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43 Festive Christmas Cookie Recipes

It’s that time of the year again! The air is cold, the snow is falling, and families are coming together to celebrate Christmas. What better way to get into the festive spirit than with a batch (or a few batches) of homemade cookies to make the house smell amazing? This blog post features 43 festive Christmas cookie recipes. From classics like gingerbread men and sugar cookies to more unique flavors such as vegan matcha cookies or eggnog cookies, there is something here for everyone!

These cookie recipes are perfect for so many different occasions. From gatherings with family and friends to cookie exchanges and holiday parties. These can also be made in batches and given as gifts to friends, family, teachers, and any other special people in your life. There are plenty of vegan and allergy free options available as well.

Almond Flour Keto Shortbread Cookies

This keto Christmas cookie recipe contains only four ingredients and is gluten free. You can dip the cookies in melted sugar free chocolate for an added touch! This recipe is from Wholesome Yum.

keto shortbread Christmas cookie recipe with dark chocolate
Almond Flour Keto Shortbread Cookies by
Wholesome Yum

Amaretti Cookies

Amaretti cookies are popular Italian cookies that require only three ingredients to make. This holiday cookie recipe is also gluten free. Recipe is from The Petite Cook.

soft amaretti cookies, italian almond cookies.
Amaretti Cookies by The Petite Cook

Candy Cane Forest Sugar Cookies

The Candy Cane Forest Sugar Cookies are easy to make and fun to decorate! This recipe is from Movie Nights at Home.

close up of Candy Cane Forest Sugar Christmas Cookie Trees
Candy Cane Forest Sugar Cookies by Movie Nights at Home

Candy Cane Kiss Cookies

This holiday cookie recipe is from This Delicious House. It is made using crushed candy cane pieces and Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses.

Candy Cane Kiss Cookies piled on a white plate.
Candy Cane Kiss Cookies by This Delicious House

Cardamom Shortbread Cookies

This holiday cookie recipe is a shortbread recipe with cardamom added as a fun and delicious ingredient. This recipe is from Gastrono Therapy.

Christmas cookies on a blue plate next to a rack.  Cardamom shortbread cookies.
Cardamom Shortbread Cookies by Gastrono Therapy

Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

A chocolate mocha cookie is topped with white chocolate and peppermint. This delicious Christmas cookie recipe was created by Sweet Precision.

chocolate candy cane cookies on a cookie sheet
Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies by
Sweet Precision

Chocolate Covered Oreo Christmas Cookies

This is a fun Christmas cookie recipe from xoxoBella. You can use any flavor of Oreo on the inside and decorate the outside in a variety of ways. Have the kids help you decorate and give them as gifts!

Chocolate covered Oreo Christmas cookies that are dipped and decorated.
Chocolate Covered Oreo Christmas Cookies by xoxoBella

Chocolate Orange Shortbread Cookies

Chocolate and orange is a delicious combo that is sure to wow your entire family or your best group of friends! These holiday cookies are easy to make and don’t involve a ton of ingredients. This recipe is from Pastry & Beyond.

Slice-and-bake chocolate orange shortbread cookies.
Chocolate Orange Shortbread Cookies by Pastry & Beyond

Christmas Chocolate Sugar Cookies and Buttercream Dip

This Christmas cookie is a sugar cookie made with cocoa powder. Add some festive sprinkles to the cookies and the dip for an added touch. This recipe is from xoxoBella.

Christmas chocolate sugar cookies and buttercream dip on a white plate.
Christmas Chocolate Sugar Cookies & Buttercream Dip
by xoxoBella

Christmas Cookie Sticks

This Christmas cookie recipe was created by Ottawa Mommy Club. It is made using basic ingredients that you likely already have around the house. They can then be decorated with melted chocolate, sprinkles, or other festive ingredients. They are perfect for dunking!

Christmas Cookie Sticks Recipe
Christmas Cookie Sticks by Ottawa Mommy Club

Christmas M&M Cookies

This holiday cookie recipe uses red and green M&Ms along with vanilla pudding mix. This recipe is from This Delicious House. It would also make the perfect gift for all the family, friends, and other special people in your life!

Christmas M&M Cookies on a white plate with red and green ornaments in the background
Christmas M&M Cookies by This Delicious House

Christmas Shortbread Cookies

This is an easy holiday cookie recipe to make. Take the traditional shortbread ingredients and add in red and green sprinkles for a festive look. Recipe is from Love Bakes Good Cakes.

Christmas shortbread cookies in small white bowl
Christmas Shortbread Cookies by
Love Bakes Good Cakes

Christmas Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

This Christmas cookie recipe contains the basic sugar cookie ingredients along with the addition of sour cream. They are topped with an amazing cream cheese frosting. This recipe is from Saving Talents.

Christmas Sour Cream Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Christmas Sour Cream Sugar Cookies by Saving Talents

Christmas Sprinkle Pudding Cookies

This festive Christmas cookie recipe is from Crayons & Cravings. The cookies are made using a vanilla pudding mix and are topped with a fun sprinkle mix. These would be a great hit at you next Christmas party!

