Looking for the best Christmas cookies to bring to your holiday cookie exchange? This roundup of 50+ cookie recipes has you covered! From soft, classic frosted sugar cookies to thick chocolate peppermint cookies and best snickerdoodles, these holiday cookies are easy to bake and perfect to share with friends and family.
If you’re a chocolate lover, you’ll want to try these decadent Holiday cookie recipes. From rich, chewy Hot Cocoa Cookies to thick Levain-Style Chocolate Peppermint Cookies and classic Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, these cookies are super festive!
If you love red velvet, you’re gonna want to make these cookies! Cheesecake-Stuffed Red Velvet Cookies are dreamy, Red Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting are super festive, and White Chocolate Chip Red Velvet Cookies are soft and melty.
If you’re craving buttery shortbread, try my Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies for a classic, slice and bake. For something a little festive, try my Chocolate-Dipped Pistachio Shortbread Cookies. And if you want a fun twist, the Twix Cookies are a kid favorite.
50+ Cookie Recipes for Your Christmas Cookie Exchange
Christmas Monster Cookies
These popular, soft, thick, and chewy Christmas Monster Cookies are made with oats, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and holiday red and green M&M's. They are an easy Christmas cookie that can be made in minutes. View Recipe
Chocolate Chunk Molasses Ginger Cookies
Spiced, chewy molasses ginger cookies with chocolate chunks. A sweet and spicy chocolate molasses ginger cookie perfect for the holidays!View Recipe
White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Cookies
The Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are soft baked, rich double chocolate brownie cookies dipped in white chocolate and covered with peppermint candy canes. The perfect Christmas holiday cookie recipe. View Recipe
Christmas Sugar Cookies
Soft, chewy homemade Christmas Sugar cookies with buttercream frosting. This is the best cut out sugar cookie recipe!View Recipe
Peppermint Frosted Chocolate Cookies
Soft, decadent chocolate cookies topped with homemade creamy peppermint frosting and crushed candy canes. The perfect peppermint frosted chocolate cookie recipe! A delicious peppermint and chocolate Christmas cookie.View Recipe
Grandma Geri’s Gingersnaps
Grandma Geri’s Famous Soft Molasses Cookies Gingersnaps have a secret ingredient that makes them extra special! View Recipe
Italian Ricotta Cookies
The Best Italian Ricotta Cookies Recipe made with a thick, soft, cakey cookie and topped with an anise or almond glaze and nonparelis or sprinkles. View Recipe
Alfajores Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies
These alfajores are a popular sandwich cookie around the world are made with two soft and buttery shortbread cookies filled with rich dulce de leche filling. A festive Christmas Cookie Recipe. View Recipe
Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft, chewy oatmeal cookies with tart sweetened dried cranberries and white chocolate chips. View Recipe
Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies
Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies! Packed with holiday M&M's, pretzels, potato chips, sprinkles, and optional chocolate chips, these cookies bring together sweet, salty, and festive flavors in every bite. View Recipe
Frosted Mint Chocolate Brownie Cookies
Frosted Mint Chocolate Brownie Cookies are made with a chewy double chocolate cookie, topped with creamy mint frosting, chocolate ganache, and Andes mints. These Andes Mint Cookies are the perfect holiday mint chocolate cookie recipe! View Recipe
Almond Croissant Cookies
Soft almond cookies filled with homemade almond filling and topped with sliced almonds and powdered sugar. An almond croissant made into a cookie! View Recipe
Red Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Soft, chewy homemade red velvet cookies topped with a sweet cream cheese frosting. A festive and delicious Christmas cookie recipe! View Recipe
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Easy Peanut Butter Blossoms. This popular soft and chewy peanut butter cookie with a Hershey's chocolate kiss in the center is the classic Christmas cookie. This recipe has been in my family for over 60 years and is the best peanut butter blossom recipe. View Recipe
Frosted Snickerdoodle Cookies
Soft, chewy cinnamon sugar snickerdoodle cookies topped with a sweet buttery cream cheese frosting and topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar.View Recipe
