Theresa says
December 8, 2013 at 12:31 amThese look so good Jenn!
Julie says
December 8, 2013 at 12:31 amThese look so yummy! And the bonus for me is that they’re easy, so it’s hard for me to screw them up. 🙂
Lolo says
December 8, 2013 at 2:59 amThose look so fun and yummy! A perfect treat for Santa Christmas night.
Ty says
December 8, 2013 at 3:01 amThese look very tasty!
Leilani says
December 8, 2013 at 8:34 amI’m gonna do this with my girls. They’d love to make snowball cookies!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
December 8, 2013 at 3:56 pmI am in love with this recipe. Yum!!
Mickey says
December 8, 2013 at 5:57 pmThose look soooo good! They’d be beautiful in a tin for my neighbors at Christmas. 🙂 Thanks!
Ana ( says
December 9, 2013 at 9:02 pmYum — I’ve been trying to get more into baking this season so will have to give these a shot!
Crystal says
December 10, 2013 at 4:14 pmI wish I had more time to be in the kitchen. Those look really tasty.
Anyonita says
December 10, 2013 at 8:08 pmClever, clever, clever! These snowball cookies are so clever and adorable to boot! I followed you here from the Dream to Reality link party, btw. And I just wanted to invite you to come link up with me at Tasty Tuesdays, where every post gets pinned: http://anyonitanibbles.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/free-blog-advertising.html Hope to see you there!
Julie Smith says
December 11, 2013 at 9:05 amThese DO look fabulous! I prefer a lighter type of cookie, so they sound perfect for my holiday get-together! Thanks for sharing.
Margot C says
October 22, 2014 at 2:50 amOh howe adorable those are. My grandmother used to make something very like these but she never heard of those cute Christmas colored chips!
Cheryl Walters says
October 22, 2014 at 8:49 amWhat kind of flour do you use? All purpose?
Thanks
Jenn says
October 22, 2014 at 10:14 amYes, I use all-purpose flour! 🙂
Brit @ Stay At Home Adventures says
November 9, 2014 at 5:45 pmGreat recipe I’ll give this recipe a try this year. Thanks.
Laura@Baking in Pyjamas says
November 13, 2014 at 11:06 amVisiting from Whatever Goes Wednesday. I love Christmas cookies, these sound so easy and quick to make. I co-host Sweet and Savoury Sunday and would love for you to stop by and share this and other recipes with us. Have a great day!
Genie says
November 17, 2014 at 12:59 pmWhat cute cookies!
Heather @ My Overflowing Cup says
November 17, 2014 at 2:59 pmI love these cookies, but sadly I have to make mine with almonds as I am allergic to pecans. What a great idea to use red & green chocolate chips. So glad I saw this on Munching Mondays. Pinning now.
Kathy says
November 19, 2014 at 9:03 amJenn these look wonderful! I will be featuring your post in this week’s Home and Garden Thursday,
Kathy
Jenn says
November 19, 2014 at 12:49 pmOh, wow! Thank you so much!
Cathy Kennedy says
November 24, 2014 at 7:13 amVisiting from Inspire Me Monday. These certainly are cute little cookies. I may try these out. I’m more a baking mood this holiday season than a candy making mode, so these may work out perfectly. Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Michelle says
November 26, 2014 at 5:46 pmVery festive. I’ll have to add these to the treat bags I make for coworkers. Thanks for sharing and happy thanksgiving!
Becky says
December 11, 2017 at 3:56 pmI tried this recipe and my cookies came out of the oven flat.
Jenn says
December 11, 2017 at 4:52 pmI’m sorry that you missed a step!