Melt in your mouth Mint Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies are a treat you won’t be able to resist! So easy to make and packed with mint and chocolate flavor – no one can eat just one! Perfect for Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter and more!
Round out your baking list with these Christmas cookies: Peppermint Snowball Cookies, Whipped Shortbread Cookies, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies and Peanut Butter Blossoms.
Mint Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies
One of my favorite cookies to make are snowball cookies. There is just something magical about a cookie coated in powdered sugar that I find impossible to resist. Snowball cookies are incredibly easy to make and a favorite with my boys.
We have made all sorts of snowballs over the years, including peppermint snowball cookies and key lime snowball cookies, but these Mint Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies always steal the show.
More Mint Desserts To Enjoy
- Chocolate Mint Brownies
- Cream Cheese Mints
- Mint Chocolate Bark
- Chocolate Mint Fudge Crumb Bars
- Chocolate Mint Cream Cheese Buttons
What You’ll Need
This recipe comes together very quickly and easily. As always, you can find the full printable recipe in the recipe card at the end of this post. Let’s take a quick look at what you’ll need for this recipe:
- unsalted butter – softened so it incorporates easily with the other ingredients.
- powdered sugar – sifted, then spooned and leveled.
- all-purpose flour – spooned and leveled for accuracy.
- salt
- mint extract – or peppermint extract
- green food coloring – gel food color works best
- mini chocolate chips – you can use standard chocolate chips if that’s all you have but consider chopping up into smaller pieces for the best results.
I like to make my snowball cookies fairly small – pretty much bite size. Due to the size of the cookies, I opted for mini chocolate chips. They fit quite nicely in these bite-sized cookies.
How To Make Mint Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies
- Beat the butter and powdered sugar together and then mix in the flour, salt, and extract just until combined.
- Add the green gel food color until your desired color is achieved. Stir in mini chocolate chips. Chill dough.
- Scoop out one tablespoon of dough and form into a ball. Repeat for remaining dough.
- Bake cookies for 7 to 8 minutes at 375°F. Let cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet.
- Place the slightly cooled cookies on a baking sheet with powdered sugar and dust with additional powdered sugar.
- Let cookies cool completely.
- Drop cookies one at a time into a bowl with powdered sugar and turn until coated.
After baking the cookies get transferred to a powdered sugar-line baking sheet to cool. I give them a nice coating of powdered sugar using my OXO dusting wand. If you don’t have one of these, buy one, now. They are AMAZING.
Once completely cooled, the cookies get rolled in even more powdered sugar, I know, it’s awesome. If you’re feeling up to it, a double-coat of powdered sugar will give your snowballs an extra bright white exterior. So fun!
I used a little bit of green gel food color to get this nice light green. If you prefer not to use food color, that is totally okay too.
FAQs
Absolutely or the cookies will spread. Chilling the dough also allows the flavors to meld and the butter to firm up again. It’s an inconvenient but important step.
Yes! You can use any flavor you want in this cookie recipe as well as any color.
Absolutely not! We make these all year round and they are especially amazing on St. Patrick’s Day.
Storage Information
Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to four days.
To Freeze Baked Cookies: Let cookies cool completely, place on a baking sheet and flash freeze for 30 minutes. Transfer cookies to a freezer safe ziplog bag and freeze for up to 3 months.
To Freeze Cookie Dough: Form dough balls and then flash freeze on a parchment lined baking sheet for 30 minutes. Transfer balls to a freezer safe ziploc bag. Bake cookies frozen by adding 2 minutes to the bake time OR let thaw overnight in the fridge and then bake as directed. Cookie dough can be frozen for up to 3 months.
We often double or triple the recipe (see the recipe card below) when we’re making them for Christmas. These cookies are always a favorite and go fast!
More Christmas Cookies
- Grinch Cookies
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
- Kolaczki (Polish Cookies)
- Peppermint Snowball Cookies
- Coconut Macaroons
- Ginger Molasses Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossoms
- Almond Joy Cookies – Just 4 Ingredients!
- Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies
- Coconut Macaroon Blossoms
How To Make Mint Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies
Mint Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- â…” cup powdered sugar sifted
- 2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon mint extract or peppermint extract
- green food coloring gel food color works best
- ¾ cup mini chocolate chips
- additional powdered sugar for coating
Instructions
- Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Beat the butter and powdered sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the flour, salt, and extract just until combined.
- Add the green food color a few drops at a time until your desired color is achieved. I like to use this gel food color.
- Stir in mini chocolate chips.
- Scoop out one tablespoon of dough at a time and form into a ball. Place balls on the prepared cookie sheet.
- Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Bake cookies for 7 to 8 minutes. You do not want the cookies to get more than very lightly browned on the bottom. Let cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet.
- Line another large baking sheet with parchment paper and dust liberally with powdered sugar. Place the slightly cooled cookies on this baking sheet and dust with additional powdered sugar.
- Let cookies cool completely.
- Fill a small bowl halfway with powdered sugar. Drop cookies one at a time into the bowl and turn until coated in powdered sugar.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to four days.
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Originally published February 28, 2017.
Marian says
I bake 100 different kinds of cookies at Christmas. This is going on the list.
MS says
Just don’t try this with rice Flour. I did and all the butter just seeped out. It looked like we were ready for a lobster bake. Made the next batch with AP flour. Sorry GF friends.
Janet says
Can you refrigerate the dough 4-5 hours or overnight? Thanks
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Yes, absolutely!
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
Love the mint chocolate chip combo! These cookies would disappear in a hurry at our house!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you Jessica! They didn’t last long around here 🙂
Kanika Mathur says
i love mint chocolate chip snowball cookies you updated regularly new cookies thanks for sharing i love cookies..
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Kanika!