I made these Frozen Chocolate Snowballs for the first time over Christmas. I was originally inspired by this recipe for Almond Balls that I saw at Jen's Favorite Cookies. I modified it a little to make it more of a winter treat. The result is a delicious treat that tastes like you are eating an ice cream ball. Yup, an ice cream ball. Let that sink in for a minute. How can that be wrong? I served them to guests who could not get enough and they are big hit with kids as well. Click below to find out how to make them. Don't forget to also check out this 3 Ingredient Hershey's Chocolate Pie. So easy!
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Why these frozen snowball cookies are awesome
- Melted chocolate and powdered sugar? Yes, please!
- Easy to make no bake dessert
Ingredients
- Vanilla wafer cookies
- Cool Whip
- Hershey's bars with Almonds
- Powdered sugar
How to make frozen chocolate snowballs
Break up your chocolate bars and place them in a bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds and stir. Keep on microwaving at 30 second intervals, stirring in between until the chocolate is melted.
Place the thawed Cool Whip in a medium bowl, add the melted chocolate and stir. You don't have a lot of time for this step if you want the chocolate the get blended in really well. The chocolate will start hardening once it goes into the Cool Whip, so start to blend right away.
When the chocolate and Cool Whip have been thoroughly combined, chill the mixture for a few hours. While the mixture is chilling, crush your wafers into crumbs. The easiest way I found to do this was to place the wafers into a zip top bag and crush them with a rolling pin. I bet kids would have a blast crushing wafers!
After chilling, scoop out the mixture by the spoonful and roll in the crushed wafer crumbs.
After they have been coated with the cookie crumbs, pour some confectioners' sugar onto a plate and roll the balls through it.
These frozen chocolate snowballs will not be perfectly round since the mixture is still fairly soft. Place them on a cookie sheet or baking pan and freeze overnight.
When you serve these Chocolate Snowballs you will want to make sure your kids eat them right away. If they take too long they will start melting. Of course, that's always fun too!
📖 Recipe
Frozen Chocolate Snowballs
Equipment
Ingredients
- 45 Vanilla wafer cookies crushed
- 8 oz Cool Whip thawed
- 8 oz Hershey's bars with Almonds
- ¾ cup Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Break up the chocolate bars and place them in a bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds and stir. Keep on microwaving at 30 second intervals, stirring in between until the chocolate is melted.
- Place the thawed Cool Whip in a medium sized bowl, add the melted chocolate and stir.
- When the chocolate and Cool Whip have been thoroughly combined, chill the mixture for a few hours.
- While the mixture is chilling crush your wafers into crumbs.
- After chilling, scoop out the mixture by the spoonful and roll in the crushed wafer crumbs.
- After they have been coated with the cookie crumbs, pour the powdered sugar onto a plate and roll the balls through it.
- These balls will not be perfectly round since the mixture is still fairly soft. Place them on a cookie sheet and freeze overnight.
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Notes
- You don't have a lot of time for mixing the melted chocolate in with the Cool Whip so you want the chocolate the get blended in really well. The chocolate will start hardening once it goes into the Cool Whip, so start stirring right away.
Nutrition
This nutritional information is approximate and was calculated using online calculators. Your nutritional information may vary depending on numerous factors.
Frequently asked questions
You will need to store them in the freezer. Once they have initially frozen, they can be removed from the pan and stored in the freezer in a zip top bag. Do not store these in the fridge as they will get too soft.
You certainly can. Some people like to add chopped walnuts, but the Hershey bars already have almonds in them.
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Laurie
Chop the chocolate almond bars to disperse the nuts. Also added 2 T. Peanut butter to the melted chocolate and 3 T. finely chopped peanuts into cookie crumbs. Delicious and so easy.
Kathleen
Simple to make, simple ingredients and delicious! I'm making these ASAP!
Cathleen
I love making these for Christmas! But I am not sure why I have never made it during the summer. This needs to change! Making them tonight, thanks for the reminder 🙂
Colleen
These snowballs are so easy to make and deliciously addictive. Thanks for sharing!
Amy
These are so tasty and I can't believe how easy they are to make!