Welcome to my 12 Days of Christmas Cookies—a fun, festive countdown where I’m sharing a brand-new cookie recipe each day leading up to Christmas! From classic favorites to easy, family-friendly treats, these cookies are perfect for baking with kids, sharing with friends, or sneaking straight from the cookie tray. Grab your mixing bowl and let’s bake our way through the sweetest time of the year!
12 Christmas Cookie Recipes
1
Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies
These Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies are the easiest holiday treat ever—just 4 ingredients and you’re done! They’re soft, fudgy, and perfectly festive, making them the perfect last-minute dessert for any party or cookie tray.
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2
Frosted Eggnog Christmas Cookies
Get into the holiday spirit with a batch of soft, melt-in-your-mouth eggnog cookies! These little treats are topped with creamy eggnog frosting that’s just as dreamy as it sounds, and a sprinkle of nutmeg adds the perfect hint of spice. They’re the perfect way to enjoy all the cozy, festive flavors of eggnog this season!
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3
Chocolate Peppermint Blossoms
If you’re looking for the perfect holiday cookie, these Chocolate Peppermint Blossoms are it! Soft, fudgy chocolate cookies topped with a festive peppermint Hershey’s Kiss—they’re cute, cozy, and totally irresistible. They taste like Christmas in one bite!
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4
Christmas Snowball Cookies
Christmas Snowball Cookies, also known as Mexican Wedding Cookies, are made with chopped pecans and coated in powdered sugar. They can also be made red or green for Christmas.
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5
Chocolate Turtle Cookies
Chocolate Turtle Cookies are pure indulgence! Soft chocolate cookies coated in crunchy pecans, topped with gooey caramel, and finished with a drizzle of rich chocolate—each bite is like a decadent little turtle candy in cookie form!
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6
Gingerbread Cookie Bars
Soft, chewy, and packed with cozy gingerbread spices, these cookie bars are like your favorite holiday treat in an easy, sliceable form. Topped with rich, creamy buttercream frosting, they’re perfect for sharing—or keeping all to yourself!
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7
Christmas Melt-Away Cookies
A sweet cookie with a tangy cream cheese icing that melts in your mouth every time you take a bite. They might possibly be the best Christmas Cookies ever!
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8
M&M Christmas Cookies
These M&M Christmas Cookies are soft and have a chocolate chip cookie base but with a cream cheese and butter to make them extra delicious! Add your favorite holiday M&Ms and you will have the perfect treat all year long.
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9
Christmas Sugardoodle Cookies
These Christmas Sugardoodle Cookies are everything you love about a soft, chewy sugar cookie—rolled in sparkling sugar and baked with festive Christmas sprinkles for the cutest holiday touch. They’re simple, sweet, and totally irresistible… the kind of cookie that magically disappears from the plate!
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10
White Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies
These White Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies are a holiday dream—soft, sweet white chocolate cookie dough packed with Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark baking chips that melt into the most festive, minty goodness. They’re cozy, Christmassy, and totally irresistible!
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11
Cookie Butter Stuffed Cookies
Get ready to elevate your Christmas cookie plate with these irresistible Biscoff Butter Chip Cookies stuffed with a luscious layer of cookie butter. Each bite is a heavenly combination of crunchy, gooey white chocolate chips, perfectly spiced cookies and a creamy, indulgent filling that will leave everyone wanting more!
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12
Santa Sugar Cookies
These Santa Sugar Cookies are super easy and so much fun to make with kids during the Christmas season. Using pre-made cookie dough, frosting, and Christmas M&M’s, you get a cute, old-fashioned sugar cookie without any fuss. They’re perfect for gifting, enjoying with a glass of milk, or even leaving out for Santa on Christmas Eve!
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