Description
Orange Coconut Snowballs are delightful no-bake treats combining the crispness of vanilla wafers and pecans with the tropical flavor of coconut and a zesty orange twist. These easy-to-make cookies are rolled in shredded coconut and chilled to perfection, making them a perfect party snack or sweet bite any time of the year.
Ingredients
Scale
Dry Ingredients
- 1 12oz box vanilla wafer cookies (or 11oz box plus 2-3 sheets graham crackers)
- 1 1/4 cup pecans
- 2 cups coconut flakes (sweetened or unsweetened, per preference)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Wet Ingredients
- 3/4 cup orange juice concentrate, mostly thawed (about 6 oz)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
Instructions
- Prepare Crumbs: In a food processor, pulse the vanilla wafers into very fine crumbs. Transfer them to a mixing bowl. Next, pulse the pecans into fine crumbs and add them to the same bowl. Then, pulse the coconut flakes until coarsely chopped and transfer these to a separate shallow dish for rolling later.
- Mix Ingredients: Add the powdered sugar, orange juice concentrate, vanilla extract, and softened butter to the mixture of pecan and wafer crumbs. Using a hand mixer, blend everything together until fully combined and you form a dough-like consistency.
- Form Snowballs: Scoop small portions of the dough using a small cookie scoop. Roll each portion between your hands to form smooth balls.
- Coat with Coconut: Roll each ball thoroughly in the chopped coconut flakes, ensuring they are well-covered.
- Chill and Store: Place the coated balls on a cookie sheet and chill them until firm. Once set, transfer the snowballs to an airtight container. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator for freshness.
Notes
- If only 11 oz boxes of vanilla wafers are available, add 2-3 sheets of graham crackers to make up the difference in volume.
- Alternatively, increasing the powdered sugar by about 1/3 cup can compensate, but will make the cookies sweeter.
- Buying two boxes of wafers is another option, with leftover wafers great for banana pudding.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 35mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 11g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 10mg
