Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

snickerdoodle

American  
[snik-er-doo-duhl] / ˈsnɪk ərˌdu dəl /

noun

  • snickerdoodles
    plural
  1. a type of sugar cookie coated with cinnamon sugar before baking.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Chai, an avid baker, will likely make chocolate-chip and snickerdoodle cookies because she already has many of the needed ingredients on hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

Last year, Trader Joe’s recalled soft-baked snickerdoodle cookies after a supplier alerted them to the presence of “hard plastic pieces” in the sweet snacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023

This is the snickerdoodle you know and love, but it’s so much better.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2022

From hefty chocolate cheesecakes to mini snickerdoodle cakes, here are seven sweets recently spotted at Costco by sleuths on social media:

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2022

"Okay, well then, I won't bother you. They'll be down here. Chocolate chip, oatmeal, snickerdoodle, and peanut butter. You girls help yourselves."

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

Her tombstone features her snickerdoodles recipe, the secret of which is to "keep dough fluffy!" it reads.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2023

Making them snickerdoodles instead of just standard pumpkin cookies was the best decision I could have made.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2022

Someone once found the movie reviews I wrote for my college newspaper; a close family member’s obituary; my recipe for snickerdoodles that apparently once resulted in marriage proposals on Instagram.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2022

Through CALPIA, prison labor makes everything from U.S. flags, license plates and packaged snickerdoodles to furniture found in the offices of nearly every state agency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2020

We went to a party where I introduced Chloe to people from my school, or we baked snickerdoodles, or we just hung in a parking lot.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com