No-Bake Snowball Cookies (5 Ingredients)

No oven needed. Cashews, dates and coconut blend into bite-sized snowballs that taste like a holiday treat, with orange zest if you want them extra festive. They keep for a week in the fridge, so they’re perfect for gifting.

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Like every Sweetchemy recipe, these use no refined sugar and no white flour, and the macros are listed in the recipe card below. If you’re new to healthy baking, chill the dough, pull the cookies when the edges are golden, and let them cool on the pan. They firm up as they cool.

No-Bake Snowball Cookies

No-bake snowball cookies made with cashews, dates and coconut. Five main ingredients, no oven, and ready in 45 minutes.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Chill 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Servings: 16 cookies

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Calories: 109

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup raw cashews (or almonds) 140g
• 1 cup soft Medjool dates 160g, pitted (about 8)
• ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut 40g, plus ¼ cup (20g) for rolling
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Zest of 1 orange (optional, very festive)
• Pinch of salt

Method

 

1. Pulse the cashews in a food processor to fine crumbs.
2. Add the dates, ½ cup coconut, coconut oil, vanilla, zest and salt. Blend until the mix sticks together when pinched.
3. Roll into 16 one-inch balls, then roll each in the remaining coconut.
4. Chill 30 minutes.

Notes

Keeps 1 week in the fridge or 2 months in the freezer.

Macros are estimates per cookie based on the ingredients listed. Carbs are total carbs.