40+ Classic Christmas Cookies and Candies for 2023

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Cookie season is here, and I’m sharing 40+ of the best Classic Christmas Cookies and Candies for 2021. There’s something here for everyone to help get you into the holiday spirit.

Get ready for the Best Christmas Cookies and Christmas Candies Recipes!

Baking season is here! Spending the whole day in the kitchen, blasting Christmas music, and wearing cute aprons, is one of my most favorite traditions. I love baking cookies and making candy to put together some unforgettable cookie trays to deliver to friends and family.

It can be fun to bake cookies by yourself or as a group with your kiddos or grandkids to help. I also love doing a baking day with girlfriends and sisters.

Baking them is the fun and easy part. But, deciding which recipes to use is always the hardest part for me.

This Christmas baking season just got a whole lot easier. So right here is your one-stop Christmas cookie recipe shopping stop! You will see my compilation of favorite recipes, from Soft Gingerbread Cookies to 3 Ingredient Fudge.

I have compiled the best of the best, just for you! Enjoy!

Best Christmas Treats FAQs

 Cook’s tools for Christmas Candies and cookies

• Baking Sheets
• Mixing Bowls
• Cookie Scoop
• Silicone Baking Mat
• Wire Rack
• Stand Mixer
• Measuring Cups and Spoons
• Liquid Measuring Cup

Classic Christmas Cookies

Christmas Shortbread Cookie Recipe

This Christmas Shortbread Cookie Recipe is perfect for embossed rolling pins. The designs from the rolling pin come out clear and crisp every time!

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Chocolate Mint Cookies

These Chocolate Mint Cookies have a chewy and fudgy texture, and they’re loaded with Andes Mint pieces. They’re easy to make and perfect for Christmas cookies trays.

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Homemade Gingerbread Houses

Our Homemade Gingerbread Houses Recipe is more than a recipe; it’s a tradition. Ours comes complete with a template. Our recipe costs just $6.95 to make 2 large houses!

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Christmas Wreath Cookies

Five ingredients and 15 minutes are all that you need to make these no-bake Christmas Wreath Cookies. Grad the kids, because they’ll love making these cornflake wreath cookies with you.

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Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookies

This Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookies recipe is easy to make and so festive. It costs just $8.44 to make this recipe, that’s just 36¢ per cookie!

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Cranberry Pistachio Cookies

Pistachios, cranberries, and white chocolate drizzle make this Cranberry Pistachio Cookies recipe festive in both flavor and color. Our recipe has a vanilla cookie base for a melt-in-your-mouth Christmas cookie that’s perfect for parties and cookie exchanges.

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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

These Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are fudgy and soft on the inside and slightly crunchy and covered in powdered sugar on the outside.

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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies with Hazelnuts

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Best Snickerdoodle Recipe

These chewy and tangy Snickerdoodle cookies have a light texture and are covered with glistening cinnamon sugar.

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Dark Chocolate Cherry Cookies

These Dark Chocolate Cherry Cookies are chewy, fudgy, and oh-so-good! They're festive and fabulous for giving as gifts-either baked or in cookie dough form!

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Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Jam Thumbprint Cookies are an easy, versatile, and classic Christmas Cookie recipe everyone loves to make and eat! 

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Ginger Snaps

Whether you call them Gingersnaps, Ginger Snaps, Ginger Doodles, Ginger Biscuits, or Ginger Nut, these cookies are just plain good! They’re great any time of the year or especially during Thanksgiving and Christmas time!

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Most Popular Christmas Cookies

Church Window Cookies

These Church Window Cookies are easy no-bake chocolate, marshmallow, and coconut cookies that are fun to make and a little something different for your cookie trays.

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Red Velvet Cookies with White Chocolate Chips

These Red Velvet Cookies with White Chocolate Chips are soft and chewy in the center and crisp around the edges.

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Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses

These Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses are a fun Christmas tradition that you’ll find yourself making year after year with family and friends. They’re easy to make and so fun to customize.

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Loaded Peppermint Cookies

Loaded Peppermint Cookies for all of you peppermint lovers out there! This Christmas cookie recipe is so quick and easy to make!

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Chocolate Dipped Gingerbread Cookies

This Chocolate Dipped Gingerbread Cookies recipe is easy to make and so festive. It costs just $7.38 to make this recipe, that’s just 31¢ per cookie!

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Pistachio Pudding Cookies

These Pistachio Pudding Cookies are easy to make and melt in your mouth. These are always a massive hit at a cookie exchange!

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Easy Recipe for Macaroons

This easy Coconut Macaroons recipe has so much coconut flavor and they are just the thing for speedy holiday baking. These are a Christmas and Easter staple around my house!

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Soft Gingerbread Cookies

It’s Christmas cookie time! The holidays wouldn’t be the same without these Soft Gingerbread Cookies. Decorating gingerbread cookies are a yearly tradition that the entire family loves.

