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12 Incredibly Fun Christmas Cookie Recipes You Need to Make This Year

December 25, 2024 by Amanda Tyler Leave a Comment

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Presents are unwrapped, and the hot cocoa is drunk.

Now what?

Well, if you are looking for a fun activity, then it’s not too late to make some Christmas Cookies! These delicious Christmas cookies are perfect for any day!

Whether you want to stick with the classics or try something new, you’ll find what you’re looking for in these Christmas Cookie Recipes!

Christmas Light Cookies

A sugar cookie decoated with candy to look like Christmas lights.

Photo Credit: Recipes From a Pantry.

This is an easy idea that produces adorable results. Your friends and family might twinkle at the sight of these Christmas light sugar cookies, with a string of tasty M&M candies on top!

Get the Recipe: Christmas Light Cookies

Stacked Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

A stack of sugar cookies with frosting, stacked to look like Christmas trees.

Photo Credit: Fun Cookie Recipes.

Make sugar cookies in three sizes and stack them up with fluffy green frosting for the cutest effect. These tasty trees make the perfect snack to share during the holidays. 

Get the Recipe: Stacked Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

Hot Cocoa Cookie Cups

cookie cups that look like mugs of hot cocoa with mini marshmallows on top.

Photo Credit: xoxo Bella.

Make some cute and cozy hot cocoa cookie cups to share this holiday season. With just a few simple ingredients and twenty minutes, you can have some snackable cups of cookie goodness ready to share.

Get the Recipe: Hot Cocoa Cookie Cups

 

Reindeer Cookies 

 Sugar cookies with a simple yet adorable reindeer face decoration.

Photo Credit: Food Plus Words.

Simple cookies decorated with antlers and a chocolate candy nose make a perfect way to decorate Christmas cookies with the kids. Serve to loved ones at your holiday party, or include them in a gift basket of goodies, but be sure to save one for Santa!

Get the Recipe: Reindeer Cookies

Peppermint Frosted Chocolate Cookies

Chocolate cookies with peppermint frosting, topped with a soft peppermint puff.

Photo Credit: Modern Honey.

Make some soft chocolate cookies and top them with a creamy peppermint frosting for a seasonal sweet worth sharing. Add a crushed candy cane or a soft mint to the top for a beautiful and refreshing effect!

Get the Recipe: Peppermint Frosted Chocolate Cookies

Porcelain Cookies

Milano cookies with simple garnishes to look like reindeer.

Photo Credit: Events to Celebrate.

Whitewashing your sugar cookies is the easiest way to make adorable designs! This recipe features a lovely light lemon flavor which is sure to be a favorite with anyone who samples them!

Get the Recipe: Porcelain Cookies

Reindeer Cookies

Milano cookies with simple garnishes to look like reindeer.

Photo Credit: Events to Celebrate.

If you are short on time but still want to share festive treats, this idea is for you! Grab a package of Milano cookies and mini pretzel twists to make these reindeer face cookies. They are fun to snack on and share!

Get the Recipe: Reindeer Cookies

Stenciled Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies decoarated with the help of a stencil for stunning results.

Photo Credit: Artsy Fartsy Mama.

Make some sugar cookies at home, and give them a bakery look by stenciling on designs. This unique idea will make your homebaked treats stand out from the crowd at a bake sale, or on a dessert table!

Get the Recipe: Stenciled Sugar Cookies

Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies

Gingerbread cookies decorated with antlers, eyes and noses to look like gingerbread.

Photo Credit: I Heart Naptime.

Everyone loves gingerbread cookies at the holidays! Why not skip the standard gingerbread man form and give your cookies a sweet reindeer face. The crunch of the pretzel is a nice compliment to the softness of the cookies.

Get the Recipe: Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies

Nutella Reindeer Cookies

Cookies with nutella antlers to make adorable reindeer designs.

Photo Credit: Mama Likes to Cook.

 

You can make your favorite homemade cookie, or grab some from the bakery to decorate these. With nutella antlers, candy eyes, and an M&M nose these are as adorable as they are tasty!

Get the Recipe: Nutella Reindeer Cookies

Vintage Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies with vintage designs, inspired by Anthropologie.

Photo Credit: Buttercream Parties.

This recipe makes the most iconic Anthropologie-inspired sugar cookies. These look like a work of vintage art, but the recipe includes instructions for making five classic designs.

Get the Recipe: Vintage Sugar Cookies

Standing Gingerbread Man Cookies

3d sugar cookies decorated with royal icing.

Photo Credit: In the Kids Kitchen.

If you are looking for an idea to stand out from the crowd, these 3d Gingerbread men are just the thing to make. With a sugar cookie base and royal icing, they look complicated to make, but they are so easy the kids can help!

Get the Recipe: Standing Gingerbread Man Cookies

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Merry Christmas! Happy family are having dinner at home. Celebration holiday and togetherness near tree.

Image Credit: Yuganov Konstantin/Shutterstock.

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