These German Marzipan Balls are the easiest Christmas Cookies ever! Vegan, gluten-free and only 2 ingredients needed! Have you got 5 minutes?
I’ve been making these little 2-ingredient German Marzipan Balls for many years now and I still love them. They are so easy, yet sooo delicious! And to show how easy they are to make, I’ve even made a little video. It’s my first recipe video, so I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think! I’m trying to make more videos in the future, but I have to start somewhere.
Watch how to make German Marzipan Balls – Recipe Video (1 min)
To be honest, I didn’t even want to write a recipe post for these, because these vegan & gluten-free German Marzipan Balls are so easy to make… but that should never be an excuse, right? What’s wrong with “too easy” recipes? They make life easier! And these cute little no-bake balls are perfect to add to cookie platters. Not every cookie has to be a lot of work!
The easiest Christmas Cookies ever - German Marzipan Balls (vegan & gluten-free)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup marzipan/almond paste
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
Instructions
- Pick off little bits of the marzipan and roll them into balls.
- Roll them around in the cocoa powder until coated and they're ready!
Nutrition
Strength and Sunshine
Easiest “balls” ever ;) I found some gluten-free marzipan in the store finally…but was turned off by all the icky stuff in it…..i need to make my own marzipan!
Bianca
Apparently it’s really difficult to get some marzipan in the US. To my knowledge, marzipan should be gluten-free as it is. So very weird! I’ve been planning on doing a post about homemade marzipan because it’s so hard to get it on some parts of the world. Marzipan is great for christmas baking :)
Carmen Young
Hi Bianca,
Doesn’t marzipan include eggs or egg whites usually? I would love to make the vegan version of these.
Bianca
I think it depends where you live. I have never seen eggs or egg white in marzipan in the stores here in Austria. The ingredients are only almonds, sugar and invertase.
But checking the ingredients is always the best way to make sure it’s vegan. I hope you can find a vegan marzipan near you! :) Otherwise you might want to consider ordering it online.
Lois Carter Crawford
3 tablespoons of marzipan to make 22 cookies? Am I reading this right?
Bianca
Hi Lois, it was about 3 tablespoons (US measurements) of marzipan (you can see the amount of marzipan in the video). 100g.. if you have a kitchen scale. Of course it depends on how big you want to make the Marzipan Balls.. I prefer smaller ones so I was left with 22 Marzipan Balls.
Kyra
I love how easy these are! Oh yum! I need to make some marzipan ASAP so I can make these <3
Bianca
Thanks Kyra! Trying out homemade marzipan is on my list as well. :)
Audrey @ Unconventional Baker
There’s nothing ever wrong with “too easy”! :) These look delicious.
Bianca
Thank you, Audrey, I really appreciate it! I didn’t feel like baking many different Christmas cookies this year so these no-bake versions were perfect for me :D
Kristy @ Southern In Law
Yum! These look delicious! I always love adding a couple of no-bake recipes into my holiday baking list as it means I can multitask!