25 Festive Christmas Cookie Recipes

Hot Chocolate Cookies are so popular in our family that I end up making dozens and dozens for family members during the holidays! They’re rich chocolate cookies with melted marshmallows stacked on top with a chocolate glaze drizzle and sprinkles to finish them off.

Sweet Peanut Butter cookies rolled in sugar and then baked to perfection! As soon as they come out of the oven, press a chocolate kiss down into the center to make the best Peanut Butter Blossoms!

Want to make sure your Christmas cookies are up to Santa’s standards? Follow these expert guidelines and tips to bake the perfect Christmas Cookies for Santa that will earn you extra points with Mr. Claus himself.

These Chocolate-Dipped Meringue Sandwich Cookies are just right for a holiday gathering and great to give as a homemade gift from the kitchen. Easy meringue sandwich cookies are filled with a chocolate ganache, dipped in chocolate, and sprinkled with crushed candy canes for the ideal festive treat!

These adorable Reindeer Gingerbread Cookies are made using an upside down gingerbread man cookie cutter, royal icing and a red chocolate candy for the nose! 

Classic Gingerbread Men Cookies are so perfect for the holidays! This gingerbread cookie dough holds up perfectly for gingerbread cutout cookies or can be baked longer to create gingerbread men cookie ornaments for the Christmas Tree!

These Gingerbread Cookies are soft on the inside with a sugar coated crunch on the outside! They’re packed full of warm spices and topped with a homemade eggnog frosting to create the perfect holiday cookie!

This adorable dessert is actually homemade snickerdoodles rolled into balls and coated with white chocolate to look like a cute melting snowman. Get the kids involved with this one. This easy recipe can be mastered by chefs of all ages. One part cookie, one part candy, and one part edible art! Melting Snowmen Cookie Bites are sure to be a hit at your holiday parties and winter get-togethers!

Homemade Slice ‘N’ Bake Grinch Cookies are perfect for Christmas and might even make a sweet surprise for Santa! 

Chocolate Crackle cookies with a minty twist for the holidays! These Mint Mocha Crackle Cookies would be perfect for Santa! 

 These no-bake Christmas cookies are so cute to make and share with everyone this holiday season! No real decorating skills are required!

If you need a quick but cute no bake Christmas dessert, these No Bake Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks are for you! They’re made with stacks of store-bought cookies and frosting to create the cutest little Christmas treats. 

 These Snowmen Oreos Cookies are so fun and easy to make! Great for cookie parties, cookie platters, nights with the kids and great to leave out for Santa!  

Ready for the perfect Christmas Cookies? These Christmas M&M Cake Mix Cookies are going to be a new favorite! You’ll only need 4 ingredients for these cookies!

Take your favorite chocolate sandwich cookie and turn it into a sweet old Santa Claus with these directions for Easy Santa Oreo Cookies!

These chocolate Tootsie Roll® cookies take the forgotten and sometimes disregarded Tootsie Roll® to a whole new level.  Take the humble Tootsie Roll from zero to hero with these homemade chocolate thumbprint cookies filled with an easy to make Tootsie Roll® ganache and sprinkled with sea salt.

These Vintage Pecan Icebox Cookies are a tried and true classic recipe that first appeared in the Imperial Sugar 1930 edition of A Bag Full of Recipes cookbook. Make the dough, and let it chill overnight before slicing and baking this classic cookie that has stood the test of time.

These Dark Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies might be the best chocolate chip cookie ever. Chilling the dough gives the cookie a soft and chewy texture and they’re packed tons of chocolate chips!

Skip the line at the cookie store in the Mall and whip up a bath of these amazing Bakery Style White Chocolate Chip Cookies in your own kitchen! 

These delicious Ferrero Rocher Cookies take the amazing flavors of Ferrero Rocher Chocolates® and bake them into a bakery style treat. These homemade chocolate cookies are not only soft, but also packed with toasted hazelnuts and mini chocolate chips. 

These Chocolate Chunk Butterfinger Cookies are soft and chewy cookies packed with chocolate chunks and chopped Butterfinger Candy Bars. One bite of these and you’ll feel like a kid in a candy store!!

An Apple Butter Cookie is a mash up of snickerdoodles and sugar cookies! They’re soft and chewy with a cinnamon sugar crust! Make them with store bought apple butter or homemade apple butter!

Butterscotch Pudding cookies are made from scratch with butterscotch pudding mixed right into the batter to make them super soft and chewy!

These Pecan Pie Cookie Cups have a sweet pecan pie filling baked inside of a sugar cookie crust to create the perfect mini pecan pie dessert for your next holiday party!

Classic Old Fashioned Snickerdoodles need to be a part of everyone’s recipe box! Made with shortening and rolled in cinnamon sugar for a classic sweet bite!