In this roundup, you’ll find the very best Christmas cookies and treats, from classic sugar cookies and peppermint shortbread to peanut butter balls, homemade caramels, and more. Whether you’re baking for a cookie exchange, gifting homemade treats, or just making memories in the kitchen, this list has something everyone will love.
Growing up, baking Christmas cookies was how we kicked off the holiday season — rolling dough, stealing tastes, decorating cookies, and sharing trays with neighbors and friends. Today I still love carrying on that tradition with recipes that are simple, delicious, and always a hit.
Classic Christmas Cookies
These are the cookies that feel like home — soft sugar cookies, classic gingerbread, and nostalgic favorites that every holiday baking list needs. Perfect for cookie plates, decorating traditions, and sharing with neighbors and friends.
Soft, buttery sugar cookies that hold their shape beautifully and decorate like a dream. Perfect for kids, cookie trays, and holiday traditions.
Warm spices, rich molasses, and a perfectly chewy texture make these gingerbread men the nostalgic favorite everyone wants at Christmas.
Melt-in-your-mouth soft with a sweet vanilla flavor, these are the classic bakery-style sugar cookies everyone loves. Top with Christmas sprinkles!
Peppermint & Chocolate Favorites
Rich chocolate meets cool peppermint for the ultimate Christmas flavor combo. These cookies look festive, taste decadent, and always feel like the holidays in every bite.
Giant chewy white chocolate raspberry cookies that melt in your mouth and are so indulgent, you’ll feel like you’re cheating on your boyfriend, the giant chocolate chip cookie.
Ok, so our daughter is crazy obsessed with the raspberry white chocolate cookies at Goodly here in Utah, but each location is just far enough away from us that we don’t get them very often. So, for over two years I’ve been bouncing around different versions of the cookie but they never hit the mark. Too fat, too thin, too wet, etc. and then I tried freeze dried raspberries. It was allllll over! They pack so much raspberry flavor, and I mean like fresh-off-the-bush raspberry, but without the added moisture.
Trick number two? I subbed a little cream cheese in there and oh man, they were so good!
Final tip? Chop up white chocolate bars vs chips, they melt down all creamy and wonderful while the chips tend to dry out and brown anywhere that’s exposed to the oven heat.
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These homemade cookies and cream cookies are filled with crunchy chocolate cookie pieces and white chocolate cream that will have you coming back for more cookies every time.
Who doesn’t love cookies and cream?!
This is a SNEAK PEAK into our new cookbook! If you haven’t purchased it yet, get your buns over to Amazon or Deseret Book and get your copy! This recipe and so many of our family favorites are in the book. You’re going to love it!
Family Bake-Off
Our family has a fun Sunday night tradition a few times a year, or every month if we are up for the challenge. We gather in the kitchen where the main recipe has been made such as pizza dough, cookie dough, etc.
How it Works
Mom has 5 random ingredients and names in a hat.
Mom pulls a name and that person picks their ingredient. We go until everyone has chosen an ingredient and then separate to make your own creation using anything in the fridge, freezer or pantry.
In the end, we taste, try, and decide on a winner based on our new recipe creations.
It is such a fun an