Description
Delicious and easy-to-make Orange Coconut Snowballs combining the zesty brightness of orange juice concentrate with the crunch of pecans and the tropical flavor of coconut. These no-bake treats are perfect for parties, holidays, or a sweet snack anytime.
Ingredients
Scale
Dry Ingredients
- 1 12oz box vanilla wafer cookies (see notes)
- 1 1/4 cup pecans
- 2 cups coconut flakes (sweetened or unsweetened depending on your 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
- Process Vanilla Wafers: In a food processor, pulse the vanilla wafers into a very fine crumb. Transfer these crumbs to a mixing bowl.
- Process Pecans: Pulse the pecans in the food processor until a fine crumb is achieved and add them to the same mixing bowl with the wafer crumbs.
- Chop Coconut: Pulse the coconut flakes in the food processor just until coarsely chopped, then transfer them into a separate shallow dish for rolling later.
- Combine Ingredients: Add the powdered sugar, orange juice concentrate, vanilla extract, and softened butter to the bowl containing the pecan and wafer crumbs. Using a hand mixer, mix everything until fully combined into a dough-like consistency.
- Form Snowballs: Use a small cookie scoop or spoon to portion out the dough. Shape each scoop into a ball using your hands.
- Coat with Coconut: Roll each formed ball in the chopped coconut flakes ensuring each is well coated, then place them on a cookie sheet.
- Chill and Store: Refrigerate the cookie sheet with the snowballs until firm, about 30 minutes. Once firm, transfer the snowballs to a storage container and keep refrigerated to maintain freshness.
Notes
- If you only find 11oz boxes of vanilla wafers, add 2-3 sheets of graham crackers crushed to make up the difference in volume.
- Alternatively, use an extra 1/3 cup of powdered sugar to compensate, but this will increase the sweetness of the snowballs.
- You may also buy two boxes of vanilla wafers and use the extra for other recipes like banana pudding.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 35mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 11g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 10mg
