25 Holiday Cookies

Here are 25 more popular holiday cookies we make every year for the Christmas season the whole family looks forward to.


To make it easier for everyone, I complied with all these photos and recipes to find it all in one easy blog post.


This roundup happens to be all my family favorite cookies through the years as well.


We have anything from copycat girl scout cookies, bars and some favorite Italian traditional cookies we make every year.


I love making festive cookies and cakes like our favorite Reindeer cupcakes Rudolph of course or the peanut butter Rudolph peanut butter cookies, the kids just love those holiday projects!


If you find it hard to find time to keep looking for all the cookies you love all over the world wide web, look no more, you will find all these delicious cookie links right below the photos here on this post.


You don't have to wait until Christmas to make your family favorites but the season sure puts most of us in the mood to bake.


Hopefully, you find something you love below if not, check out my recipe index for another whole assortment of festive treats.


Let's get this cookie party started shall we? Just remember to click the link below each photo it will bring you to the recipe cards at the bottom to print off, Happy Baking!

Italian Chocolate Fudge Roll Cookies

Italian Chocolate Fudge Rolls are a must at Christmas time.

These are exactly what they sound like, fudge-filled cookies!

These can be rolled or made into fudge cookie squares just by taking a shortcut and rolling out the dough, adding the filling top with dough, bake and viola cut into squares.

The cookies are so much prettier for the Christmas Holiday so I roll them, a little work but once a year is a must for me.

Italian style rich buttery dough with Fudge baked into a delicious cookie crust!

This is one of those all-time childhood favorite Christmas cookies.

During the holidays we made several cookies maybe you remember some of the 24 cookies recipes in the past I made?

We also loved making copycat Girl Scout Cookies recipes, they are so easy!

Once you make that filling it's hard not to keep eating it before it gets into the dough for the cookies, it's so addicting.

Scroll dough for this easy festive cookie that's great any time of the year but looks beautiful on that Christmas tray and perfect for gift giving!!

Christmas Italian Slice and Bake Cookie

Christmas Italian Slice and Bake Cookies are so versatile and growing up in the 1960s these were called icebox cookies.

The cookies are perfect for that unexpected guest.

All you do is slice and bake.

Slice-and-bake cookies, and what was called icebox or refrigerator cookies growing are the fastest way to fill that cookie jar and to make fabulous cookies for sharing with friends and family.

These can be left plain and edges decorated, the dough can be tinted and flavored or you can just slice and bake adding your favorite chocolate chips, raisins, nuts or whatever makes you and your family happy.

They can shout any party or holiday theme you like just by changing the dough.

A basic easy refrigerator tube of dough, that's ready to bake when you are.

Make a little or a lot!

We love the colorful cookies on our cookie tray around the Holiday.

Christmas Italian Slice and Bake Cookies are the perfect addition to any cookie exchange too!

One of the prettiest yet most delicious easy cookie you will ever make.

Take a look at how simple this is to wow your guests as it becomes a work of art in one fine cookie recipe!

Great for weddings, gender reveals baby showers, 4th of July, you pick the color and flavor you want and let's get creative.

Scroll down to the printable recipe card and check out the ideas and photos on how to make them!

No Bake Rum Balls

Boozy balls, aka rum balls, no-bake alcohol cookie balls, rum truffles, snowy booze balls, danish romkugle, trøffel, or sputnik, there are so many names and probably the most asked-for cookie on the planet worldwide at Christmas time.


A must-make every year making several batches in different alcohol flavors and I also make another kind that is child-friendly or for no-alcohol lovers.


Whether you like flavored rums, bourbon, nut liquor, or creams-style alcohol, you can transform this basic recipe into whatever kind you like.


We love Amaretto, Frangelico, Bourbon, and Coconut Rum and of course an Irish cream liqueur, and yes, I have tried them all in this recipe.


If your making a batch for the kids substitute orange juice and some orange zest, works like a charm, or apple juice with cinnamon! Easiest cookie recipe on the web!

We really love no-bake cookie recipes like my son's favorite White Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispies, no-bake oreo bars, or a favorite no-bake Amaretto White Pistachio Fudge Recipe, these are all perfect around the Holidays.


I love how easy they are to make in no time at all and they taste better with age!





Scroll down to print off this recipe.

Thanksgiving Shortbread Turkey Cutout Cookies

This Thanksgiving Shortbread Turkey Cutout Cookie is so festive and it makes the perfect centerpiece on your holiday tables.


The best part of this recipe is you can use it in so many ways and for so many occasions.


The dough can be filled, left plain, or decorated with frosting and I have more tips and tricks for you to follow in this easy recipe below.


A simple shortbread soft dough that turns into a crunchy flaky melt-in-your-mouth cookie dough and is so easy to handle.


I love these sandwiched together with flavored jams, melted chocolate, or just plain dusted with powdered sugar.


The kids love them on Halloween in pumpkin shapes frosted and decorated.


A great project to keep the kids busy, they love decorating for all the holiday themes.


Scroll down to the recipe card for the ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions and make these all year round!

Christmas Tree Recipe Ideas

Every year I try something new and creative with my Christmas Tree Pan here are just a few suggestions this year.

I used it for my Krispie treats tinted with green food coloring, always a favorite at any function.

This pan can be purchased at any dollar store or you can find one online. You can make some very festive treats with this shaped pan.

I left mine plain for a good visual but just think how festive you can dress this up. Use some color sprinkles, sugar decorations, maraschino cherries, cut out mini star cookies etc.

Use some creative imagination and this is perfect for school parties, events and more, anything disposable works great to and the perfect shaped mold for the holidays!!