Christmas cookies with red, green and white sprinkles on a white plate.
Christmas Sprinkle Pudding Cookies by Crayons & Cravings

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookie is a vegan Christmas cookie recipe. Cinnamon is added to the traditional chocolate chip cookie to create a great winter treat. This recipe is from Plant-Based on a Budget.

cinnamon chocolate chip cookies on parchment paper with cinnamon in the background
Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies by
Plant-Based on a Budget

Cranberry Almond Biscotti

The Cranberry Almond Biscotti cookies are both low carb and gluten free! They combine dried cranberries, almonds, and dark chocolate. This recipe is from Low Carb Yum.

Gluten free cranberry almond biscotti cookies
Cranberry Almond Biscotti by Low Carb Yum

Cranberry Orange Biscotti

The Cranberry Orange Biscotti is great for your family or for giving as gifts! This Christmas cookie recipe combines the tastes of dried cranberries and orange zest. The recipe is from Pastry & Beyond.

Cranberry Orange Biscotti by Pastry & Beyond

Double Chocolate Peppermint Kisses

This cookie combines the amazing tastes of chocolate and peppermint to create this delicious Christmas cookie. The recipe is from 365 Days of Baking.

Double Chocolate Peppermint Kisses.
Double Chocolate Peppermint Kisses by 365 Days of Baking

Dutch Christmas Cookies (Kerstkransjes)

The Dutch Christmas Cookie recipe is made using the flavors of lemon zest and almond extract. They can also be hung on the Christmas tree as a nice decoration. This recipe is from Recipes for Men.

Dutch Christmas Cookies on a blue plate. Kerstkransjes.
Dutch Christmas Cookies by Recipes for Men

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies

This holiday cookie recipe takes the classic chocolate chip cookies and takes out the eggs and brown sugar. This leaves a more crumbly and crispy cookie. This recipe is from Cooking Gorgeous.

chocolate chip cookies without egg
Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies by Cooking Gorgeous

Eggnog Cookies

This holiday cookie recipe is super easy to make. It is topped with a thickened eggnog frosting. Simply mix up the dough, slice, and bake. This recipe is from Delicious on a Dime.

Three Eggnog Cookies in White Plate.
Eggnog Cookies by Delicious on a Dime

Gingerbread Cookies

This gingerbread cookie recipe is easy to make and perfect for the holiday season. This Christmas cookie recipe from Aubrey’s Kitchen is sure to be a hit for your whole family!

Gingerbread cookies on a wire rack
Gingerbread Cookies by Aubrey’s Kitchen

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies

Gingerbread is a classic Christmas season cookie. This version, from Strength & Sunshine, is gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free.

Classic Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies (Vegan)
Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookies by Strength & Sunshine

Grinch Sugar Cookies

The Grinch Christmas cookie recipe is a sugar cookie with green food coloring added in. They are then topped with red heart sprinkles. This recipe is from Trop Rockin.

Green Christmas cookies with red in center.  Grinch Christmas cookies.
Grinch Sugar Cookies by Trop Rockin

Homemade Sugar Cookies

This sugar cookie recipe is by Healthy Recipes 101. You can make the traditional sugar cookie and then use cookie cutters to cut into fun Christmas shapes. Decorate with homemade icing.

Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe
Homemade Sugar Cookies by Healthy Recipes 101

Hot Chocolate Sugar Cookie Cups

This is a fun Christmas cookie cup recipe that is filled with chocolate ganache, cheesecake filling, lemon curd, and vanilla frosting. The handle is made from a candy cane. This recipe is from Sugar Spice N’ Everything Nice.

2 hot chocolate cookie cups and a candy cane heart
Hot Chocolate Sugar Cookie Cups by Sugar Spice N’ Everything Nice

Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is a great vegan Christmas cookie recipe! It uses peppermint sandwich cookies, peppermint puffs, and chocolate chips to add the peppermint and chocolate flavors. This recipe is from Plant-Based on a Budget.

Peppermint chocolate chip cookies on a serving tray
Peppermint Chocolate Chip Christmas Cookies by
Plant-Based on a Budget

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies

This holiday cookie recipe from Savvy Honey is the perfect combination of fudge chocolate and peppermint. It is topped with marshmallow, hot fudge, and peppermint pieces.

Hot Chocolate cookies on a dark blue background. Chocolate fudge looking cookie has a marshmallow on top and drizzled with Hershey's chocolate and topped with crushed Christmas candy canes, crushed holiday peppermint candy spread out in background.
Peppermint Hot Chocolate Christmas Cookies by
Savvy Honey

Peppermint Meringue Cookies

The Peppermint Meringue Cookies are made with the traditional ingredients, along with Hershey’s Peppermint Kisses and crushed peppermint. This recipe was created by Ottawa Mommy Club.

Peppermint Meringue Cookies
Peppermint Meringue Cookies by Ottawa Mommy Club

Pistachio and Cranberry Vegan Christmas Cookies

If you are looking for a vegan Christmas cookie recipe, look no further! Rainbow Nourishments has created one using pistachios, cranberries, and raspberry jam.

