There are few things that feel more like Christmas than warming up the oven to bake a batch of yummy Christmas cookies! Today, I’ve rounded up more than thirty of the very best Christmas cookie recipes to make. This lineup includes an assortment of delicious cookie recipes that are perfect to make and enjoy with your family, or package up to give as gifts. No matter your favorite holiday flavor–peppermint, chocolate, or anything in between–this list is sure to have a cookie recipe you can’t wait to add to your recipe box!
30+ Very Best Christmas Cookie Recipes
Santa Oreos
Christmas Crack
Peanut Butter Toffee Turtle Cookies
Red Velvet Sugar Cookies via Yummiest Food
Hot Chocolate Cookies via Love from the Oven
Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies via Liv for Cake
Christmas Pinwheel Cookies via Yellow Bliss Road
Grinch Crinkle Cookies via Stress Baking
Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies via This Silly Girl’s Kitchen
Christmas Light Cookies via Dessert for Two
M&M’s Christmas Cookie Bars via No. 2 Pencil
Candy Cane Cookies via No. 2 Pencil
Soft & Chewy Gingerbread Cookies via Cooking Classy
Chocolate Kiss Cookies via Two Peas and Their Pod
Holly Cookies via Recipe Girl
Chocolate Dipped Toffee Pecan Shortbread Cookies via Cooking Classy
Peppermint Meltaway Cookies via Cooking Classy
Candy Cane Kiss Cookies via Hot Beauty Healtb
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies via OMG Chocolate Desserts
Eggnog Cookies via Love from the Oven
Sea Salt Butterscotch Pretzel Cookies via Cookies and Cups
Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies via Sally’s Baking Addiction
Peppermint Meringue Cookies via Countryside Cravings
Christmas Maraschino Cherry Shortbread Cookies via OMG Chocolate Desserts
Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks via Delish
Cinnamon Roll Cookies
Ginger Crinkles
Raspberry Almond Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies via Cooking Classy
Hot Chocolate Cookies Cups via Butter with a Side of Bread
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies via Kleinworth & Co.
Rudolph Oreos
For a clever way to package up cookies made with these Christmas cookie recipes to safely mail them to loved ones far away, check out my handy chip can cookie mailer!
Having grown up in a home brimming with sewing notions and paintbrushes, Amy has a deep love for all things creative. On any given day, you’ll find her knee-deep in her latest creative endeavor, with projects ranging from sewing and crafts to home decor and kid-friendly ideas. Amy believes that everyone, regardless of skill level or experience, possesses the ability to create something beautiful, and Positively Splendid was born of her passion for helping others harness their innate creative potential.