I’m pretty sure Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without all the Christmas cookie recipes. Ok, that isn’t true because all you really need for Christmas is Jesus, but that’s a whole different post. I’m going to let my stomach do the talking here and say that Christmas needs baking and cookies.
What are the Christmas cookies you remember from your childhood? Which ones does your family love now? I absolutely love the memories that come with the holidays that center on certain recipes. We are going to cover everything here — from the cutout sugar cookies that you frost with the kiddos to the gingerbread men that will be your most favorite Christmas cookie of all time.Â
Top 3 Christmas Cookies
Let me start this cookie roundup by sharing our top 3 Christmas cookie recipes, and then I will share several more options. These are the most popular Christmas cookies recipes on the blog every December…
#1
Chewy Gingerbread Man Cookies
This is it. The best. My favorite. It is Christmas the minute these hit my mouth. I guarantee they are going to become your favorite too. They are perfectly spiced and so chewy. And that glaze is everything!
#2
Christmas M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sometimes it’s the classics that taste the most like home, and that’s why these thick and chewy chocolate chip cookies with Christmas M&M’s always do so well this time of year. They are quick and easy Christmas cookies that everyone loves!
#3
Christmas Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
A soft but stable sugar cookie recipe that holds it shape when it bakes and is perfect for decorating with royal icing.
While these recipes are our top 3 during the Christmas season, we have so many more that your family and friends will love. Keep scrolling to see more tasty ideas…
More Gingerbread Cookies
I’m over here squealing because gingerbread is my favorite. I mean, is there anything that screams Christmas more than the smell of gingerbread filling the house? Heaven, people! Heaven!
Gingerbread Man Sandwich Cookies
My kids love making these gingerbread sandwich cookies. The cookies are soft and chewy and they are filled with a creamy filling. And the M&Ms buttons are the cutest touch.
Soft Gingerbread Cookies
We have been making these sugar cookies for years and they are delicious every time. They hold their shape well and are so fun to decorate.
White Chocolate Molasses Cookies
These take your classes molasses cookies to the next level with melty white chocolate in the middle and a white chocolate drizzle on top.
More Sugar Cookies
Let’s move on to the sugar cookies! Kids go bananas for using the cookie cutters, smearing gobs of red and green frosting all over them and adding all the sprinkles. So fun!Â
Soft Sugar Cookies
If you want to skip the cookie cutters and just go for the delicious sugar cookie flavor without all the work, then these are the cookies you are looking for!
White Chocolate Sugar Cookies with Peppermint Royal Icing
This is another cutout sugar cookies recipe that is soft and chewy, but the peppermint royal icing adds the perfect holiday flavor.
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
I know there are people out there who don’t like the combination of chocolate and peppermint, but I am not that people. Whether it’s milk chocolate, dark chocolate or white chocolate, they all go deliciously with a little peppermint added!
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies
We use dark chocolate cocoa to make these chocolate cookies and load them up with peppermint bark chips made by Ghirardelli.
Peppermint Double Chocolate Cookies
These peppermint double chocolate cookies have a rich chocolate taste and are infused with peppermint. We love to dip them in chocolate and sprinkle them with crushed candy canes for the perfect holiday cookie!
White Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread
Buttery, melt in your mouth shortbread cookies infused with peppermint then dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with crushed candy canes.
Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
I wasn’t quite sure where to add these beauties into this Christmas cookie recipes roundup since they aren’t gingerbread, sugar cookies, peppermint chocolate or no bake, but they are so festive and totally look like Christmas with the powdered sugar on the outside! So they are the little red caboose of our Christmas cookie roundup.
So now I really have to know…what Christmas cookie recipes are you going to try?? And did I miss any of your favorites? If you’re more of a Christmas candy person, head to our Christmas candy roundup next! And most of all, have the merriest of Christmas making memories in the kitchen with those you love!