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft, Chewy Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies are a classic chocolate chip cookie filled with mint chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and Andes chocolate mint chocolates. View Recipe
Christmas M&M Cookies
Soft and chewy M&M Cookies are the perfect Christmas cookie. The perfect M&M Christmas cookies with chewy centers and crisp edges. This is the best M & M cookie recipe! View Recipe
Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies
Buttery shortbread cookies with chocolate chunks and sea salt flakes. View Recipe
Mexican Wedding Cookies (Snowballs)
These buttery, nutty, Mexican wedding cookies are so easy to make and call for only 5 ingredients. These melt-in-your-mouth cookies are perfect to make during the holidays and everyone loves them. The perfect Christmas cookie recipe. View Recipe
Ginger Molasses White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Soft chewy spiced ginger molasses white chocolate chunk cookies. View Recipe
Chocolate Dipped Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate-Dipped Pistachio Shortbread Cookies Rich, buttery shortbread butter cookies with crunchy pistachios and dipped in melted chocolate and sprinkled with fresh orange zest and chopped pistachios. A beautiful and festive Christmas cookie! View Recipe
Caramel Filled Snickerdoodle Cookies
Caramel Filled Snickerdoodle Cookies Soft chewy cinnamon sugar snickerdoodle cookies stuffed with buttery caramel. The perfect caramel stuffed snickerdoodle cookie recipe! View Recipe
Hot Cocoa Cookies
Hot Cocoa Cookies have a homemade chocolate cookie base, a gooey marshmallow topping, and a drizzle of melted chocolate. If you love peppermint, add crushed candy canes and a hint of peppermint extract for Peppermint Hot Cocoa Cookies. View RecipeItalian Ricotta Cookies
The Best Italian Ricotta Cookies Recipe made with a thick, soft, cakey cookie and topped with an anise or almond glaze and nonparelis or sprinkles. View Recipe
Soft Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
The perfect soft and chewy peanut butter cookie recipe. View Recipe
Cheesecake Stuffed Red Velvet Cookies
Red Velvet Cookies with white chocolate chips filled with cheesecake filling. A perfect Christmas cookie! View Recipe
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Soft, chewy, rich, fudgy chocolate cookies rolled into two types of sugar and baked until the edges crinkle. View Recipe
The Best Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe
The Best Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe. Soft and Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies. The popular cinnamon-sugar soft and chewy sugar cookie recipe. A recipe that has been in the family for over 30 years! View Recipe
Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
Soft Chewy Oatmeal Cookies with sweetened dried cranberries. These Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies always receive 5-star reviews. You will love these Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies! View Recipe
Levain Bakery Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Thick, soft, chewy bakery-style chocolate peppermint cookie recipe. This Levain Bakery Chocolate Peppermint Cookie is made with a rich double chocolate cookie and peppermint chips. The perfect Christmas cookie recipe!View Recipe
Twix Cookies
Soft sugar shortbread topped with rich caramel and milk chocolate and sprinkled with chopped Twix candy bars. These Millionaire Cookies are the best chocolate caramel shortbread cookie!View Recipe
Best Soft Sugar Cookies
This is the best soft and chewy sugar cookie recipe that is so quick and easy. A classic sugar cookie recipe that doesn't even need frosting! View Recipe
Peppermint Frosted Sugar Cookies
Soft and chewy sugar cookies topped with a peppermint cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with candy canes or peppermint bark chips. View Recipe
Chocolate Frosted Cookies
Chocolate Frosted Cookies are soft chocolate cookies with a rich, chocolate buttercream frosting. View Recipe
Sugar Sandwich Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Sugar Sandwich Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting are made with two soft and tender, buttery sugar cookies sandwiched with creamy and sweet cream cheese filling. View Recipe
Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies are a soft chewy mild chocolate cookie covered in powdered sugar. View Recipe
Candy Cane Kiss Cookies
