40+ Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes

By Courtney ODell

Dec 21, 2020, Updated Jan 31, 2025

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These Christmas cookies are perfect to give to friends and family, are fun to decorate, and simple to make.

We hope you love all these Christmas cookies and Christmas sweets as much as we do!

If you love delicious easy Christmas cookies, you’re going to love some of our favorites!

These cookies are simple, easy, and full of holiday flavor.

A tray of chocolate covered donuts on a table.

A stack of iced peppermint chocolate cookies with whipped cream and candy canes.

A stack of air fryer cookies in front of a milk machine.

Christmas cookies with sprinkles on a baking sheet, easy recipe.

A stack of the best sugar cookies with a Christmas tree in the background.

Cherry molasses cookies on a white plate.

Stacked German Chocolate Coconut Cookies.

A stack of chewy oatmeal raisin cookies.

Easy Fudge Recipes

These delicious easy fudge recipes were designed to be simple and can be made without a candy thermometer – so they are easy enough for anyone to make!

Chocolate chip cookie dough bars made into fudge on a cutting board.

Microwave peppermint cookie dough fudge in a mug.

A plate with pieces of Dulce De Leche and Cake Batter fudge on it.

Peppermint fudge in a bowl with candy canes, made using an easy candy cane fudge recipe.

A piece of easy microwave m&m cookie dough fudge on a cutting board.

Peppermint bark adorned with candy canes and Andes candies on a cutting board.

Christmas candy fudge on a cutting board.

Easy Candy and Sweets Recipes

These delicious sweets and candies are easy to whip up, and don’t require any advanced kitchen skills.

These sweets are full of flavor everyone loves!

Keto-friendly chocolate peanut butter balls on a cooling rack, perfect for making The Best Easy Keto Buckeyes Recipe.

A person holding a cone full of delicious and easy candied nuts.

Boozy Negroni gummy bears in a glass with a Christmas tree in the background.

A person holding a peppermint buttercream candy cane on a plate.

Chocolate covered donuts on a white plate.

Recipe for easy peanut butter French toast with chocolate sauce and ice cream.

A piece of Chinese Five Spice Chocolate Cake on a plate with a fork.

Easy Brownies and Bars Recipes

These brownies, bars, and other easy sliced desserts are perfect for a group because they are single-serve, and full of flavor!

Christmas Dinner Ideas

If you’re still hungry after all of those delicious recipes for Christmas cookies and sweets, be sure to check out some of our other favorite holiday dinner ideas.

From deliciously easy Broiled Lobster Tails to a drool worthy Ribeye Roast, The Best Mulled Cider Ever, Hot Buttered Rum Cider, Feuerzangenbowle – Flaming German Rum Punch Recipe, Sparkling Cranberry Punch Recipe and Easy Buttery Soft Dinner Rolls – we are serving up tons of holiday dinners everyone will love!