snickerdoodle

noun

snick·​er·​doo·​dle ˈsni-kər-ˌdü-dᵊl 

plural snickerdoodles

: a cookie that is made with usually butter, sugar, and flour and that is rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking

Examples of snickerdoodle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This twist on snickerdoodle cookies is all rolled up and ready to impress. —Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025

Mini Cinnamon Sugar Cookies Hardened snickerdoodles. —Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025

This recipe for snickerdoodles comes from the grave site of Annabell Gunderson, who was active in her community of Willits, Calif., who worked at Brookside School for over 20 years and who volunteered with a number of community service and civic organizations. —Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025

The coffee shop's Gingerdoodle cookie is a sweet-and-spicy fall take on the classic snickerdoodle, but made with crystallized ginger. —Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

probably a fanciful coinage, from snicker entry 2 + doodle "doodlebug" (though without clear semantic connection to either word)

Note: An alternative etymology derives the word from Palatinate German dialect Schneckennudel, Scheckennurel, Schleckenu^rrl "sweet pastry made from yeast dough twisted into a spiral" (from Schnecken "snail" and Nudel "dough in various forms"), with variants in other dialects (Swabia, Saarland). However, none of these words appear to have surfaced in 19th-century American English, and early attestations of snickerdoodle do not suggest a German-American connection.

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for snickerdoodle

• boodle
• doodle
• feudal
• noodle
• poodle