35+ Christmas Cookie Recipe Roundup

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So, Christmas is quickly approaching. I get so excited for Christmas and everything about it, my husband can’t take it. From Christmas cookies, to lights, to the decorated mall. It all gives me the feeling of being a child anxious for Christmas. That’s a good thing, right?

Oh, and my tree is already up. I have singing bells for my tree.

If you’re looking for a delicious cookie to make Santa this year, I’ve got you covered! I’ve gathered a 35+ Christmas cookie recipe roundup! Take a look around!

Linzer Cookies
These Linzer Cookies are classic jam-filled almond shortbread cookies that look as amazing as they taste.
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Snickerdoodle Cookies
These Snickerdoodle Cookies are soft, cake-like cinnamon sugar cookies that are easy to make and perfect for any occasion!
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Shortbread Cookies
These shortbread cookies only require 6 ingredients and are so buttery, crispy, and melt in your mouth.
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Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
These Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies are so soft, tender, and make perfect cut-out cookies for the holidays too!
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Gingerbread Cookies
These Gingerbread Cookies are soft and chewy with loads of molasses and ginger flavor!
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Chocolate Espresso Cookies
These Chocolate Espresso Cookies are rich and infused with the perfect amount of espresso in every bite.
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Peanut Butter Roll Out Cookies
These soft, tender Peanut Butter Cut Out Cookies with Chocolate Frosting hold their shape, are loaded with peanut butter flavor, and go so well with a rich, chocolate frosting.
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Cinnamon Roll Cookies
These cinnamon roll cookies have crispy edges and a tender swirl of a buttery, cinnamon-sugar mixture.
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Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, chewy, and packed full of Andes Peppermint Baking Bits and milk chocolate chips.
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Cheesecake Cookies
These Cheesecake Cookies are packed full of cream cheese flavor and melt in your mouth.
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Iced Molasses Cookies
These Iced Molasses Cookies are packed with warm spices and a dash of orange juice with a sweet vanilla icing drizzled on top.
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Buckeye Cookies
These buckeye cookies are a perfect make ahead holiday cookie. They have a soft, creamy, peanut butter cookie inside and a crunchy, milk chocolate cookie shell. A perfect dessert to treat your family and friends.
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Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
These Sour Cream Sugar Cookies are sweet, tangy, fluffy, and great for holidays.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, chewy, and baked until the edges are golden brown. They are studded with milk chocolate chips too. It’s my go-to cookie recipe for any occasion.
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These chocolate crinkle cookies are soft, rich, and fudgy. They are rolled in powdered sugar and baked to for the pretty crinkles!
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Christmas Wreath Cookies
Christmas Wreath Cookies are a no-bake Christmas Cookie recipe that will be a festive way to dress up your dessert table. Cornflake Christmas Wreath cookies are made with marshmallows, vanilla, sprinkles and more.
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Monster Cookies
These Monster Cookies are soft and packed full of flavor. They are stuffed with oatmeal, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and M&M’s of all sizes.
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DoubleTree Chocolate Chip Cookies
DoubleTree Chocolate Chip Cookies are one of my favorites. Hidden inside these DoubleTree cookies are oats, cinnamon, lemon juice, and nuts.
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Hot Cocoa Meringue Cookies
Hot Cocoa Meringue Cookies are hot chocolate flavored meringue cookies that are light, airy and sweet as can be. There are chocolate chips folded into the meringue cookies that make the perfect chocolate pockets in the cookies.
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Five Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies One Dough
These Five chocolate cake mix cookies with one dough are so soft and chocolatey. Grab a chocolate cake mix, sprinkles, chocolate chips, Hershey kisses, M&M’s, and Rolos to get started. Plus, they make a great homemade Christmas gift too!
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Five Christmas Cookies One Dough
Soft, vanilla cookies that that can be made 5 different ways to make the perfect batch of Christmas cookies.
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Andes Mint Cookies
Andes Mint Cookies have the perfect combination of mint and chocolate in every bite. The chocolate cookies are made with melted Andes mints and have a shiny crinkle top.
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Reese’s Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies
These over-the-top Reese’s Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies that are dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with peanuts. They are giant peanut butter cookies, fully loaded with peanut butter, and have a full-size Reese’s cup in the center. 
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Buckeye Thumbprint Cookies
These buckeye thumbprint cookies are rich, chocolate cookies stuffed with a sweet peanut butter ball and topped with a drizzle of chocolate! 
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Potato Chip Cookies
These Potato Chip Cookies are a soft chocolate chip cookie that’s filled with salty, crunchy potato chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips!
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Rainbow Cookies
These Rainbow Cookies have a soft almond cake layers stacked with raspberry preserves, pressed until perfectly fused and then coated on top and bottom with a thin, crunchy chocolate.
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Molasses Cookies
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Date Filled Cookies
Date filled cookies are a simple but delicious cookie and this easy cookie recipe is a must try! They remind me of Fig Newtons, but with a better texture. They’re pretty, too!
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Brownie Cookies
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German Chocolate Cookies
These German Chocolate Cookies are a rich chocolate cookie that is topped with a scoop of thick coconut pecan frosting.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Pudding Cookies
These peanut butter chocolate pudding cookies are soft, decadent, and packed full of flavor! They are studded with peanut butter chips and stuffed with milk chocolate. Grab a glass of milk and enjoy!
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Chocolate Fudge Cookies
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Hot Cocoa Cutout Cookies
These hot cocoa cutout cookies taste like a mug of hot cocoa and sugar cookies! They make the perfect base for any ugly sweater cookie too!
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Chocolate Pudding Cookies
These tender Chocolate Pudding Cookies are soft, fudgy, and packed full of milk chocolate chips. They have rich bakery-style texture thanks to the instant chocolate pudding mix. They’re thick, chewy, and will stay soft for days!
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Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are packed full of chocolate flavor with a hint of peppermint and topped with chunks of white chocolate peppermint chips.
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Let me know which one looks the tastiest to you?

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6 Comments

    1. Thank you! I can’t wait to see what Christmas goodies you make!

  1. This is awesome. I’m always looking for great cookie exchange recipes!

    1. I’m already excited for Christmas baking! Could you imagine 36 dozen of cookies showing up on your door step? haha!