20 Irresistible Cookie Recipes For The Holidays

From easy favorites to festive holiday treats, this cookie roundup is packed with recipes that are easy, fun, and totally delicious. You’ll find fudgy chocolate cookies, soft spiced classics, colorful sprinkle cookies, and creative twists that are perfect for parties, gifts, or just a cozy treat at home. Whether you want cookies for breakfast, an afternoon snack, or your next celebration, these recipes cover every craving and every occasion. Get ready to bake, share, and indulge in sweet goodness all year long.

Grinch Crumbl Christmas Sugar Cookies

Stacked sugar cookies with green frosting, red and white sprinkles, and a heart-shaped sprinkle in the center; cartoon dog image in background. — Grinch Crumbl Christmas Sugar Cookies. Photo credit: Xoxo Bella .

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Sweet, soft, and packed with almond and vanilla flavors, these Grinch-inspired sugar cookies are a festive favorite that will disappear fast.
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Hershey’s Hugs Cookies

Three marbled cookies with striped chocolate and vanilla kisses on a white plate. — Hershey’s Hugs Cookies. Photo credit: Mama’s on a Budget .

Simple and sweet, these cookies with Hershey’s Hugs are easy to make and perfect for sharing with family and friends.
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Holiday Butter Cookies

A plate of round cookies dusted with powdered sugar sits on a light cloth, with more cookies and a small bowl in the background. — Holiday Butter Cookies. Photo credit: Urban Farmie.

Soft, crumbly, and buttery cookies made with just six ingredients. Ideal for holidays, gift-giving, or any special occasion.
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Holiday Cookie Box – Easy Festive Christmas Cookies

A wooden tray filled with assorted holiday cookies, including gingerbread, meringues, decorated sugar cookies, and nut-topped treats, surrounded by festive greenery and ornaments. — Holiday Cookie Box – Easy Festive Christmas Cookies. Photo credit: Xoxo Bella .

Create a variety of homemade cookies for gifting or entertaining. These festive cookie boxes are customizable and perfect for the holidays.
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Hot Chocolate Cookies

Chocolate cookies with a white swirl center, drizzled with chocolate, are arranged on a white surface; one cookie is broken in half. — Hot Chocolate Cookies. Photo credit: Easy Homemade Life.

Cookies that taste like a mug of cocoa in every bite. Soft, gooey, topped with marshmallows, and drizzled with chocolate for the ultimate cozy treat.
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How to Make Soft Funfetti Sugar Cookies

A stack of sugar cookies with colorful sprinkles sits on a white plate, with more cookies on plates in the background. — How to Make Soft Funfetti Sugar Cookies. Photo credit: Southern Food and Fun.

Colorful, soft sugar cookies with red, white, and blue M&Ms. A fun and easy way to celebrate summer or the 4th of July.
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Italian Canestrelli Cookies

Flower-shaped cookies dusted with powdered sugar are arranged on a wooden surface with extra sugar sprinkled around them. — Italian Canestrelli Cookies. Photo credit: Xoxo Bella .

Delicate shortbread-style Italian cookies perfect for Christmas baking. Light, buttery, and festive for holiday trays or gifts.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies

Three cookies decorated as reindeer with candy eyes, red candy noses, and pretzel antlers on a white surface with a Christmas tree patterned paper. — Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies. Photo credit: Savvy Mama Lifestyle.

These cookies bake into tender, round bites. Peanut butter flavor runs throughout the dough. Chocolate chips add texture in every bite. Powdered sugar coats the outside evenly.
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Smores Cookies

Easy s’mores cookies are soft cookies that are packed with melty marshmallows, chocolate chips, and graham cracker crumbs. These jumbo cookies are so easy to make! They take less than 30 minutes to make, and there’s no chilling, no electric mixer needed.
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Triple Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

These Triple Chocolate Sandwich Cookies are bound to be a family favorite! These chocolate cookies are filled with chocolate frosting and then dipped in even more chocolate!
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Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

These Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are the Christmas cookies of any chocolate lover’s dreams. A chewy, rich, double chocolate chip cookie meets its match with the minty, sweet kick from the peppermint candy. Grab your oven mitts, have a glass of milk (or eggnog) on standby, and get ready to make some mouthwatering peppermint chocolate cookies.
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Chocolate Sugar Cookies

If you have a chocolate craving and 30 minutes to spare, I can cure you with a warm and melty dessert! These Chocolate Sugar Cookies are crackly, chewy and a deep chocolate-y flavor. The buttercream frosting and sprinkles are entirely option! The recipe makes just six cookies.
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Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

These homemade Christmas tree sugar cookies use a simple piping technique that creates tree-like branches. The design looks festive on a cookie tray while still being easy enough for beginners to do.
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Marbled Sugar Cookies

These pretty marbled sugar cookies look fancy but are super simple to decorate. You can get as creative as you want with the color combinations.
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Christmas Cake Mix Cookies

This Christmas Cake Mix Cookies recipe is the easiest and quickest way to bake your batch because it combines 4 ingredients with a box. These cookies are light and fluffy, festive and fun, and taste 100% homemade.
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Christmas Wreath Cookies

Easy Christmas Wreath Cookies are a fun no bake treat that the whole family can make together using Pinwheel cookies, Twizzlers, and chocolate! Takes just 30 minutes or less to decorate a batch!
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Reindeer Cookies

Reindeer Cookies are a festive recipe made with brownie sandwich cookies, frosting, pretzels, chocolate candies, and candy eyes! The best part about these treats is the whole family can help with the decorating!
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Classic Spritz Cookies

These spritz cookies are a classic cookie for Christmas! Using a cookie press, they turn out fun and festive with a sweet and buttery taste then just decorate with sprinkles!
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Christmas Sugar Cookies

These Christmas sugar cookies are the best with a soft texture, sweet buttery taste and decorated with an easy icing. These festive cookies are perfect for the holiday season!
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Italian Christmas Cookies

Italian Christmas cookies are a special holiday treat with a soft and tender vanilla cookie topped with an almond glaze and festive Christmas sprinkles.
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