Chocolate Snowballs Food

CHOCOLATE SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips., Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set and bottoms are lightly browned, 15-20 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool completely on wire racks. If desired, reroll cookies in confectioners' sugar.

CHOCOLATE FILLED SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Add sifted flour and pecans; blend well.
• Chill dough while unwrapping kisses.
• Shape dough around each kiss to form a ball; about 1 teaspoon. Make sure the kiss is completely covered.
• Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. They dont spread, but make sure there is space between them.
• Bake at 375°F four about 12 minutes until set but not brown.
• Cool slightly on cookie sheet then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Be careful, they are very delicate when they first come out.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar to complete the "snowball" effect.
• Store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE WALNUT SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
• Finely chop 1/2 cup of the walnuts and set aside. Process the remaining 3/4 cup walnuts with 1/2 cup of the sugar in a food processor until very finely ground, about 1 minute. Add the butter and vanilla and process until smooth, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add the flour, cocoa powder and salt and process until most of the dough forms a ball and is completely combined. Scrape the dough into a bowl with a rubber spatula and fold in the chocolate chips and reserved chopped walnuts.
• Roll mounded teaspoons of the dough into 1-inch balls and space evenly apart on the prepared baking sheet. Bake the cookies, rotating the baking sheet halfway through, until cracked on top and mostly firm but still slightly springy when pressed, about 18 minutes (they will firm up out of the oven). Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for 5 minutes; you want them to be slightly warm for the first tossing in sugar.
• Meanwhile, put the remaining 3/4 cup sugar in a shallow bowl or pie plate. Toss the warm cookies very gently in the sugar until evenly coated. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes, then toss again in the sugar so they are very white. The cookies will keep in a little bit of extra sugar in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350˚ F. Spread the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and bake on the lower rack until lightly toasted, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Pulse the hazelnuts in a food processor until finely ground. Add the flour, cocoa powder and salt and pulse to combine.
• Beat the butter in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar and the vanilla; beat on low speed until combined, then increase the speed to medium high and beat until well combined. Reduce the speed to low again, add the flour mixture and beat until combined. Beat in the chopped chocolate. Cover the dough and refrigerate until slightly firm, about 30 minutes.
• Scoop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough and roll into balls. Arrange about 2 inches apart on 2 unlined baking sheets. Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies spread slightly, have a matte finish and look slightly darker around the edges, 18 to 24 minutes. Let the cookies cool 5 minutes on the pans, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• Put the remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl. Gently roll the cookies in the sugar to coat completely, rerolling as needed. Dust the tops of the cookies with cocoa powder.

CHOCOLATE SNOWBALL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line 10-cup ovenproof glass bowl or 10-cup metal bowl smoothly with foil. Spray foil with nonstick spray. Combine dark rum and instant coffee in small bowl or ramekin; stir to dissolve coffee.
• Combine chocolate chips and butter in large bowl. Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water. Stir until chocolate and butter are melted and smooth. Remove bowl from over water. Using electric mixer, beat in sugar, then coffee mixture. Beat until mixture cools to lukewarm, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Transfer batter to foil-lined bowl.
• Bake cake until top is cracked and dry and tester inserted into center comes out with some moist batter attached, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Cool cake in bowl on rack 15 minutes (center of cake will fall). Press edge of cake firmly to level with center of cake. Refrigerate cake uncovered until cold, at least 6 hours and up to 2 days.
• Invert bowl with cake onto platter, allowing cake to fall onto platter. Lift off bowl; peel off foil. Beat cream in large bowl until peaks form. Spread whipped cream all over cake, mounding cream in center. Cut into wedges and serve, or refrigerate up to 6 hours.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Microwave chocolate in a large microwavable bowl on medium 2 minutes or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring after 1 minute Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
• Stir in peanut butter until smooth. Cool to room temperature. Gently stir in the Cool Whip.
• Chill for 1 hour.
• Scoop peanut butter mixture with melon baller or teaspoon, then shape into 1in balls.
• Roll balls in icing sugar.
• Keep stored in refrigerator.
• *Variation: Prepare as directed, but roll in finely chopped pecans, coconut, grated chocolate, etc.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Melt chocolate squares in a double boiler.
• When melted, remove from heat and add condensed milk and graham cracker crumbs.
• Form into 1 inch balls and roll in fine coconut. Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE COCONUT SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• In large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar.
• Add egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice, beat well.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt and gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Stir in 3 CUPS of the coconut.
• Cover and chill for an hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Stir M& M's Baking Bits into dough.
• Shape dough into 1" balls and roll each in remaining coconut.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes or until light brown.

CHOCOLATE SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Put marshmallow and butter in pan over medium/high heat. Stir together until there are no bumps.
• Then add cup by cup the Honey Bunches of Oates and stir after adding each cup. Take off heat to let it cool.
• Fix dipping chocolate as directed on container. Use your hands to make into ball shapes. Then dip into chocolate container or spoon it on top of the balls, whichever you prefer.

CHOCOLATE SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate and shortening together over hot water, cool.
• Beat in the sugar until well blended. Add the vanilla.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
• Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder, and stir into the chocolate mixture.
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Cover the bowl and chill for several hours or overnight.
• Divide the mixture in the bowl into halves, then each half into three equal pieces. Each piece makes one dozen cookies. Roll one piece into a log and cut log in half, then each half in half. Cut each small piece into thirds and you will have 6 dozen equal sized cookies.
• Roll each piece into a ball.
• I always mix these up in November and freeze them raw. Just set the balls on a wax-paper lined cookie sheet and set them in the freezer until they are hard. Now put the frozen cookies into a zip lock bag or rigid storage container.
• Now the fun part. If the balls are frozen roll each ball between your palms for a few seconds. Roll each ball in sifted powder sugar to coat thoroughly. Place the balls 2 inches apart on baking paper or lightly greased foil.
• Bake at 375°F for 10 minutes. Check after 8 minutes, ovens vary quite a bit. The cookies will be very soft, but will become firm as they cool.

SWEET SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Meanwhile, crush the biscuits and Maltesers in a large bowl with a rolling pin.
• Add mini marshmallows, dried cranberries and cake crumbs, then the chocolate and golden syrup. Mix well. Tip desiccated coconut onto a plate. Drop large spoonfuls of mixture onto the plate, then roll them around, coating in coconut and shaping into balls. Place on a baking tray and chill for 30 mins before serving. Sprinkle with edible glitter if you like.

CHOCOLATE KAHLUA SNOWBALLS

Steps:

• Combine first 3 ingredients; let stand 5 minutes. Stir until coffee granules dissolve.
• Combine cookie crumbs, 3/4 cup powdered sugar, and almonds; stir well. Pour coffee mixture over crumb mixture, stirring well.
• Shape into 1-inch balls; roll in powdered sugar twice to coat well. Store in airtight container up to 1 week.