Costco David’s Butter Pecan Meltaways Review

There are countless names for these snowball-shaped pecan cookies that make an appearance every Christmas. I call them pecan snowballs, while my mom and nanny refer to them as “melting moments,” and David’s Cookies calls them “pecan meltaways.” No matter what you call them, one thing is certain: these cookies are tasty and deserve a place on your holiday cookie platter.

Location in Store

These are located in the Christmas/seasonal aisle at Costco near the Kirkland Signature European Cookies, Lindt Pralines and the Jules Destrooper Belgian Butter Biscuits. The item number is 545350.

Taste

You can’t really tell what these cookies are like just by looking at the box. Basically they’re round, buttery, crumbly, slightly soft biscuits with pecan pieces mixed into the dough. The outside of each cookie is coated heavily in powdered sugar.

In my opinion, they taste like a hybrid between a butter cookie and shortbread cookie; they melt in your mouth like shortbread does, but they’re also crispy/crumbly like a butter biscuit. The pieces of pecan aren’t huge and there isn’t a ton of it, but that’s probably a good thing as if there were too many nuts, they might overpower the biscuit.

These cookies aren’t super sweet, but I have to warn you, they are addictive! It’s easy to eat more than two. These cookies aren’t as soft as the homemade version I make; they definitely have more of a crumble to them but aren’t hard or crunchy. I generally prefer my cookies soft, but I really enjoyed these and look forward to eating more throughout the season.

Cost

I paid $12.99 Canadian for the cookies (regular price) in 2018 and in 2024 the price is $16.99 Canadian. For that price, you get about 60 cookies and a pretty nice tin. I always appreciate packaging like this, because I always reuse the tin for other things. Pecans definitely aren’t a cheap nut, so I took that into consideration as well. I find the price of the overall package to be about right.

Convenience

The Costco David’s Pecan Meltaways come in a plastic four-section tray that’s wrapped in plastic inside the tin. I wish the sections were wrapped separately, because when you take the plastic off it exposes all of the cookies (and there are a lot of them!).

I decided to bag each section of cookies separately and freeze some so that they would stay fresh. The best before date is about nine months from when I purchased them. The cookies are protected in the tin, so that adds to the convenience because it protects them from crumbling (and I think they would crumble easily if they were in a soft-sided package).

Making these cookies from scratch isn’t that much work, but you’re definitely saving time by buying these and they’re quite comparable to the homemade version in terms of taste. In case you’re wondering, yes, you can freeze these cookies and they taste just fine out of the freezer.

Nutrition

Calories

One cookie contains 80 calories, five grams of fat, seven grams of carbohydrates, zero grams of fibre, two grams of sugar, one gram of protein and 40 milligrams of sodium. The nutrition facts are about what I would expect them to be.

Ingredients

The ingredients list has a few ingredients I’m not really fond of like palm oil, soybean oil, artificial flavor and hydrogenated cottonseed oil. None of these are ingredients I’d be using if I made similar cookies at home from scratch. The cookies contain milk, soy, wheat and tree nuts.

Scoring

Taste: 7.5/10

Cost: 8/10

Convenience: 10/10

Nutrition: 0/10

Overall

Give it a try!

These cookies are delicious and festive-looking. If you tend to like super sweet, rich cookies with chocolate, you may find these cookies are lacking something. A lot of people (who aren’t allergic to nuts) really enjoy these cookies due to their sweet, nutty simplicity. They make a perfect accompaniment to coffee or tea.

Have you tried these David’s Butter Pecan Meltaways from Costco? What did you think of them?

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