30+ of the Best Christmas Cookies

A collection of the Best Christmas Cookies to rock your holiday season.

‘Tis the season for butter, sugar, and chocolate. Right? To help you out on making your cookie plate look the best at the holiday party or the favorite plate that you deliver to family and friends my friends and I gathered the best of the BEST Christmas Cookies. And I’m warning ya, you will get a sugar high just looking at them.

With Christmas a few weeks away…eek! I am revving up my baking. ‘Tis the season for butter, sugar, and chocolate. Right? And to help you out on making your cookie plate look the best at the holiday party or the favorite plate that you deliver to family and friends my friends and I gathered 30+ of the BEST Christmas Cookies. And you will get a sugar high just looking at them.
Of course, I included my husband’s favorite in the round-up German Chocolate Cake Cookie. And if I could include more than one I would have also shared my Amazing Soft Sugar Cookies, that are my kids’ favorite and then my new favorite from this year is my Chocolate Pecan Pie Cookies.

It is our family tradition to go caroling to our closest friends and family and take them a plate of goodies, this year you can guarantee more than one of the cookies will make the plate.
Do you have any family traditions around the holidays? Share below in the comments I would love to hear and get some more ideas for my little family.
Enjoy and Merry Christmas (season)!
XOXO San

German Chocolate Cake Cookie by A Dash of Sanity

german chocolate cake cookies laid out with chocolate drizzle on top

Our holiday favorite, this German Chocolate Cake Cookie always spreads holiday cheer.

Ginger Snap Cookies, Dash of Sanity

ginger cookies view of 1/2 dozen from the top, laid flat on a surface

Ginger Snap Cookies are a true holiday classic. We’ve made ginger cookies in our home as long as I could remember a tradition now for 3 generations.

Red Velvet Cake Cookies, Dash of Sanity

red velvet cookies, chocolate chips, glass, milk, red velvet, cookie

This recipe for Red Velvet Cookies is so easy and only requires a few ingredients. Chewy & filled with chocolate chips, this makes a great holiday goodie.

Peanut Butter Cookies, Dash of Sanity

These Peanut Butter Cookies have gone viral on Pinterest. With hundreds of reviews and pictures, this recipe can’t be beat!

Perfect Cut Sugar Cookies by Wine & Glue

What would be the holidays be like without Cut-Out Sugar Cookies? I don’t want to know. I love making these every year with my kids!

Triple Chocolate Turtle Cookies by Carlsbad Cravings

With the caramel, pecans and chocolate drizzle these are quickly becoming more delicious by the minute.

No Bake Christmas Tree Cookies by The Recipe Rebel

Simple recipe, that the kids will enjoy making. Who doesn’t love no-bake cookies shaped like Christmas trees? Incredibly festive.

White Chocolate Caramel Snickerdoodles, Dash of Sanity

stack of snickerdoodle cookies with caramel and sea salt, bite out of the top cookie

This is one of our favorite cookies, all year long. It is perfectly festive for the holiday season. A classic Snickerdoodle Cookies topped with homemade caramel and sprinkled with sea salt.

Tagalong Cookies, Dash of Sanity

Tagalong Cookies – this copycat Girl Scout Cookie favorite is made easy at home. These cookies don’t just need to be made once a year, they make a great addition to your cookie plate.

Chocolate Mint Sandwich Cookies by Lemons for Lulu

Chocolate and mint always go together well, reminds me of those Andes Mints, which is just perfect for Christmas.

Flourless Chocolate Cookies, Dash of Sanity

These Flourless Chocolate Cookies taste like a fudge brownie. Rich & chewy this is a great addition, especially for those that can’t have gluten.

Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks by Big Bear’s Wife

Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies by Yummy Healthy Easy

These Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies are completely festive and one recipe that I will be adding to our cookie plate this year.

Monster Cookies, Dash of Sanity

Monster Cookies are a family tradition to put on our holiday cookie plate. Loaded with M&M candies, peanut butter, and oats, these cookies are soft, chewy and irresistible. Making them the best cookie ever.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, Dash of Sanity

stack of oatmeal raisin cookies with glass of milk

This recipe for Oatmeal Raisin Cookies was my grandpa’s favorite. He loved making them, as he got older I would make them for him and he would tell me, “Sandi you are the best damn baker.”