Snowball Cookies Recipe Newfoundland

I am a real sucker for nostalgic desserts. Nothing fancy, just sweet treats from my childhood. My Nan from Newfoundland, used to send my sister and I a parcel in the mail every holiday season that was packed with all sorts of cookies, squares, and treats. These no bake Marshmallow snowballs were always a favourite. A soft coconut chocolate cookie wrapped around a marshmallow. So many great flavours and texture and they just look so cool too!

These are a Newfoundland classic. You will see these all over the island on cookie trays or at bakeries. I love these Marshmallow snowballs as they are really easy to make and super fun for kids. If you really want to take them to the next level you can used multicoloured large marshmallows, but as my Mother will tell ya, “good luck finding them” as they are really tricky to track down!

The process of making these Snowball Marshmallow cookies is not complicated and requires no baking. They do need to sit in the freezer for a couple hours to make cutting the cookies possible, but they defrost in about 10 minutes so you can keep them in the freezer right up until you are about to serve them.

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First step in making these cookies is to mix all of the dry ingredients together. Coconut, graham crackers, quick oats, cocoa powder, and salt. Give that a whisk and set aside.

Next up we will mix the wet ingredients together. Like most great Newfoundland dessert recipes we use sweetened condensed milk, melted butter, and vanilla, as our binders. Mix the wet ingredients together and then combine the wet and dry ingredients in a large bowl. Grab yourself a small bowl of water and your large marshmallows and get ready to roll!

Lightly dampen you hands with water and flatted out about 1 1/2 tbs of the cookie dough on your hand. Place the marshmallow in the centre of the dough and then wrap the dough around the marshmallow. Once the marshmallow is wrapped, drop the ball into a bowl of coconut to coat the outside. Place the completed cookies on a parchment lined plate or baking sheet. Repeat until you have no more dough left and then pop the cookies into the freezer for about 2 hours. After 2 hours the marshmallows are frozen you can cut the cookies in half! Thats it!

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These are great cookies to make in advance. You can easily whip up a large batch of these cookies and then pop them in the freezer until you are ready to serve. Cookies can stay fresh in your freezer for up to 4 months.UPDATE: Here is a revisit of Newfoundland Snowballs, one of the most popular recipes ever featured on Rock Recipes and one of the earliest. This iconic Newfoundland treat is among the most searched Newfoundland recipes on the internet.

This recipe came from my Nan, Belinda Morgan of Port-de-Grave, Newfoundland and has been made in our family for over 50 years. I have sampled these all over the province and have never yet found any as good as her soft, fudgy version.

It is and will always be for me, the perfect and most authentic Newfoundland snowball recipe. Originally Published on November 7, 2007.

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In the weeks leading up to Christmas we will be featuring some family favourites for holiday baking. One of the most popular treats anytime but particularly at Christmas is the Snowball.

This recipe is virtually a Newfoundland icon. You would be hard pressed to find anyone who has spent any time in this province and has not sampled a Snowball.

More a confection than a cookie, a proper snowball should be soft, fudgy and slightly chewy. Many people find this recipe to be a bit of a challenge but if you follow the method closely and are precise in your measurements, you should have no problems.

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Key to the success of this recipe is the length of time that the base of the recipe is boiled. More precisely, it is the temperature that the mixture reaches when boiling that is critical.

Much akin to making fudge, you are looking for the mixture to reach soft ball stage or near soft ball stage on a candy thermometer. Use one if you have it but if not, the five minutes gentle boiling as directed in the recipe is a pretty dependable guideline.

It is also very important not to stir the mixture as it boils or you risk the sugar crystallizing and leaving you with a hard, crumbly finished product. I’ve added the two very short videos below to demonstrate what each stage of preparation will look like.

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Chilling the snowball mixture well is also very important. Many people start adding more coconut and/or oats to the recipe when they see how soupy the mixture is when it is hot. That is a mistake to be avoided.

Once chilled the mixture will be easy to scoop and roll into balls. This will take several hours or overnight as is mentioned in the recipe instructions below.

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Newfoundland Snowballs - the most searched for Newfoundland recipe on . Soft chocolate fudge balls with the goodness of oatmeal and coconut. These freeze exceptionally well and my kids actually prefer to eat them frozen, just like I did as a child.

The 2 hour total time for preparation is an estimate and includes chilling time before the snowballs are rolled in the coconut. It is not recommended to double this recipe, as the boiling time will not be long enough. You can use a candy thermometer though when doubling the recipe.

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The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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I just made these…OMG….they turned out better than I thought as I am not a baker. Thank you so much for all your recipes.

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I used canned milk (diluted 1:1) & a candy thermometer but ended up with a crumbling cooled sugary mess that cannot be made into balls. I’m assuming it was the milk substitution that messed it up?

It seems that your sugar crystallized. Did you stir the mixture while it was boiling? It’s very important not to do that.This can also be cause by over boiling.Traditional Newfoundland Snowballs, it wouldn’t be a holiday without them. A no bake coconut chocolate treat that freezes great. For as long as I can remember these Snowballs have been on every single Christmas cookie platter. Delicious little chocolate coconut bites that are no bake which makes them very easy!

This week I’ve been taking part in a virtual cookie exchange hosted by one of my blogging friends, Norine. She is the home cook extraordinaire! I can’t tell how how many pies, cakes and cookies she has on her site. So, if you are into sweets and looking to do some baking over the coming weeks, check her out at

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There are other bloggers participating as well and each day someone shares a cookie recipe. And today is my turn. I can’t think of a better cookie to share than these traditional Newfoundland Snowballs.

Growing up we didn’t only have these during Christmas, but that is how I remember them the most. On those icy days in December coming in from school and digging into the ice cream tub in the freezer to fish one out. They were always stored in old ice cream tubs. Never Tupperware boxes, fancy freezer bags, or over priced airtight containers that promised no freezer burn. No, just this, just an old ice cream tub and it always worked a treat. And you know what? I think I always ate them frozen and kind of prefer them this way. Even Oliver,