50+ Christmas Cookies (2024)

Kristin’s Favorite Cookies

I’m a sucker for a good Christmas Cookie, so here are my top 5 favorites!

• Cheesecake Cookies – Also a fan favorite – it’s one of the most popular recipes on the site.
• Chocolate Crinkle Cookies – Another classic, and so fun.
• Nutella Cookies – These are brand new, and they shot up to favorite real quick!
• Peanut Butter Blossoms – An oldie but a goodie! I’ve been making these since I was tall enough to reach the kitchen counter!
• Christmas Brownies – (technically not a cookie, but still looks great on a cookie tray!

Chocolate Cheesecake Cookies

These Chocolate Cheesecake Cookies are full of rich chocolate flavor and super creamy and tender on the inside, with a hint of tart cheesecake. It’s the most addictive cookie on the planet!

Nutella Cookies

Nutella Cookies are rich and decadent! The dough is easy to make (no chilling required!) and they look great on your holiday cookie tray.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies have irresistibly fudgy centers with a crackly finish on the outside, and they as pretty as they are delicious!

Rocky Road Cookies

Loaded with marshmallows, nuts, and chocolate chips, these Rocky Road Cookies are soft and chewy and so much fun! Perfect for bake sales, cookie swaps, and dunking in a cup of milk!

These Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies with M&Ms are loaded with chocolate and super soft and chewy. They are made with brown sugarwhich adds a warm, rich flavor. These are soon to be your favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie!

Peanut Butter Blossoms

Peanut Butter Blossoms are a classic peanut butter cookie that’s thick and chewy with a big chocolate kiss on top.

Oatmeal Kiss Cookies (Blossoms)

Oatmeal Kiss Cookies have a thick, chewy, soft oatmeal cookie with a chocolate kiss pressed into the top. Perfect for nut-free cookie trays!

5 Ingredient Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Chocolate and Peppermint is my all time favorite flavor combination so it’s no surprise that these cookies are a holiday staple in our house. These Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are super easy and quick to make with just 5 ingredients!

Chocolate Sugar Cookie Blossoms

These Chocolate Sugar Cookie Blossoms are a rich take on traditional Blossom Cookies. Made with Sugar Cookie Mix and classic Hershey’s Kisses.

Chocolate No Bake Cookies

Chocolate No Bake Cookies are a simple, classic dessert recipe that takes hardly any time at all!

Peppermint Oreo Truffles

Need an easy Christmasdessert? Check out these Peppermint Oreo Truffles made with cream cheese, mint Oreo cookies, and chocolate almond bark!

Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies have a combo of sweet chocolate and tart cranberries in a chewy oatmeal cookie, perfect for any cookie tray.

Sugar Cookie Dough Dip

This sugar cookie dip takes 3 ingredients and 5 minutes to whip up! It's topped with festive sprinkles and is great for any Christmas party!

The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe EVER

This is the best sugar cookie recipe you’ll ever make! Tender inside with crisp edges, these sugar cookies are perfect any time of the year. Sugar Cookies

Eggnog Cookie Recipe

Eggnog cookies are buttery tender and melt in your mouth. With just a hint of spiced rum flavor, these Christmas cookies will steal the show!

Red Velvet Shortbread Cookies

Shortbread is a great cookie option because it naturally doesn't use eggs. Perfect for when you are short of them or when you are dealing with allergies.

Easy Snowball Cookies Recipe (no nuts)

This Snowball Cookie Recipe is nut-free, soft, chewy, tender cake mix cookies coated in powdered sugar to look like “snowballs.” Perfect for the holidays!

Christmas Cookie Pinwheels

Christmas Cookie Pinwheels are a festive holiday treat that’ll be the star of your Christmas cookie plate!

Cheesecake Cookies

Creamy, fluffy cookies with a delicate powdered sugar topping

Butter Cookies

Homemade Christmas Butter Cookies are a must-make for the holidays! Soft and tender with amazing buttery flavor, and a festive presentation.

Italian Ricotta Cookies

Italian Ricotta Cookies are a fluffy treat that begs to be eaten! Top them with your favorite seasonal sprinkles for an irresistible cookie perfect for the holidays!

Candy Cane Cookies

These candy cane cookies are a holiday favorite. They're buttery cookies with a hint of peppermint and adorable candy cane shape!

Christmas Cheesecake Cookies

These Christmas Cheesecake Cookies are the perfect, festive cookie to feed to Santa!

Magic Bar Cookies

These cookies are everything you love about 7-Layer Bars, or Magic Bars, in a neat little cookie. Full of graham crackers, butterscotch, chocolate and coconut, they are a delicioussweet treat.

Iced Thumbprint Grinch Cookies

Grinch Cookies are fun and festive iced thumbprint cookies, with colorful candy centers and a bright red Grinch's heart.

Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies

These Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies are soft and chewy with a creamy filling. Perfect to treat your loved ones for Valentine’s Day!

Molasses cookies

Molasses Cookies are filled with the warm fall flavors of cinnamon, ginger, clove and molasses. They are crispy on the edges, soft and chewy on the inside.

Christmas Brownies

Christmas Brownies have a layer of chocolate brownie, topped with layers of coconut, sweetened condensed milk, M&Ms and sprinkles.

Pecan Bars

Pecan Bars bring you the flavor of pecan pie in an easy-to-eat bar! Made with a buttery shortbread crust topped with a sweet pecan filling.

Cranberry Bliss Bars

Cranberry Bliss Bars have cranberries, white chocolate, and cream cheese frosting for a homemade version of the Starbucks treat.

Orange Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies

These delicious Orange Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies combine tangy orange and cranberry with smooth white chocolate for a wonderful holiday cookie!