Deck the Halls with Santa’s Favorite Christmas Cookies!
Merry Christmas! Mrs. Claus here, ready to guide you through a sleigh ride of scrumptious treats in our ultimate roundup of Santa’s favorite Christmas cookies! Whether you’re on the nice list or the naughty list, these 48 festive recipes will make your holiday season as sweet as a candy cane. From Grinch cookies that might just steal your heart to peppermint cookies that pack a minty punch, we’ve got something for every elf in the workshop. Don’t forget the classic cutout sugar cookies for decorating fun and the timeless gingerbread cookies that Santa can’t resist. So grab your mixing bowls and let’s get ready to bake some cookies!
Santa's Favorite Christmas Cookies
Discover 48 delightful Christmas cookie recipes that even Santa can't resist! From Grinch cookies to classic gingerbread, these festive treats will make your holiday season merry and bright.
Get into the holiday spirit with these Christmas Tree Oreos. These cheerful treats are perfect for sharing at Christmas parties or leaving out for Santa on Christmas Eve!
Indulge in the festive delight of white chocolate peppermint dipped Oreos, where each cookie is lovingly coated in creamy white chocolate and sprinkled with refreshing peppermint bits. Santa won't be able to resist these!
These Pinwheel Cookies are festive and impressive! Everyone will wonder how you made them!!!
These no-bake truffles are made with creamy peanut butter and graham cracker crumbs in white candy coating and holiday sprinkles for wonderful treat this holiday season!
Old-Fashioned Christmas Cookies are a simple refrigerator cookie that you can make ahead of time and then serve for the holidays.
Treat yourself with a quick and easy Christmas cookies that will satisfy your cravings and create a festive atmosphere! You don’t need to wait for the holidays to enjoy these white chocolate dipped Christmas cookies.
Grinch Cookie Cups – a simple yet fun recipe that makes basic ingredients into a whimsical treat straight from Whoville. No need to stress over complex steps; we’re keeping it easy, breezy, and oh-so-fun! Cindy Lou Who approved.
Whether you are looking for an irresistible treat for Santa or your next holiday cookie exchange, everyone will adore these peppermint chocolate sandwich cookies.
Super cute white Christmas cookies with mini M&Ms to look like Christmas lights on a string.
These snowman cake mix cookies are made with a few simple ingredients. They bake up soft, chewy and delicious.
Love chocolate and cherries? Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies have a rich, brownie like thumbprint cookie topped with a maraschino cherry and chocolate drizzle on top.
Stained Glass Cookies look like church windows ready for Christmas!
Snickerdoodles are a classic soft and chewy cookie for the holidays. Dress them up in red, green, and gold sprinkles - perfect for the holidays.
These Poinsettia Cookies are perfect Christmas cookies! Cherry flavored sugar cookie dough shaped into poinsettia flowers. A great holiday dessert recipe for a cookie swap exchange.
These delightful and beautifully decorated cookies not only taste amazing but also add a whimsical touch to your holiday dessert table.
Christmas Icebox Cookies are buttery, crisp, and an easy slice-and-bake cookie recipe. Made using only 5 ingredients, they are a festive addition to your holiday cookie tray.
These's Easy Grinch Sugar Cookies are fun and easy holiday cookie recipe, can be flavored with any type of extract and are decorated with a jumbo heart sprinkle.
Soft in texture and huge in flavour, 3D stacked Christmas tree sugar cookies are perfect for the festive season. They have both almond and vanilla flavours in every bite and a sprinkling of powdered sugar gives the cookie trees a snow-covered look.
Soft butter cookies, with an easy cream cheese frosting, these Cream Cheese Meltaways are the perfect cookie for Christmas.
These Easy Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies are decorated with pretzels, candy eyes, and M&Ms. Kids and adults will love these delicious, cute, and fun Rudolph Reindeer cookies!
Perfect to make at Christmas-time, these peppermint thumbprint cookies are filled with a delicious chocolate ganache and tinted red (with natural food coloring) to make them extra festive.
These festive and delicious Grinch Oreo Balls are a decadent blend of Oreo cookies and cream cheese with a green candy coating and adorable red candy heart!
