NO BAKE ORANGE BALLS
These No Bake Orange Balls are only a few simple ingredients and a wonderful treat during the holiday season.
If you love these, you will definitely want to check out our Mexican Wedding Cookies. They are also a great treat and a very popular Christmas Cookie!
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❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
These orange balls are so easy to make and only a few ingredients and they are wonderful cold out of the fridge. If you love orange, you will definitely want to make these because they’re so refreshing and a great Christmas treat. You can enjoy them year-round but they are very festive for the holidays.
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
- Powdered sugar
- Crushed vanilla wafers
- Butter
- Finely chopped pecans (can use any type of nuts)
- Orange juice concentrate, thawed.
SWAPS
You can swap out the nuts in this or leave them out altogether. I think you could also swap out the orange juice concentrate for lemonade and make lemon balls too. Coconut would be a wonderful addition to these.
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
These are not hard to make, but they do take a little prep work.
PREPARATIONS
I placed vanilla wafers in a Ziploc bag and rolled over them with a rolling pin to crush them. You could also use a food processor, which may be easier for some.
Step 1
Mix all ingredients together and shape them into walnut-sized balls. Roll balls in additional powdered sugar or coconut. Place in refrigerator to chill until firm. Makes 15-20 cookies.
⭐TIP
These need to chill in the fridge, so for best results, make these in advance. They definitely get better with time!
RECIPE VARIATIONS
Add coconut for a more tropical flavor; the orange and coconut go really well together. Double the recipe for a gathering because these will not last long!
SERVE THIS WITH
If you are in the holiday spirit and making all kinds of delicious Christmas goodies, you will want to add our delicious no bake avalanche treats, easy toffee, and easy rolo pretzels!
❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
I think that would work just fine.
They are a flat style cookie made by Nabisco and they do make a generic brand.
STORING
We store these in the refrigerator and they are best cold. We do make them in advance.
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SERVING SIZE
This makes 15-20 orange balls, depending on the size you make them. You can easily double this recipe.
No Bake Orange Balls
Ingredients
- 1 cup of powdered sugar
- 3 cups of crushed vanilla wafers
- 1/4 cup of butter softened
- 1/2 cup of finely chopped pecans can use any type of nuts
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup of orange juice concentrate thawed
- coconut optional
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together and shape in to walnut size balls. Roll balls in additional powder sugar or coconut. Place in refrigerator to chill until firm. Makes 15-20 cookies.
Notes
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Is there any No Bake Cookies or Swedish Easter Cookie recipes w/o NUTS FOR Kids & Adults with Nut Allergies ?
In most recipes you can leave the nuts out or replace it with something else. I mean in these you could leave out the nuts and use coconut.
3 cups measured crushed or measure before crushing?
Thanks
That would be crushed.
I’ve never heard of these but I am going to try it. My son in law loves that chocolate orange candy you can find at Christmas. I wonder about dipping these in melted chocolate instead of the powdered sugar. I think I might try that. Also love the other commentor’s idea about the thin glaze before the powdered sugar. Wish I knew what that was.
One of my most fun memories of my grandmother is these orange balls and I just made them this year 2024 thanks to you!
YAY!! So glad you made them!!
Great recipe! Thank you! My grandmother made these when I was young, but she dipped them in a clear glaze before rolling them in the powdered sugar. The glaze would crust over slightly like it does on regular glazed doughnuts. Have you ever run across anything like that? I would love to try them that way again.
I sure haven’t but sounds delicious!
Has anyone tried using Graham Crackers (instead of vanilla wafers)? If so, how did they turn out? Am thinking of using them & then use lemonade concentrate, as mentioned in another comment. Thanks for all your wonderful recipes!
Haven’t tried this yet. So different and sounds so good. I will try it.
These sound wonderful and I will make them, but just wondering on using frozen lemonade vs orange for a different twist? Oh my my mouth is watering for these!
Sounds great!! Good luck!
So, what a find! My mother who died almost thirty years ago used to make these every year at Christmas. I had forgotten about them. You have made me very happy. Thank you!
Yay!! So glad you found this recipe!