Vegan Christmas cookies with pistachio and cranberry on a baking sheet.
Pistachio and Cranberry Vegan Christmas Cookies by
Rainbow Nourishments

Red Sugar Cookies with White Chocolate Chips

If you are looking for a fun red cookie for the Christmas holiday, these red sugar cookies are the perfect choice! They take a sugar cookie recipe and add red food coloring and white chocolate chips. Recipe was created by Stef’s Eats and Sweets.

Red Christmas Sugar Cookies with White Chocolate Chips
Red Christmas Sugar Cookies by Stef’s Eats and Sweets

Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies

These Ginger Molasses Cookies are made using molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. This recipe is from Pastry & Beyond.

Stacked ginger molasses cookies
Ginger Molasses Cookies by Pastry & Beyond

Soft Pumpkin Molasses Cookies

The Soft Pumpkin Molasses Cookie is the perfect vegan Christmas cookie recipe. The cookies use ginger, cinnamon, cloves, pumpkin, and molasses, among a few other cookie ingredients. This recipe is from Plant-Based on a Budget.

pumpkin molasses cookies with pumpkin in the background against a white surface
Soft Pumpkin Molasses Cookies by
Plant-Based on a Budget

Stacked Christmas Tree Cookies

This recipe is fun to make and even more fun to eat! It is made using three different sizes of sugar cookies with green frosting separating the layers. Recipe is from The Cagle Diaries.

image of a stack of sugar cookies with green frosting that makes it look like a christmas tree
Stacked Christmas Tree Cookies by
The Cagle Diaries

Thumbprint Caramel Pecan Turtle Cookies

This Christmas cookie recipe is both sugar free and gluten free. Sugar free chocolate and caramel are used on top of a shortbread cookie made with almond flour. This recipe is from Wholesome Yum.

Thumbprint Caramel Pecan Turtle Christmas Cookies Recipe
Thumbprint Caramel Pecan Turtle Cookies by
Wholesome Yum

Vanilla Almond Crescent Cookies

This holiday cookie recipe is from Natalie’s Health. The cookies are made without added refined sugars and are made using wholegrain ingredients.

Vanilla Almond Crescent Cookies dipped in dark chocolate on a pink towel.
Vanilla Almond Crescent Cookies by Natalie’s Health

Vanilla Shortbread Cookies

These delicious Christmas cookies are made using only four ingredients and are dipped in white chocolate. This recipe is from Pastry & Beyond.

Slice-and-bake vanilla shortbread cookies dipped into melted chocolate.
Vanilla Shortbread Cookies by Pastry & Beyond

Vegan Chocolate Macaroons

Here is a tasty vegan Christmas cookie recipe from Running on Real Food. They are made using only 6 ingredients and combine the tastes of chocolate and coconut.

Close up of chocolate coconut macaroons on a white plate sitting on a cooling rack.

Vegan Chocolate Orange Crinkle Cookies

The Daily Dish brings another great vegan Christmas cookie recipe. This recipe uses vegan yogurt as a replacement for the traditional egg ingredient. Most crinkle cookies require chilling time, but this recipe requires no chilling time at all!

vegan chocolate orange Christmas crinkle cookies
Vegan Chocolate Orange Christmas Crinkle Cookies by The Daily Dish

Vegan Matcha Cookies

The Vegan Matcha Christmas Cookie takes a traditional vegan Christmas cookie and adds in a bit of matcha. Not only does it add a little flavor, but it also adds a fun Christmas color! This recipe is from Zardyplants.

Hand holding a vegan matcha cookie
Vegan Matcha Christmas Cookie by Zardyplants

Vegan Snowball Cookies

This vegan holiday cookie recipe is made using only 7 ingredients and can be made in just 25 minutes. This recipe was created by Vegan Huggs.

A stack of vegan snowball cookies on a stand with lights in the background.
Vegan Snowball Cookies by Vegan Huggs

Vegan White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Here is another great vegan Christmas cookie recipe from Strength & Sunshine. The cookies combine vegan white chocolate chips, peppermint candies, and peppermint extract to create the amazing flavor.

vegan white chocolate peppermint cookies cooling on a wire rack
Vegan White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies by
Strength & Sunshine

White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

This Christmas cookie recipe is from This Delicious House. It combines the taste of an oatmeal cookie with white chocolate chips and cranberries.

White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies stacked on a plate.
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies by This Delicious House

Christmas and the holiday season may look different lately, but that does not mean we have to stop the fun traditions of the season. Making different kinds of cookies is one of those things. So make a few for your family and friends and share the love of baking and great tasting cookies! Which of these 43 festive Christmas cookie recipes are you most looking forward to making?

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7 thoughts on “43 Festive Christmas Cookie Recipes”

  1. So many great ideas! I am going to be adding the peppermint chocolate cookies and the vegan orange crinkle cookies to my list to make this holiday season! thanks for sharing such a huge list for us to choose from!

  2. Love these recipes! Such a prefect find for this holiday season. We love to try a new cookie recipe each day in December.

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