Best Keto Snowball Cookies (Keto Christmas Cookie Recipe) (2024)

By Jennifer Zhang · · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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My keto snowball cookies are a delicious holiday classic made low-carb and sugar-free! They're soft and buttery with a melt in your mouth texture. A must bake keto Christmas cookies recipe!

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  • Ingredients You'll Need
  • How to Make Keto Snowball Cookies
  • Other Keto Dessert Recipes
  • 📖 Recipe
  • 💬 Reviews

All we want for Christmas is cookies, cookies, cookies. Let it snow in your kitchen with these beautifully festive snowballs that will bring joy to your keto table.

You won’t miss carbs and they are so easy to make that we have a feeling you’ll want to make these all year round. And you know what? Nothing is stopping you!

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We all know how hard it can be to stick to a low carb diet during the holiday season. With so many get-togethers and parties with food that is as far from keto as possible. Well, now you don't have to worry!

Our keto snowball cookies are low carb and taste just like traditional snowballs. They are soft, buttery and melt in your mouth while you eat them! Each cookie contains just 1.1g net carbs and luckily this recipe makes a large batch.

Ingredients You'll Need

To make snowball keto cookies you'll need (exact measurements in the recipe card below):

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  • Almond flour - very fine blanched almond flour.
  • Erythritol
  • Butter - soft butter at room temperature
  • Milk - full-fat
  • Vanilla extract
  • Salt
  • Dried cranberries - you can add a dried cranberry to each snowball but this will make the cookie have 2.8g net carbs, so you won't be able to eat as many!

How to Make Keto Snowball Cookies

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius) and line a baking pan with baking paper.

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Grab a large bowl and combine ½ cup of your powdered Erythritol with the almond flour and salt.

Add the softened butter, milk and vanilla extract to the dry ingredients.

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Start kneading all the ingredients together until it reaches a dough texture.

Now it's time to start shaping the snowballs! This recipe makes a good-sized batch of 26 snowballs so it's great to share with others.

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Divide the dough into 26 pieces and shape them into balls with your hands.

Arrange the snowballs on your baking pan and bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven.

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Let the snowballs rest until they reach room temperature and then dust over the remaining Erythritol.

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Optionally, add a dried cranberry to each cookie (a great idea if others aren't worrying about carbs!)

Other Keto Dessert Recipes

Here are some more delicious sweet treats that won't knock you out of ketosis:

  • Cocoa Chia Pudding
  • Keto Donut Holes
  • 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
  • Keto Coconut Cookies
  • Chocolate Cheesecake Fat Bombs

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Keto Snowball Cookies Recipe

Jennifer Zhang

My keto snowball cookies are a delicious holiday classic made low-carb and sugar-free! They're soft and buttery with a melt in your mouth texture. A must bake keto Christmas cookies recipe!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Cookies, Dessert

Servings 26 cookies

Calories 73 kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line a baking pan with baking paper.

  • In a mixing bowl combine ½ cup of the powdered Erythritol with the almond flour and salt.

  • Add the butter, milk and vanilla extract and knead with your hands to make a dough. Divide into 26 pieces and shape into balls. Arrange them on the prepared baking tray.

  • Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven.

  • Let them reach room temperature before you dust them with the remaining powdered Erythritol.

  • Top each cookie with a piece of cranberry and serve.

Notes

Net Carbs: 1.1g

Net Carbs (with Cranberries): 2.8g

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 73kcal | Carbohydrates: 1.3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5.2g | Saturated Fat: 2.6g | Cholesterol: 9.4mg | Sodium: 23.2mg | Potassium: 6.3mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 29.9IU | Calcium: 1.5mg | Iron: 0.1mg | Net Carbs: 1.1g

Nutritional information for the recipe is calculated based on the ingredients in each recipe. It is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe we provide. Erythritol and other sugar-free sweetener carbs are not included in the carb counts. Net carbohydrates are the total carbohydrates minus dietary fiber.

