Choco Snow Caps

I love cookies…all kinds throughout the year. But when it’s cold outside, and I need a chocolate cookie, these Choco Snow Caps are the perfect winter companion.

Only 5 Ingredients…

Not only are these chewy, chocolatey and super yummy, but they’re so easy to make. I mean really easy. You can pull these together with just 5 ingredients. That’s it…just five. (Okay, so a boxed cake mix may be cheating just a little).

Don’t let the prep time fool you, it takes about 5 minutes to mix all the ingredients together. The majority of the time is letting the dough cool in the fridge.

Be A Master Multi-tasker

Since the chill time is pretty short (compared to a lot of other cookie recipes), I love mixing the dough and then finding something else to do for 30 minutes. Usually while the dough cools, I’m getting all the kids ready for bath time. By the time they’re in their pj’s, I can start baking the chocolate snow cap cookies and they’ve got a very special night time snack.

Tips, Tricks & Texture

Normally, when you use a powdered sugar coating, you tend to roll the cookie between your hands. RESIST – as your hands warm the dough, it just becomes a sticky mess.

For a much easier (and cleaner method) either use a cookie scoop or the two teaspoon method to drop the dough into the sugar. If you roll when you coat, it won’t be as sticky and you can easily pull the cookie out of the sugar and place onto the baking sheet.

While baking the cookies will puff up and the tops will crack to show the chocolate under the powdered sugar. Because of the cake mix, these cookies are not chewy. They are more pillowy and the don’t flatten out after cooling. They stay a little puffy and are light and airy.

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Choco Snow Cap Cookies

Prep Time

35 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

cool

2 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

A super simple, chewy, chocolate cookie that you can throw together with just 5 ingredients. Super delicious and so easy!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 3 Dozen

ingredients

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1-3/4 cups frozen whipped topping (thawed)
• 1/2 cup confectioner’s powdered sugar
• 2 eggs

instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, vanilla, eggs and thawed whipped topping. You can mix with an electric mixer for about 1-2 minutes, stopping every now and again to scrap down the sides of the bowl. Or get a little arm work out in and mix by hand. 

2. If the mixture isn’t combining well (because the cake mix is so dry) add a teaspoon of water. Once everything is well blended. Cover with plastic wrap and cool in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. 

3. After the cookie dough has chilled, pre-heat the oven to 350-degrees. In a small bowl add the powdered sugar and then drop teaspoon fulls into the sugar and roll in the sugar until coated and rounded. 

4. Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet about an inch and 1/2 apart (I use wax paper to keep things from sticking) and bake for about 10 -12 minutes. Then remove and let the cookies cool for 2 minutes before putting them on a wire rack to cool completely.