Mint Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies
Soft, buttery snowball cookies infused with mint extract and mini chocolate chips, rolled in powdered sugar to resemble snowballs.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- Method: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon mint extract or peppermint extract
- green gel food coloring (optional)
- 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- additional powdered sugar for coating
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- In a large bowl, beat the softened butter and powdered sugar together until creamy.
- Add the flour, salt, and mint extract; mix just until combined.
- Mix in green gel food coloring if desired until the dough is evenly colored.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
- Cover the dough and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to firm up.
- Scoop out one tablespoon of dough at a time and shape into balls.
- Place dough balls on a prepared baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 7 to 8 minutes, just until bottoms are very lightly browned.
- Cool cookies on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then roll them in powdered sugar while still warm.
- Once cooled, roll cookies again in powdered sugar to completely coat them.
Notes
For best texture, do not overbake — cookies should not brown much. Use gel food coloring for vibrant color without thinning dough. Refrigerating dough improves shape and handling.
Nutrition
- Calories: 130
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 60mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg