These really are the Best Christmas Cookies! We’ve got Christmas sugar cookies, molasses cookies, Christmas tree cookies, no-bake cookies, and more. Everything you need to stock your freezer and fill your trays for the holiday season!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas baking time!
There is just something so magical about baking Christmas cookies the month before Christmas. It always just gets me right in the holiday spirit.
I think we can all agree that this is also the time of year when things get a little bit crazy…which is why I love to keep my freezer stocked with cookies, bars, and other baked goods. Whenever we’re off to a church function or Christmas party or have friends or family visiting, I can easily just pull a batch of sweets out of the freezer and they’re ready to go.
So today, I’m bringing you a list of all the best Christmas cookies…we’ve got all the best kinds!
If you’re looking for more easy Christmas treats, check out my No-Bake Christmas Treats too!
Easy decorating tips for Christmas cookies:
- A few crushed candy canes go a long way!
- Check out your local grocery store (or my favorite – Bulk Barn!) for all of your favorite candies in shades of red, green and white. They’ll put a Christmas spin on any cookie you make!
- A drizzle of white or dark chocolate adds a decadent feel and also helps Christmas sprinkles to adhere, if that’s your thing 😉
Tips for freezing Christmas cookies:
Thankfully for all of us, cookies freeze amazingly well. This means we can make a big batch one day when we have time, and store them in the freezer to bring out when we need them.
To freeze your cookies, let them cool completely on parchment paper or cooling racks. Once they’re cooked, stack them neatly and place in freezer safe containers or freezer bags.
If you are freezing frosted cookies, be sure that the frosting has totally set before freezing. It’s also a good idea to place wax paper between the layers to ensure there’s no transfer.
I like to use containers so there is less plastic waste, but freezer bags are good for when you need to grab and go — you could even make some smaller bags up for last minute gifting!
Christmas Sugar Cookies
These Christmas Sugar Cookies are the best cut-out cookies! This 30-minute recipe makes thick, soft, and perfectly sweet cookies that are topped off with a four-ingredient homemade icing!
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Mint Hershey Kiss Cookies
These Mint Hershey Kiss Cookies are the perfect Christmas cookies to add to your holiday baking list! They’re so easy to make and fun to eat!
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are a chocolate lover’s dream come true. They’re soft, gooey, fudgy, and take just 10 minutes to prep!
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Grandma’s Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
These Sour Cream Sugar Cookies are soft and fluffy with just the right amount of sweetness — they're perfect with or without frosting and make a great freezer-friendly holiday cookie!
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No-Bake Turtle Cookies
No-Bake Turtle Cookies: Perfect chocolate oatmeal no-bake cookies topped with thick caramel, pecans, and a drizzle of chocolate! Taking no-bake cookies to the next level ? www.thereciperebel.com
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Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
An easy cookie to make, these Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies are packed with toffee and chocolate flavor! Perfect for Christmas cookie trays!
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Salted Caramel Pudding Cookies
Salted Caramel Pudding Cookies are soft-baked cookies loaded with salted caramel chips and sprinkled with a touch of salt.
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Salted Caramel Pinwheel Cookies
These Salted Caramel Pinwheel Cookies are as pretty as they are delicious! They’re buttery cookies rolled with rich caramel and topped with flaked sea salt.
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Butterscotch Toffee Cookies
This easy Butterscotch Toffee Cookies recipe may be the best flavor of cookies you’ve ever tasted. They are simple enough to whip up anytime you’re in the mood for a wonderful treat.
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No-Bake Christmas Tree Cookies
No-Bake Christmas Tree Cookies: SO easy, just a few ingredients! Perfect for decorating with the kids.
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Christmas Tree Cookies
Matching up the perfect sugar cookie recipe with the perfect buttercream recipe gets you an AMAZING Christmas Tree Cookie’s recipe!
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Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies
These buttery Christmas tree shortbread cookies are the party. And the after-party.