These Candy Cane Kiss Cookies are soft, buttery sugar cookies rolled in sparkling sugar or festive sprinkles, baked until just set, and then pressed with a striped peppermint Candy Cane Kiss right in the center. View Recipe
Cranberry Orange White Chocolate Cookies
Cranberry Orange White Chocolate Cookies. Citrus orange dough with fresh or dried cranberries, orange zest, and white chocolate chunks. A popular Christmas cookie! View Recipe
White Chocolate Coconut Macadamia Nut Cookies
These white chocolate coconut macadamia nut cookies have chewy centers, buttery crisp edges, and full of coconut, white chocolate, and macadamia nuts. The Best White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies! View Recipe
Raspberry Almond Jam Thumbprint Cookies
Raspberry Almond Jam Thumbprint Cookies are buttery shortbread cookies made with only butter, sugar, flour, and almond extract, topped with jam, and baked until soft and topped with homemade vanilla or almond glaze. View Recipe
Chocolate Caramel Pecan Turtle Cookies
Chocolate Caramel Pecan Turtle Cookies made with a chewy chocolate cookie rolled in pecans and topped with caramel and melted chocolate. The best turtle cookie recipe!View Recipe
CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT CANDY CANE OREO COOKIES
The best chocolate peppermint cookies. Double chocolate cookies with Trader Joe’s famous candy cane Joe Joe’s Oreo cookies. View Recipe
Soft Gingerbread Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
These Frosted Molasses Ginger Cookies are the perfect Christmas Cookie. Soft in the center with the perfect crisp edges. The sweet cream cheese frosting pairs perfectly with the spiced gingerbread cookie. This is a quintessential Christmas cookie recipe that gets rave reviews! View Recipe
Salted Caramel Cookies
Salted Caramel Cookies. Soft chewy caramel cookies with sea salt and drizzled with salted caramel. View Recipe
Levain Bakery Chocolate Toffee Cookies (Coffee Toffee Cookies)
Rich, decadent, thick chocolate cookies filled with chocolate covered toffee chunks. View Recipe
Browned Butter Pecan Chocolate Chunk Cookies
These rich, buttery browned butter pecan cookies with chocolate chunks are the perfect soft, chewy, and nutty cookie. The browned butter is the star ingredient! View Recipe
RubySnap Judy Orange Cream Cookies
Soft citrus orange dough cookies topped with sweet orange zest cream cheese frosting. View Recipe
Gingersnap Oreos with Cream Cheese Filling
Soft molasses cookies with sweet cream cheese filling. View Recipe
Bakery Style Oreo Cookies and Cream Cookies
Bakery Style Oreo Cookies. Thick, soft bakery style chocolate chip OREO cookies. These OREO Cookies and Cream Cookies are soft, chewy and perfect for OREO lovers. View Recipe
Homemade Oreo Cookies
Homemade Oreo cookies made with sweet buttercream sandwiched between two rich, crispy, chocolate cookies. View Recipe
Red Velvet Cookies
Red Velvet Cookies. Soft chewy famous Red Velvet Cookies with sweet white chocolate chips. View Recipe
Biscoff Cookies
These Biscoff Cookies are filled with Biscoff cookie butter and white chocolate chips. You will love these soft, chewy cookies stuffed with caramelized cookie butter spread. View Recipe
Cornflake Crack Cookies
Buttery, soft, and chewy cookies with crunchy, toffee cornflake crack. View Recipe
Levain Bakery Rocky Road Cookies
These Levain Bakery Rocky Road Cookies are rich, thick, soft, chewy chocolate cookies with semi-sweet chocolate chips, mini marshmallows, and cashews. The best Levain Bakery Copycat Rocky Road Cookie Recipe!View Recipe
The Best Coconut Macaroons
Soft chewy sweet coconut macaroons are the perfect gluten-free cookie. How to make the perfect coconut macaroons dipped in dark chocolate. View Recipe
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies. Soft chewy white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are a sweet, buttery cookie and are always a crowd pleaser! View Recipe
Dulce de Leche Cinnamon Sandwich Cookies
Dulce de Leche Cinnamon Sandwich Cookies are soft cinnamon sugar snickerdoodle cookies filled with dulce de leche caramel View Recipe
Cinnamon Chip Cookies
Cinnamon Chip Sugar Cookies are snickerdoodle cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar and studded with cinnamon chips for the perfect cinnamon sugar cookie! The best soft and chewy cinnamon chip cookie recipe.View Recipe
Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies
Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies are a rich, chewy double chocolate cookie with creamy mint chips. A chocolate mint lover’s dream cookie! View Recipe
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