Keto Pecan Snowball Cookies
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Introduction
These Keto Pecan Snowball Cookies are the perfect treat for the holidays! These classic favorites are melt in your mouth delicious. 
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Keto Pecan Snowball Cookies
Growing up, my mom and dad have always loved making family traditions for my two little sisters and I. For our birthdays, my mom makes our favorite meals and my dad makes the cake that we request. Then, for Christmas, we make desserts as a family and have a table of yummy treats to snack on throughout the day. That family tradition started when I was about 12 years old and honestly, I am a fan. One of my favorite desserts that we would make were snow ball cookies! These keto pecan snow ball cookies, also known as Mexican Wedding Cake cookies, take me back to the good old days. These have instantly become one of my favorite holiday keto cookies! Nutty, buttery, and honestly, addictive! You can’t stop at one.
The Cookie with Many Names
I’ve never known of any other cookie to take on so many names (Mexican wedding cakes, Russian tea cakes, snowball cookies, Swedish teacakes, Danish almond cookies, and more)! No matter the name, these cookies are made with very few ingredients and end up tasting absolutely incredible. Even while using keto-friendly ingredients, these are spot on! As far as taste goes, these cookies are honestly about the closest I’ve ever gotten to making a recipe that tastes exactly like the original, non-keto, recipe. That alone is probably why this is my favorite Christmas recipe!
How To Make Keto Pecan Snowball Cookies
Allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight container at room temperature. Our favorite nut for these cookies are pecans! You can also try these with chopped walnuts, hazelnuts, or almonds. Or, make them nut free by leaving the nuts out!
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There’s no reason not to stay on a low carb diet when you can still have great tasting treats like these! So, by all means, enjoy your holiday cooking and baking because the kids (or you) won’t know the difference with this recipe. Of course, Santa would also love love love these pecan snowball cookies all to himself when you put the kids to bed.
Helpful Tools To Make Cookies
- Ninja processor — we recently got one of these and it’s our favorite thing ever! We got the one that also comes with the blender.
- Silpat — honestly so much easier and faster to use than greasing the pan or using parchment paper!
- Wire cooling racks — these help cool your baked goods faster!
Keto Friendly Powdered Sugar
Lakanto not only carries our favorite granulated sugar but they also carry our favorite powdered sugar! Other brands will leave you with a bad cooling effect or aftertaste. This sweetener is keto-friendly being that it is a zero glycemic sugar replacement! Try it out for yourself. Our readers get 20% off at checkout using the code: BUTTERTOGETHER
Nutrition (per cookie) 18 cookies
You’ll find the full per-serving breakdown — calories, fat, fiber, protein, and net carbs — in the Nutrition Facts panel with the recipe below.
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Keto Chocolate Snowball Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup pecans, chopped, finely chopped
- 4 oz butter, unsalted
- ½ cup lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener
- 1 ½ cups almond flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- A pinch of salt
Coating
Nutrition Facts
18 servings per recipe| Per Serving 150 | Per Recipe 2660 | |||
| 4 servings of pecans, chopped (1 cup) @ 190 each | 42.22 | 760 | ||
| 8 ⅒ servings of butter, unsalted (4 oz) @ 100 each | 45 | 809.99 | ||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 90 each | 60 | 1080 | ||
| 1 serving of vanilla extract (1 tsp) @ 12 each | 0.67 | 12 | ||
| 15g | 19% | 265g | 340% | |
| 4 servings of pecans, chopped (1 cup) @ 20 g each | 4.44 g | 80 g | ||
| 8 ⅒ servings of butter, unsalted (4 oz) @ 11 g each | 4.95 g | 89.1 g | ||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 8 g each | 5.33 g | 96 g | ||
| 4g | 19% | 69g | 343% | |
| 4 servings of pecans, chopped (1 cup) @ 1.5 g each | 0.33 g | 6 g | ||
| 8 ⅒ servings of butter, unsalted (4 oz) @ 7 g each | 3.15 g | 56.7 g | ||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 0.5 g each | 0.33 g | 6 g | ||
| Trans Fat | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 13mg | 4% | 243mg | 81% | |
| 8 ⅒ servings of butter, unsalted (4 oz) @ 30 mg each | 13.5 mg | 243 mg | ||
| 0mg | 0% | 0mg | 0% | |
| 1 serving of vanilla extract (1 tsp) @ 0.4 mg each | 0.02 mg | 0.4 mg | ||
| 8g | 3% | 142g | 52% | |
| 4 servings of pecans, chopped (1 cup) @ 4 g each | 0.89 g | 16 g | ||
| 2 servings of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener (½ cup) @ 30 g each | 3.33 g | 60 g | ||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 3 g each | 2 g | 36 g | ||
| 1 serving of vanilla extract (1 tsp) @ 0.5 g each | 0.03 g | 0.5 g | ||
| 1 serving of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener (¼ cup) @ 30 g each | 1.67 g | 30 g | ||
| 1g | 5% | 24g | 86% | |
| 4 servings of pecans, chopped (1 cup) @ 3 g each | 0.67 g | 12 g | ||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 1 g each | 0.67 g | 12 g | ||
| 1g | 16g | |||
| 4 servings of pecans, chopped (1 cup) @ 1 g each | 0.22 g | 4 g | ||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 1 g each | 0.67 g | 12 g | ||
| 1 serving of vanilla extract (1 tsp) @ 0.5 g each | 0.03 g | 0.5 g | ||
| 5g | 90g | |||
| 2 servings of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener (½ cup) @ 30 g each | 3.33 g | 60 g | ||
| 1 serving of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener (¼ cup) @ 30 g each | 1.67 g | 30 g | ||
| Allulose | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 2g | 28g | |||
| 4 servings of pecans, chopped (1 cup) @ 1 g each | 0.22 g | 4 g | ||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 2 g each | 1.33 g | 24 g | ||
| 1 serving of vanilla extract (1 tsp) @ 0.5 g each | 0.03 g | 0.5 g | ||
| 3g | 5% | 48g | 96% | |
| 4 servings of pecans, chopped (1 cup) @ 3 g each | 0.67 g | 12 g | ||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 3 g each | 2 g | 36 g | ||
About these numbers: We are home cooks, not certified nutritionists. Nutrition is shared as a courtesy and calculated with free online nutrition calculators — we compare a few to get as close as we can — so please treat it as a helpful estimate rather than a guarantee. The brands you buy, any swaps you make, and how generously you portion the recipe will all move these numbers.
Directions
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Add the pecans to a processor and pulse until ground. Set aside.
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In a bowl using mixer, mix the butter and powdered sweetener until creamy.
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Add the flour, vanilla, salt, and chopped pecans. Mix well again.
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Chill dough for at least 1 hour (helps keep from spreading and flattening)
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll the dough into 1" balls in the palm of your hand.
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Bake for 10 minutes.
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Immediately roll the cookie balls in powdered sugar for first coating.
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Allow the cookies to cool completely and then roll them in a second coating of the powdered sweetener.
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Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Correction — August 23, 2026: The article's nutrition figures were out of date. Per-serving calories, fat, fiber, protein, and net carbs now come from the Nutrition Facts panel with the recipe, calculated from its ingredient list.