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3D Christmas Tree Cookies
Big fun for the giver and the receiver. These 3D Christmas Tree Cookies are a fabulous edible gift this season!
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Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies
Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies: soft, moist pecan cookies topped with an easy brown sugar frosting. Perfect for Christmas or holiday baking!
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Peanut Butter Turtle Thumbprint Cookies
These Peanut Butter Turtle Thumbprint Cookies are a new twist on a classic Christmas cookie — with a peanut butter cookie base, a simple caramel filling, a drizzle of chocolate and a sprinkling of peanuts, they’re sure to be a new holiday tradition!
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Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies
5 Ingredient Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies – my favorite dough for making these classic cookies! Best of all there’s NO CHILLING required & cookies do not spread! 7 fun ways to decorate perfect for your holiday cookie platter with a step-by-step video!
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Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies
This Raspberry Shortbread Thumbprint Cookie recipe is one of my favorite Christmas cookies! They are so easy to make and look very impressive on a cookie plate. All you need is a lot of butter and some raspberry jam. They are a Christmas classic!
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Thumbprint Snowman Cookies
Double Thumbprint Snowman Cookies- because 2 cookies are always better than one.
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Molasses Cookies
These Molasses Cookies are inspired by Grandma’s! They’re soft, chewy and so easy to make! The perfect Christmas cookies for your freezer stash.
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Fudgy Mint Chocolate No-Bake Cookies
Gooey chocolate no-bake cookies topped with cool and creamy mint frosting and smothered in rich chocolate ganache — the perfect no-bake treat for summer or to add to your list of Christmas baking!
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Church Window Cookies
Church window cookies are a classic no bake Christmas cookie made with mini marshmallows, chocolate, walnuts and shredded coconut! The colored marshmallows look like stained glass window cookies!
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Cornflake Christmas Wreaths
Cornflake Christmas Wreaths are a retro childhood favorite. Just a handful of ingredients needed to make them.
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Chocolate Sour Cream Sugar Cookies Recipe + VIDEO
These Chocolate Sour Cream Sugar Cookies are super soft and smothered in chocolate cream cheese frosting — it’s everything a chocolate cookie should be! Includes a step by step recipe video.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are a family favorite! They’re soft and chewy and never fluffy! Loaded with chocolate chips and peanut butter chips, they are sure to please the Reese’s peanut butter cups lovers in your house!
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Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies
Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies-chocolate cookies with chocolate chips, peppermint crunch pieces, and candy cane pieces! These cookies are the PERFECT Christmas cookie!
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Peppermint Sugar Cookies
Soft and chewy Peppermint Sugar Cookies with a creamy peppermint-flavored frosting and crushed peppermint candy on top are the perfect Christmas cookie!
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Soft and Chewy White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
These White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies are incredibly soft, chewy, thick, and full of white chocolate chips and dried cranberries. Perfect for your holiday cookie tray!
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Peppermint Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
It’s that time of year where I start to get a little obsessed with all things peppermint! One thing I love about seasonal foods, like peppermint flavored treats, is that they are only around once a year so it gives you just one more thing to look forward to during that time of year.
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Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies Recipe
These Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies (also called Oatmeal Scotchies) are soft, chewy, and loaded with butterscotch chips! No chilling required!
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4 Ingredient Double Chocolate Cookies
Easy 4 Ingredient Double Chocolate Cookies — but you’d never know! Perfectly soft and chewy, with much less time and effort! www.thereciperebel.com
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Caramel Stuffed Brown Sugar Cookies
Brown Sugar Cookies + Salted Caramel Cookies = Caramel Stuffed Brown Sugar Cookies AKA the BEST cookies ever with no chilling time required!
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Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Chip Cookies
The cookies are soft, chewy, packed with chocolate chips, and are dipped in rich melted chocolate before being adorned with sprinkles. Everything tastes better when it’s smothered in chocolate and sprinkles.
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Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies
Easy Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies feature a buttery shortbread made with oats and brown sugar dipped in chocolate for the ultimate afternoon treat!
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