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Festive Peanut Butter Snowballs are filled with sweet, creamy peanut butter and covered in vanilla candy coating and sprinkles!

The best part is these peanut butter snowballs only require 4 ingredients! If you love peanut butter like I do, you’ll also want to try Peanut Butter Cup Cookies, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Bars, and Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies. They’re all delicious!

Peanut butter snowballs stacked on a white plate

Giftable treats!

I love the holidays and everything that comes with it. The yummy treats, the gift giving, the traditions, the craziness…It makes me so happy! One of our favorite things to do is make goodies and take them to friends, neighbors, and family.

I love doing this because it’s something I can get the kids involved in and it is something we all enjoy. I remember getting in the kitchen and helping my mom with her baked goods, and I want my kids to have the same memories.

This year, we decided to make Peanut Butter Snowballs as one of our neighbor treats. They are more of a candy than anything else, but were easy to make and incredibly delicious.

I picked up all the ingredients at my local Walmart using their grocery pickup service. If you guys have not used it yet – you must!

peanut butter balls chilling on a cookie sheet

Making easy festive snowballs

MIX. Combine sugar, peanut butter and butter in a bowl mixing until dough forms.

SHAPE. Shape into 1 inch balls and place on baking sheet lined with wax paper. Chill for 30 minutes.

DECORATE. When done chilling, melt candy coating until smooth and dip balls coating with candy until smooth and all over. Place back on waxed paper lined baking sheet, sprinkle with sprinkles and chill for an additional 15-20 minutes. ENJOY!

candy coated peanut butter snowballs topped with sprinkles on wax paper

Recipe Tips

  • Consistency: If your snowball “batter” is falling apart, try adding more peanut butter and not more powdered sugar. If it is falling apart the mixture may be too dry, so add a spoonful or two of peanut butter to help them stick together.
  • Peanut Butter: This recipe works best when using a regular peanut butter and not a natural peanut butter. 
  • Forming Balls: A cookie scoop makes perfectly sized uniform balls.
  • Freeze: Freeze the peanut butter balls before dipping them. The candy coating will harden much faster.
a pile of white chocolate peanut butter snowballs

Variations

I made these as a delicious and pretty Christmas treat, but you can easily customize it for any holiday. Simply adjust the color of the candy coating:

  • pink for Valentine’s Day
  • orange for Halloween
  • top with your favorite holiday sprinkles

For this recipe I used a candy coating called candiquik. Another candy coating that works well is almond bark. If you do not have candy candy coating you can make your own using chocolate chips:

  1. Combine 6 oz of chocolate chips and 1 tbsp shortening.
  2. Melt together.
The soft inside of a peanut butter snowball

Storing Tips

STORE covered at room temperature for 5-7 days or in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.

FREEZE in an airtight and freezer safe container for 1-2 months. Be aware that when thawing they may “sweat” so line them with a paper towel to help absorb the moisture.

peanut butter snowballs displayed on a white plate.

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4.99 from 52 votes

Peanut Butter Snowballs Recipe

By: Lil’ Luna
Festive Peanut Butter Snowballs are filled with sweet, creamy peanut butter and covered in vanilla candy coating and sprinkles!
Servings: 15
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 5 minutes
Chill: 45 minutes
Total: 55 minutes

Ingredients 

  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3 tbsp butter softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 lb vanilla candy coating
  • Christmas sprinkles

Instructions 

  • Combine sugar, peanut butter and butter in a bowl mixing until dough forms.
  • Shape into 1 inch balls and place on baking sheet lined with wax paper. Chill for 30 minutes.
  • When done chilling, melt candy coating until smooth and dip balls coating with candy until smooth and all over. Place back on waxed paper lined baking sheet, sprinkle with sprinkles and chill for an additional 15-20 minutes. ENJOY!

Nutrition

Serving: 15g, Calories: 274kcal, Carbohydrates: 31g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 15g, Saturated Fat: 11g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 6mg, Sodium: 68mg, Potassium: 57mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 30g, Vitamin A: 70IU, Calcium: 4mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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About Kristyn

My name is Kristyn and I’m the mom of SIX stinkin’ cute kids and the wife to my smokin’ hot hubby, Lo. My mom’s maiden name is Luna, and I’m one of the many crafty “Lil’ Lunas” in the fam. On this site I like to share all things creative - from recipes to home decor to gifts and home decor ideas. Welcome!

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  1. 5 stars
    Ok…I knew it would be dangerous to open your email ! Peanut Butter Snowballs,Rolo Pretzels,Pretzel Rods ,Puppy Chow ohhhh my YESSSSSSS !
    So basically , we will all need to start exercising more often in January ! Haaa..all kidding aside,thank you for sharing all the yummy!
    Keeping fingers crossed now for the book drawing too!
    Merry Christmas!🌲

  2. 5 stars
    My daughter loves anything peanut butter and she raved how good these cookies were.
    Thank you for all your great recipes.

  3. 5 stars
    This recipe reminds me of my neighbors twist on this sweet; after forming the Peanut Butter balls she dipped them in chocolate mixed with a little canning paraffin and voila— chocolate covered Peanut Butter balls. They can be left out of refrigerator, but I’m not certain for how long.

  4. 5 stars
    These peanut butter snowballs are the perfect addition to my Christmas cookie baking! I love the fact it is no bake too! I love peanut butter cookies but sadly I cannot bake them in my home. My husband and son are allergic to peanuts and baking them puts peanut oil in the air causing an allergic reaction😭. So I can’t bake my favorite cookies. I hope I can win this cookbook contest as it will bring new recipes to our table! Thank you Linda Rogers 🎄

    1. I haven’t ever tried, but you could certainly give it a try. You’ll have to let us know how it turns out if you do!