Can you use unbaked Pillsbury™ Ready to Bake!™ Sugar Cookie Dough for this recipe (since it’s safe to eat raw) instead of baking it?

Yes, but after you form the dough into balls, you’ll want to put them in the freezer to firm up. Otherwise, the raw dough will melt when it goes into the candy coating. After you’ve formed the cookie dough balls, put them on 1 baking sheet, loosely covered with plastic wrap, and freeze until firm, about 1 hour. Then, you’re ready to dip!

What are the best sprinkles to use on sugar cookie truffles?

Use whatever sprinkles your heart desires—that’s half the fun! However, the smaller the sprinkles or decors, the more you’ll be able to fit on each truffle.

What’s the difference between white chocolate and almond bark?

Almond bark and white chocolate are frequently used interchangeably for “white chocolate” in recipes. We prefer almond bark (candy coating) for this recipe because it’s easier to melt without seizing (which can easily happen with white chocolate) and will set up nicely without your fingers being sticky when you eat the cookie ball truffles.

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3-Ingredient Sugar Cookie Truffles

Name: 3-Ingredient Sugar Cookie Truffles
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1 package (16 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Ready to Bake!™ Sugar Cookie Dough (24 Count); 10 oz vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark); 1 tablespoon holiday candy sprinkles or decors

Prep time:30 min
Total time:1 hr 25 min
Ingredients:3
Servings:24
Calories per serving:130

By Created by Joanna(Opens in a new tab)Updated 10/06/2025

3-Ingredient Sugar Cookie Truffles

Prep time:30 min
Total time:1 hr 25 min
Ingredients:3
Servings:24
Calories per serving:130

These tasty 3-ingredient sugar cookie balls are a fun mashup of cookies and candies, and they’re always a hit. Pillsbury™ Ready to Bake!™ Sugar Cookie Dough is baked, rolled into balls, then dunked in melted vanilla candy coating and decorated with sprinkles.

Part cookie and part candy, they’re a creative, unexpected choice for Christmas dessert trays, parties, and cookie exchanges. The best part: you can choose different colored sprinkles for different occasions, so they’re the perfect treat for everything from the holidays to birthdays, grad parties, and more.

Looking for more 3-ingredient cookie recipes? We have a whole bunch that are as easy as 1-2-3!

Recipe Ingredients

Our favorite thing about this recipe: with just 3 ingredients, it’s super easy! Here’s what you’ll need.

Pillsbury™ Ready to Bake!™ Sugar Cookie Dough: The perfect pick for this recipe because it’s super simple—just place and bake so you can have sugar cookies ready in minutes with no mixing and no mess.

Vanilla-Flavored Candy Coating (Almond Bark): This is the easiest way to make the sweet, hardened shell around your sugar cookie truffles. Just melt the candy and dip the cookie balls into it! When testing this recipe, we found that we could use chocolate melting wafers, too. But regular chocolate or chocolate chips won’t work, because they won’t harden enough.

Sprinkles or Decors: The most important (and fun) part—adding a little pizzazz! Get creative with different colors and decorate your sugar cookie truffles to match any occasion.

How to Make 3-Ingredient Sugar Cookie Truffles

Turn Pillsbury™ refrigerated sugar cookie dough into a sweet, party-perfect treat! Here’s an overview of how to make it—and keep reading for the full recipe.

1. Bake the Cookies

Start by baking the cookies just until the edges are set; they’ll stay soft in the center, which is exactly what you want.

2. Make the Cookie Balls

Once they have cooled slightly but still warm and easy to squish, roll each baked cookie into a ball. We found that it works best to work quickly, before the cookies harden. Also, because the edges of the cookies can get a little crispy in the oven, push them into the center of your ball to make it set a little better. A short chill in the fridge helps the cookie balls firm up and hold their shape.

3. Make the Candy Coating

While your cookie truffles are cooling, melt vanilla-flavored candy coating in the microwave, being careful to do it in 30-second increments so the chocolate doesn’t become grainy or lumpy. Dip each cookie truffle into the coating, let the excess drip off, and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

4. Decorate, Chill, and Set

Finish with a few generous shakes of sprinkles before the coating sets. (We upped the amount of sprinkles for this recipe, because more sprinkles = more fun!) Then, pop the cookie truffles back in the fridge for a quick chill. The result? A bite-sized cookie-candy combo that’s as fun to make as it is to eat.

Storing and Reheating 3-Ingredient Sugar Cookie Truffles

Make a batch of sugar cookie truffles now, and enjoy them later! Here’s how to keep them fresh.

Refrigerator

Store your sugar cookie truffles in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Freezer

Store in an airtight container for up to 6 months, but let the truffles thaw a bit at room temperature before eating. Otherwise, they will be too hard to eat! We don’t recommend thawing in a microwave or oven, because the truffles will melt and fall apart.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! You can use colored candy melts, available where baking supplies are sold or online for the vanilla-flavored candy coating in this sugar cookie truffles to color the balls to suit the holiday (or dare we say, your favorite team colors). And change up the candy sprinkles to match! Try brown candy melts with orange sprinkles for Halloween sugar cookie balls or baby blue candy melts with pink sprinkles for a gender-reveal party.