Our sugar cookie balls are always a hit! Dunked in melted vanilla candy coating and sprinkled with your favorite sprinkles, these delicious treats hover between cookies and candies, to deliver sweetness in every bite.
What Are Sugar Cookie Balls?
Sugar cookie truffles are fun and easy to make. Pillsbury™ ready-to-bake pre-portioned sugar cookie dough is baked into sugar cookies. The warm cookies are rolled into balls, then dipped in vanilla candy coating and sprinkled with sprinkles.
What are the Best Sprinkles to Use on Sugar Cookie Truffles?
For this sugar cookie truffle recipe, the smaller the sprinkle or decors, the better. Small sprinkles provide the best and most even coverage the small, round treats.
More About This Recipe
- Part cookie, part candy, we love the unique texture of these sweet treats. It’s a fun, unexpected choice to make for your Christmas cookie tray. Holiday cookie trays can be a cinch to make when you host a cookie exchange--you bake one kind of cookie but end up with as many kinds of cookies as you have guests! Check out our cookie exchange hosting tips
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3-Ingredient Sugar Cookie Truffles
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 25 min
- Ingredients 3
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 1 package (16 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Ready to Bake!™ Sugar Cookie Dough (24 Count)
- 10 oz vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark)
- 1 tablespoon holiday candy sprinkles or decors
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F.
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Step2Shape each cookie into a ball; place 2 inches apart on ungreased large cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown (center of cookies will be soft). Cool on cookie sheets 5 minutes. Shape each cookie into a ball. Refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes or until completely cooled and firm.
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Step4Meanwhile, line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper; set aside.
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Step5In medium microwavable bowl, microwave candy coating uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.
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Step6Dip cookie balls, one at a time, into melted candy coating. If necessary, reheat coating. Place on cooking parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Immediately decorate with candy sprinkles. Refrigerate truffles about 10 minutes or until coating is set. Store covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
130
Calories
7g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
17g
Total Carbohydrate
12g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie Truffle
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 20%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 17g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 12g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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