Unique Christmas Cookies
If you love festive baking, thereโs nothing better than a batch of Christmas cookies filling the kitchen with the smell of spices, sugar, and butter. This collection has something for everyone โ from classic sugar cookies and gingerbread to fun, decorated treats that look beautiful on a holiday dessert table.
These unique Christmas cookies are perfect for baking with the family, giving as homemade gifts, or just keeping a few to enjoy with a cup of tea. Whether youโre a seasoned baker or just looking for some festive fun, these Christmas cookie recipes are sure to inspire your holiday baking.
Christmas Wreath Cookies
These cute Christmas Wreath cookies are made from a classic no-spread sugar cookie dough and decorated with royal icing and the prettiest festive sprinkles. Santa would love being left one of these on Christmas Eve!
Gingerbread Cookies
The easiest Gingerbread cookie recipe ever! Itโs my go to recipe that I use year after year for cookies, Gingerbread houses โ whatever you need!
Peppermint Kiss Cookies
These Candy Cane Kiss Cookies are a Christmas family favourite and packed with flavour! With a classic sugar cookie base topped with candy cane kisses, these cookies are perfectly soft, chewy, and melt in your mouth.ย
Chocolate Covered Oreos
Get in the holiday spirit with these festive Christmasย Chocolate Covered Oreos! A classic Oreo cookie dipped in white chocolate or dark chocolate and decorated with festive sprinkles!
Chocolate Covered Ginger Snaps
Chocolate dipped gingersnaps are the perfect chewy cookies with the sweetness of white chocolate to make for a delectable treat. Make these yummy cookies as a delicious treat for Santa to enjoy on Christmas Eve or perfect to serve with hot chocolate at a Christmas party.
Christmas Funfetti Cookies
These Christmas Funfetti Cookies are super soft and chewy, bursting with the flavours of butter and vanilla, and packed with Christmas funfetti sprinkles. The perfect holiday recipe for those times when you want something uncomplicated, delicious, and fun!
Easy Grinch Crinkle Cookies
These cute and festive Grinch Crinkle Cookies are the perfect holiday baking project to enjoy with your family this Christmas. This easy holiday cookies recipe, made from a cake mix, is a great one to make with your kids and whole family.ย
Peppermint Mocha Cookies
These Peppermint Mocha Cookies are the perfect holiday cookie recipe, drizzled with dark chocolate and topped with crushed candy canes for the ultimate cookie experience. Peppermint and chocolate is one of the best holiday flavour combinations!
Chocolate Dipped Pizelle
Crispy, chocolatey, and just the right amount of fancy: dipped chocolate chip pizzelle are the kind of treat that feels special but is surprisingly easy to make. With a light, crispy texture, melty chocolate chips, and a rich chocolate dip, these cookies will disappear fast!
Iced Christmas Cookies From Scratch
A step by step tutorial on how to create your very own iced cookies this Christmas! A classic no bake sugar cookie decorated with beautiful icing.
Peppermint Bark Cookies
The famous peppermint bark, transformed into a soft, decadent, chocolate cookie, dipped in sweet and creamy white chocolate and sprinkled with crushed peppermint candy. Festive and irresistible, these cookies are gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free so theyโre perfect for bake sales, holiday gifting, and every Christmas cookie exchange you have on the list!
Whipped Shortbread Cookies
Whipped shortbread cookiesย are melt-in-your-mouth butter cookies that are topped with festive nonpareils. These easy Christmas cookies can be whipped up with 7 ingredients in just 30 minutes!
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies (From Cake Mix)
These fudgy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies with Cake Mix are incredibly moist. With just four ingredients, you can whip up a batch of these chewy cookies in less than 30 minutes!
German Lebkuchen Hearts
These Lebkuchen hearts are soft, cakey and slightly chewy. Full of warming spices and a dark chocolate coating, these German gingerbread cookies make for an indulgent Christmas treat that youโll want to bake again and again.
White Chocolate and Cranberry Shortbread
A classic flavour pairing, these white chocolate and cranberry shortbread cookies are so easy to make. You can whip them up in less than half an hour, perfect for a last minute cookie exchange.
Penguin Shortbread Cookies
These Christmas penguin cookies are easy to make and fun to decorate. Theyโre great for baking with kids and they make a super cute edible gift.
Italian Wedding Cookies (for Christmas!)
Italian wedding cookies are a timeless classic! Crisp and delicate, these cookies strike the perfect balance of texture and flavour. Made with simple, everyday ingredients, they bring a touch of sweetness and tradition to any occasion.
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Cake Mix Cookies
These Cake Mix Christmas Cookies are soft, chewy and packed with colourful M&Ms for a festive twist on a classic treat. Made with just four simple ingredients, a box of cake mix, vegetable oil, eggs and candy, this easy cookie recipe comes together in under 20 minutes and will be on repeat in your kitchen all year long.
Chocolate Sable Cookie
Theseย chocolate sableย cookiesย are my take on the classic French cookie, featuring an orange-scented chocolate base with hazelnuts and a drizzle of white chocolate. With a nutty, fragrant, and intense chocolate flavour, theyโll fill your home with the most delicious aroma. These would be perfect to add to a cookie gift box.
Italian Orange Almond Cookies
These authentic Italian orange almond cookies are also known as ricciarelliย orย acetaniย biscuits, and are easy to make in minutes with a just a handful of ingredients. They are soft and chewy, taste like marzipan, and are bursting with orange flavour!
Gingerbread Blossoms
A festive variation on a blossom cookie. These gingerbread blossoms have a beautiful soft and chewy gingerbread cookie with a Hershey hug on top. Perfect for the holidays and to add to cookie boxes.
Castagnelle Cookies
Castagnelle Cookies are traditional Italian Christmas cookies made with almonds, cocoa, orange zest, coffee, and warm spices. These simple yet delicious cookies are nutty, crunchy, and perfect for the holiday season!
Santaโs Kitchen Sink Cookies
If youโre looking for an indulgent Christmas cookie recipe and want to clean out your cupboards at the same time, look no further than Santaโs trash cookies. A sweet and salty lovers dream, these holiday cookies are packed with M&Ms, crunchy pretzels, potato chips, and creamy white chocolate chips. Get ready to bake a festive treat thatโs as over-the-top as the holiday season itself!
Two Layer Christmas Cookies
These arenโt your average holiday cookies! These Christmas cookies are a decadent mashup of chocolate chip cookie dough and Pillsbury sugar cookies stacked together to create one mind-blowing treat.
Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread
This Cranberry Shortbread is dipped in chocolate and finely chopped pistachios for a simple but sophisticated twist on a classic Christmas favourite. These shortbread cookies will steal the spotlight on any Christmas cookie platter!
Peppermint Crunch Cookies
These chocolate peppermint shortbread cookies are simple to make and look so festive with white chocolate and crushed peppermint. Theyโll quickly become part of your Christmas Cookies Recipes baking.
Double Chocolate Orange Cookies
These Double Chocolate Orange Cookies are the ultimate combination of rich dark chocolate and sweet citrusy flavors. This recipe is easy to make and perfect for the holiday season. This cookie recipe is vegan, oil-free, refined sugar-free, and can be easily made gluten-free.
Christmas Crack Cookie
These Christmas Crack Cookies are the ultimate sweet and salty holiday treat! With layers of caramel, chocolate, and crunchy crackers, you wonโt be able to stop at one bite!
I hope youโve found your new favourite unique Christmas cookie! Happy baking!
