13 Holiday Cookie Recipes Perfect for Sharing
Cookies are the most popular dessert for every season, but especially over the Christmas holidays. They are perfect for gifts for friends and neighbors, easy to make for cookie exchanges, and a delicious treat while wrapping gifts or watching a Christmas movie.
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Our chocolate crinkle cookies are so pretty, and their wintery pattern turns out perfect every time. These cookies have a slight crunch on the outside but are soft and chewy inside. They are the perfect holiday treat!
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Double Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies
Our recipe for these chocolate cookies with peppermint bits is so easy to make. The cookies are soft and chewy and the peppermint bits add crunch and Christmas flavor. These are delicious and fun to serve!
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Cranberry Cookies with White Chocolate Drizzle
Adding a drizzle of white chocolate to these cranberry cookies takes them to a whole new level. If you haven’t tried pairing white chocolate with cranberry, you’re in for a treat! Your family will love these flavors.
Get this recipe: Cranberry Cookies with White Chocolate Drizzle
Santa Mickey Sugar Cookies
Especially for Disney-loving kids, these cookies will be a huge hit. Shaped like Mickey Mouse and decorated for Christmas, these cookies are fun and delicious. The design was created after seeing similar cookies at Disney World.
Get this recipe: Santa Mickey & Candy Cane Sugar Cookies
White Chocolate Covered Oreo Cookies
This no-bake treat starts with Oreos and ends with a chocolate-dipped Christmas treat perfect for serving at holiday parties. These are so easy to make, and you can switch up the sprinkles to fit your style. Any way you make them, Oreos dipped in white chocolate are a decadent treat!
Get this recipe: White Chocolate Covered Christmas Oreos
Eggnog cookies
Egg nog is one of the best parts of the holiday season, and we love it in recipes as much as we enjoy drinking it. These cookies are so simple to make and are flavored with creamy and delicious store-bought eggnog to make life easier.
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Perfectly Crisp Snickerdoodle Cookies
Our recipe for Snickerdoodle cookies is the traditional classic version. These are so flavorful and perfect for gift-giving or cookie exchanges. Dip in a glass of cold milk for the ultimate Christmas treat!
Get this recipe: Crispy Snickerdoodle Cookies
Peppermint Mocha Cookies
Peppermint and mocha are a match made in heaven! These cookies are so easy to make, and the dip in white chocolate makes them so festive. One bite and these will be your new favorite treat.
Get this recipe: Peppermint Mocha Cookies
Pecan Pie Cookies
Pecan pie is popular all season long, from Thanksgiving all the way until the end of the year. Once you’ve tasted these pecan pie cookies, we think you’ll agree they deserve a place on the dessert table all year long!
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No Bake Cookie Dough Balls
These cookie dough balls are a festive chocolate-covered bite of soft and chewy dough. A no-bake treat means they are super easy (and quick!) to make. Kids love this treat but adults can’t resist it either.
Get this recipe: No Bake Cookie Dough Balls
Soft Molasses Cookies
These old-fashioned iced molasses cookies remind me of the cookies my grandmother made. They are so simple to make but a classic cookie that never goes out of style.
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Kentucky Butter Cookies with Bourbon Glaze
Our recipe for Kentucky Butter Cookies is easy to make, but the bourbon glaze is so decadent it feels more like a full-fledged dessert and not just a simple cookie! These make great gifts for neighbors and friends. We like gifting them in a pretty Christmas tin.
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White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies
These cookies have chunks of white chocolate throughout, and then they’re drizzled with more white chocolate. For chocolate lovers, these are a dream come true! Adding peppermint bits makes them festive and gives them a boost of Christmas flavor.
Get this recipe: White chocolate candy cane cookies
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