Chocolate Covered Cherry Snowball Cookies

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These festive cookies feature a dark chocolate snowball cookie dough wrapped around a maraschino cherry for a fun Christmas cookie unlike any other! They aren’t too sweet and just the right size for a couple bites and a smile.

Melt in your mouth chocolate snowball cookies with a cherry surprise in the center.  These easy cookies are a perfect addition to a holiday treat tray.

You will fall in love with these fabulous treats.  They are quick to make and perhaps a little too easy to eat!

Chocolate snowball cookies are a tasty twist on Russian tea cakes. And this version has a hidden cherry inside for even more flavor and fun.

The best part is these tasty cookies only take 5 ingredients to make. The dough is really simple to put together.

Wrapping the dough around the cherry may seem intimidating, but it really is quite easy to do. Watch the video in the recipe card to see how simple it really is.

The chocolate snowball cookies with maraschino cherries are sure to impress whoever you decide to share them with. That is, if you don’t keep them all for yourself!

What Are Snowball Cookies?

Snowball cookies are also known as Russian teacakes, Mexican wedding cookies and a variety of other names. They feature a simple dough usually made with butter, flour, sugar and nuts.

There are no eggs or rising agents in the dough, so they have a shortbread like consistency that just melts in your mouth.

In fact the dough is similar to what we use for our crescent cookies and that recipe can be easily scooped and baked into snowballs.

The dough itself isn’t too sweet, so the baked cookies are rolled in a coating of powdered sugar. This gives them their snowball appearance.

Of course over the years bakers have adjusted the flavors and made all kinds of different snowball variations.

Just imagine biting into a key lime snowball or a strawberry chocolate chip snowball cookie. Or you can just sub out the pecans for walnuts, almonds or pistachios.

But there is just something extra special about a chocolate snowball. And having a cherry inside makes it all that much better.

You bite into the buttery chocolate cookie and the maraschino cherry reveals itself. The combination of flavors and textures is just perfect.

Frequently Asked Questions

More Chocolate Cookie Recipes to Try:

For another fun cookie, try chocolate covered cherry blossoms. They take the classic cordial cherry candies and place them on a soft chocolate cookie.

Or try making chocolate cherry chip cookies. They feature a rich chocolate dough with bits of cherry and white chocolate chips baked inside.

If you are in the mood for a bit of mint, try whipping up some peppermint stuffed cake mix cookies. They are another fun surprise inside cookie that starts with a cake mix for ease.

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