A delicious chocolate version of everyone’s favorite Christmas time cookies, Mexican Wedding Cookies, Russian Tea Cakes… but this version is chocolaty and delicious. 
I love “Wedding” Cookies. Maybe you call them a different name, maybe they have a different nut in them, but I’m sure you know the cookies I talking about. I call the white cookies “snowballs” I tend to make them in the winter, and they look like snowballs.
I love that they are a shortbread cookie, no eggs needed. They are delicious and melt in your mouth. Well these do, sometimes I’ve had “Wedding Cookies and they are D-R-Y, I have no idea how they are so dry but If you’ve bitten into a cookie that looks like these and they are dry, something is wrong. They should melt in your mouth, after all they are buttery and sugary in a GOOD way!
Snowballs or “Wedding Cookies“
I even made “Pumpkin Wedding Cookies” they didn’t need to be rolled in anything they were so pretty on their own.
- 1 ½ cups butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa, I use dutch process cocoa
- 3 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup almonds chopped
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- Beat butter, sugar cocoa. Mix in flour, salt, vanilla, and almonds
- Roll into one tablespoon size balls.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes.
- Cool for 5 minutes then roll into powdered sugar mixed with cocoa.
- Roll cookies once again when cooled.
Do you like shortbread with raspberry jam?
I love making those too.
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Sue/the view from great island says
These are going in my holiday rotation for next year…I’m in for anything with almond, vanilla and Scharffen Berger!
Georgia says
I love wedding cookies or snowballs or whatever name they are called. I’ve never seen chocolate ones!! I’ll have to try this!
Natalie @ Cooking for My Kids says
I love wedding cookies, and making them with chocolate was absolutely genius!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
Adorable little cookies…they look delish!
Christy @ Life of a Modern Housewife says
OMG!! I think you have found my weakness!! I love wedding cookies and to make them chocolate sounds even more amazing!! Consider this a recipe I will be making ASAP!
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Brian @ A Thought For Food says
These look awesome! Problem is that I would want to eat too many of them!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
I love this recipe! Thank you so much for it. I have to make these sometime!
Amanda says
I love almond wedding cookies, these cute little chocolate ones look fabulous!
aarthi says
This looks totally delicious..
Aarthi
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Carolyn says
I love mexican wedding cookies, and I love your take on them with chocolate!
Russell van Kraayenburg says
Mmm. My kind of cookies! I love the chocolate and almond.
alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says
yum! These look so good!
sweetsugarbelle says
Oh GREAT idea, D!!!
Cookin' Canuck says
I adore the texture of wedding cookies and you just can’t go wrong with the addition of chocolate!
Paula says
I am addicted to these cookies in their original state…now seeing them in chocolate I think I may just need an intervention!
Veronica says
All those cookie look so good yummy 🙂
Diane says
Thanks Veronica
Ayesha Farhana says
Nice, i pinned it
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