Get into the holiday spirit with these Christmas snowflake cookies. Perfect for holiday cookie exchanges, homemade gifts or a fabulous festive dessert table.
Snowball Fruitcake Cookies are inspired by the classic dessert. A perfect Christmas cookie recipe filled with fruit flavors, spice, and nuts.
These Christmas cookies are bursting with chocolate, m&m’s, and stuffed with frosting for a festive dessert that’s fun to make. Make them in advance for bake sales, holiday parties, Christmas dinners, and everything in between!
Need a quick and easy last minute Christmas treat that tastes great? These 5 Minute Christmas Bauble Cookies are just the thing… and they’re super cute too!
This easy Crumbl Gingerbread Cookie Recipe is the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit – and it’s so easy to make! With just a few simple ingredients, you’ll have delicious soft and chewy gingerbread cookies in no time.
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies have a rich dark chocolate flavor, paired with sweet peppermint in the perfect chewy & a slightly crunchy texture!
You’ll love our Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies with Crushed Peppermint Buttercream Frosting for holiday parties and cookie swaps! They’re so soft and chewy, and the candy cane flavor is perfect for the holidays!
Easy Gingerbread Cookies with browned butter frosting are soft, fluffy, delicious cookies filled with warm and spicy flavors and the most irresistible frosting. Perfect sweet cookies for the Christmas season.
These Reindeer Linzer Cookies are fun, festive and easy to make. Plus, they are always a crowd favorite.
Christmas cookies never tasted so good! These hot chocolate cookies are so delicious that no one can resist them. Easy to bake using simple ingredients.
Christmas Chocolate Chip Sprinkles Butter Cookies #ChristmasSweetsWeek
Rich and delicious Chocolate Chip Sprinkles Butter Cookies will be the hit at your Christmas Party and on your cookie platters.
These cute and easy melted snowman cookies are the perfect Christmas cookie! This snowy, holiday treat comes together quickly. It's easy to decorate with NO special tools or special skills required!
Christmas Wreath Cookies are perfectly beautiful & super easy to make. They are full of spices and decorated with cranberries, white chocolate & pistachios.
These Christmas sprinkle cookies are soft, buttery, perfectly sweet, and loaded with festive sprinkles and white chocolate chips! Perfect with a glass of milk or hot cocoa, just imagine how generous Santa would be feeling after finding a plate of these!
These Gluten-Free Candy Cane Cookies are fun, easy to make, festive... and you'd never know they're GF. They have great flavour and texture!
These peppermint cookies are synonymous with Christmas! The cookies are minty and sweet, making them perfect for a cookie exchange party.
These Fruitcake Cookies will turn anyone into a lover of this traditional item! They are great year round too!
These festive sugar plum thumbprint cookies are the perfect cookie to leave out for Santa. Sweet butter cookies topped with a dollop of frosting and gumdrops and a dusting of powdered sugar will also be the highlight of your holiday cookie trays.
The ultimate Christmas cookies. They taste like the holidays! Fun, delicious and so easy to make! The BEST holiday cookie.
These easy Christmas cookies are not just tasty treats, their vibrant, Grinch-inspired colors will make Santa unable to resist!
These Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies are an easy dessert perfect for any chocolate and cookie lover! With just five simple ingredients—chocolate cake mix, butter, egg, vanilla extract, and chocolate kisses—you'll have a delicious treat in no time!
These festive Oreo Reindeer Cookies are guaranteed to be the cutest treat on holiday cookie platter this year!
Prepare these delightful Christmas Almond Sugar Cookies for your next holiday gathering or cookie exchange. Featuring amaretto, cream cheese, and chocolate kisses, they boast flavors reminiscent of chocolate-covered cherries!
Gingerbread crinkle cookies are a must-try during the holidays. They are chewy, full of ginger flavor and coated in sugar with exposed cookie cracks.
Try these melt-in-your-mouth almond spritz cookies this Christmas. Made with a little almond extract, these butter cookies are hard to resist!
Christmas candy cane cookies that are rolled in red and green sprinkles and topped with candy cane kisses. It’s the perfect minty bite!
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