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Soft Cut Out Sugar Cookie Recipe

This Cut Out Sugar Cookies recipe makes the best soft sugar cookies, thanks to sour cream! These decorated sugar cookies are a Christmas staple!

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Pecan Snowball Cookies

Pecan Snowball Cookies are soft, tender cookies that melt in your mouth. Kids love rolling the cookies in snowy white powdered sugar.

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More Popular Christmas Cookies

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

These Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies are fudgy and have a light almond and cherry flavor, just like the famous confection.

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Ricotta Cookies

This Ricotta Cookies recipe is a soft buttery Italian cookie with a hint of lemon and almond and is covered in icing and sprinkles. They’re popular during Christmas and Easter, but can be enjoyed year-round.

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No Bake Chocolate Oat Cookies

These No-Bake Chocolate Oat Cookies are easy to make and delicious any time of the year. However, we like making them for the holidays when we need an easy cookie option for our cookie trays.

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Slow Cooker Copycat Avalanche Cookies

Copycat Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Avalanche Cookies for the holidays! They're easy to make and so decadent!

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Christmas Tree Brownies

Christmas Tree Brownies are fun festive treats that are easy to make. They’re perfect for holiday parties and adding to Christmas cookie trays.

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Christmas Brownie Cookies

This easy Brownie Cookies Recipe is just the Christmas Cookie recipe to make for the busy holiday season. They cost only $4.75 to make and 15¢ per cookie.

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Porcelain Cookies

Porcelain Cookies are lightly lemon-flavored sugar cookie cutouts that are white-washed and simply decorated.

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Gummy Bear Thumbprint Cookies

These Gummy Bear Thumbprint Cookies help spread holiday cheer with simple surprises. They’re an easy Christmas cookie recipe that are so tasty! Grab the kids-they’ll love making them, too!

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Hanging Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

This Hanging Gingerbread Cookie recipe is a unique spin on the classic. Just add a small candy cane to the back and hang the cookies from a nice warm cup of cocoa!

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Peppermint Bark Cookies

These Peppermint Bark Cookies bring together everything you love about shortbread AND everything you love about peppermint bark in one bite!

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Dipped Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Dipped Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies are an easy cookie that you can enjoy for the holidays or anytime. They’re chewier on the outside and soft in the middle. That’s cookie perfection if you ask me!

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Christmas Candies Recipes

White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge

This White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge recipe is a soft, velvety fudge with a marshmallow creme base. It’s easy to make and perfectly festive for the holidays.

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Christmas Ornament Oreo Pops

These Christmas Ornament Oreo Pops are fun, festive treats perfect for gifting or sprucing up cookie trays. Grab the kids because they’ll love making them with you!

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Christmas Fudge

Christmas Fudge is a classic chocolate fudge that is creamy and smooth. It’s easy to make and perfect for holiday parties and gifting.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bon Bons

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bon Bons are an easy treat that is excellent year-round and for Valentine’s day! It costs $5.96 to make 30, or just 20¢ each.

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Rocky Road Fudge

This Rocky Road Fudge recipe is loaded with mini marshmallows and toasted almonds. This fudge can be enjoyed year-round or dressed up for the holidays.

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Peanut Brittle

Homemade Peanut Brittle is a sweet, salty, and crunchy candy that is made on the stovetop. It’s one of our favorite edible gifts to give during the holidays.

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Almond Roca

This Almond Roca Recipe is what your buttery toffee dreams are made of! This is my most requested Christmas recipe ever.

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Old Fashioned Fudge

This Old Fashioned Fudge recipe is an absolute revelation – a timeless treat that redefines homemade fudge.

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Gingerbread OREO Cookie Balls

These Gingerbread OREO Truffles are easy holiday treats that are great for Christmas parties, cookie exchanges, and gifting! Picture tutorial included!

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Divinity Candy

This Divinity Candy recipe is a classic holiday favorite! You only need a handful of ingredients, a little time, and you have soft and chewy Divinity Candy.

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Peppermint Bark Candy

Peppermint Bark Candy makes a great holiday gift. It has layers of chocolate and white chocolate with a peppermint hint, and it’s sprinkled with crushed candy canes.

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Crockpot Candy

Crockpot Candy is an easy recipe that is perfect for holiday cookie trays and potlucks. Grab the kids because they’ll love making this Christmas candy!

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Easy Fudge

You only need 5 ingredients to make this super Easy Chocolate Fudge recipe. This classic holiday candy is always a favorite!

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Buckeye Candy

Buckeye Candy has a peanut butter fudge center, and they’re partially dipped in chocolate. Buckeyes are easy to make and require just six ingredients.

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Peppermint Patty Candy

This homemade Peppermint Patty Candy is a refreshing holiday treat perfect for Christmas cookie trays and gifting.

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