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  • What is the milk for? It’s not in the directions

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    • Hi Rosy, sorry I forgot to add it. It goes in with the butter and vanilla extract. I've fixed the recipe and instructions, thanks for pointing that out 🙂

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    FAQs

    How many carbs are in snowball cookies? ›

    Nutrition Facts (per serving)
    63Calories
    4gFat
    6gCarbs
    1gProtein

    What cookies can you eat on keto diet? ›

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    Why are my keto cookies crumbly? ›

    Without gluten, baked goods are fragile and crumbly. They try to fall apart on the first bite. To make your baked goodies more elastic, add one of these ingredients in place of gluten: xanthan gum or guar gum.

    How many carbs are in Keto cookies? ›

    Keto cookies soft-baked to perfection. 1-2 net carbs*. 8g of fat. No added sugar.

    Why did my snowball cookies go flat? ›

    Snowball cookies should not flatten. Since they do not contain a leavening agent, the main factor to check is that the dough is chilled before baking.

    How many keto cookies can you eat a day? ›

    How Often Can I Eat Perfect Keto Bars? We recommend one serving (two cookies) per day as your daily snack — although we won't judge if you find yourself reaching for more.

    What happens if you go over 20 carbs on keto? ›

    Most ketogenic diet guidelines recommend limiting your total carbohydrate intake to 15-30 grams or 5%-10% of your total calorie intake a day. Eating more than 50 grams of carbs may disrupt ketosis.

    What is the best keto sweetener for baking cookies? ›

    Use erythritol based sweeteners like Swerve, Lakanto, or So Nourished. Other options will make your cookies soft and cakey. I highly recommend Swerve Brown for the best brown sugar substitute for cookies! Making a keto cake recipe?

    Do keto cookies need to be refrigerated? ›

    How do you store these keto cookies? Store your cookies in a covered container on the counter for up to 5 days, or in the fridge for up to 10. You can also freeze them, both before and after baking, for up to 2 months. Make sure they are tightly wrapped up to avoid freezer burn.

    Why is my Christmas cookie dough crumbly? ›

    To avoid this, try using as little flour as possible while preparing to roll your dough. Dry – “Dry” or “Crumbly” dough is a product of over-mixing or using too much of any ingredient during the mixing process. This can be reversed by adding one to two tablespoons of liquid (water, milk or softened butter) to your mix.

    Why do my peanut butter cookies not taste like peanut butter? ›

    The most common mistake with peanut butter cookies is using the wrong type of peanut butter. The BEST peanut butter for today's cookies is a processed creamy peanut butter, preferably Jif or Skippy.

    What Christmas cookies stay fresh longer? ›

    Shortbread cookies and spritz cookies are real holiday troopers, lasting a bit longer than the rest. These buttery and crumbly cookies are a great option for a holiday cookie. Shortbread is known for its rich flavor, while spritz cookies are often made with a cookie press.

    What is the most popular packaged cookie? ›

    In 1912, Oreo introduced its own version of the Hydrox Cookie and soon surpassed Hydrox in popularity. These facts have remained true until today, making Oreo one of the oldest and most popular cookie brands in the country! Honestly, they're now the best-selling brand of cookies in the world.

    How many carbs are in a small snowball? ›

    Lees' Snowballs (1 snowball) contains 9.6g total carbs, 9.2g net carbs, 2.9g fat, 0.4g protein, and 65 calories.

    How many carbs are in a Lofthouse sugar cookie? ›

    Lofthouse Sugar Cookies, Frosted (1 cookie) contains 26g total carbs, 26g net carbs, 6g fat, 1g protein, and 160 calories.

    How many carbs are in a hostess snowball? ›

    Hostess Snoballs (2 cakes) contains 57g total carbs, 55g net carbs, 11g fat, 3g protein, and 330 calories.

    Are cookies full of carbs? ›

    Cookies may be the perfect serving size and convenient to boot, but a single chocolate chip cookie still has around 10 carbs per serving. This is why keto cookies exist. With just a few ingredient substitutions, you can have cookies that you can enjoy without worrying about counting carbs.

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