Double Chocolate Snowball Cookies
These holiday snowball cookies are rich, buttery, delicate, delicious, and have a burst of chocolate in every bite. A perfect Christmas cookie recipe for anyone who loves chocolate and cookies!
Servings: 33 Cookies
Calories: 64kcal
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Unsalted Butter, softened
- ¼ Cup Powdered Sugar for dough
- 2 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Cup All Purpose Flour
- ½ Cup Mini Chocolate Chips
- ½ Cup Powdered Sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Cream butter, ¼ cup of powdered sugar and cocoa powder in a large bowl. You can use use a stand mixer, hand mixer, or spatula.
- Add in vanilla extract and salt to the butter mixture. Mix well.
- Add four to the chocolate-butter mixture.
- Gently mix everything until incorporated.
- Add in mini chocolate chips to the cookie dough.
- Gently fold everything to make a soft dough.
- Wrap the prepared dough with plastic wrap / cling film and chill it in the refrigerator for an hour or until the dough is firm.
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper and keep it aside.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (350F).
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it sit at room temperature for few minutes for easy rolling.
- Using a cookie scoop or tablespoon, take a small portion of the chilled dough. Roll dough into 1 inch small balls.
- Arrange the cookie dough balls on the prepared cookie sheet spacing about 1 inch apart.
- Let them bake in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until the bottom of cookies are slightly browned at 180 degrees C.
- Once they are baked, take them out of the oven and let them cool down a bit for 3-5 minutes.
- When the baked cookies are still warm, roll them in powdered sugar.
- Arrange them on a cooling rack and let them cool completely. Once cooled, roll them again in powdered sugar for super white snowballs.
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Nutrition
Calories: 64kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 20mg | Potassium: 10mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 92IU | Vitamin C: 0.02mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.3mg
