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    Home » Blog » Dessert Recipes

    Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes with Few Ingredients

    Modified: Apr 14, 2024 by Karin and Ken · This post may contain affiliate links. Leave a Comment

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    These easy Christmas cookie recipes with few ingredients deliver more flavor with less work. That's the perfect combination for the holidays!

    Collage of four Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes.

    If you love cookies during the holiday season, then this collection is for you. If you don't want to be stuck in the kitchen for hours during the holidays, then these cookies are also for you.

    Christmas is a time for joy, family togetherness, and of course, sweets! The most classic holiday sweets are cookies, and we have some great ones for you today.

    Why You Will Love These Christmas Cookies

    • They're all easy to make and only use a few ingredients.
    • They're festive, fun, and delicious.
    • Everyone loves cookies!

    What to Serve with Christmas Cookies

    It's probably no surprise that all of these cookies are delicious with a glass of milk or a cup of coffee.

    They're a great addition to a larger Christmas desserts table at holiday gatherings or as part of your Christmas snacks collection.

    Christmas Oreos
    Christmas Oreos are simple to make, these sweet Oreo cookies are dipped in festive chocolates and then coated in fun sprinkles.
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    Christmas Oreos.

    These Oreos are dipped in holiday-colored chocolate then coated in festive sprinkles.

    Star Crunch Cookies
    This recipe for Star Crunch Cookies is a super simple and tasty no-bake dessert that is great any time. Whether you are looking for something easy to whip up and bring to a potluck or a fun treat for your kiddos to enjoy, these cookies check all the boxes!
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    A stack of star crunch cookies on a stack of white plates with more around on the table.

    My favorite copycat recipe. This easy recipe is definitely a keeper.

    Easy Cherry Cheesecake Dip
    This no bake cherry cheesecake dip recipe makes a great addition to any party or special event. It's rich, creamy, and tastes just like cherry cheesecake! Serve it in a bowl or as individual cheesecake dessert cups for dipping.
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    Always the star of the show, this tasty dip does not disappoint.

    Nutella Preacher Cookie Recipe
    This Nutella preacher cookie recipe combines the classic chocolate, peanut butter, and oat cookie with the flavor of Nutella.
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    These simple, no-bake cookies combine the classic drop cookies we all know and love with the signature flavor of Nutella.

    Butter Crunch Cookies
    This butter crunch cookies recipe is loaded with the sweet goodness of sugar and toffee bits and the flavor of almonds. So good and so easy.
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    Crunchy butter cookies are filled with toffee bits and the delicious flavor of almonds for a treat that everyone will love.

    Muddy Buddy Cookies
    Muddy Buddy Cookies are easy no bake cookies that the perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter. These fun cookies are always a crowd pleaser.
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    One of our more unique easy Christmas cookie recipes with few ingredients, these muddy buddy cookies combine two of everyone's favorite treats into one amazing snack.

    No Bake Pretzel Cookies
    No bake pretzel cookies are a sweet and salty treat you'll love. These butterscotch pretzel haystack cookies are so easy to make!
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    These delicious, sweet and salty cookies only take a handful of ingredients to provide a huge blast of delicious flavor.

    No Bake Cookies with Old Fashioned Oats and Caramel
    Caramel no bake cookies are a winner any time. These easy no bake preacher cookies with old fashioned oats have a caramel twist that everyone loves.
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    Another great preacher cookie variation, these delicious cookies are loaded with chocolate and caramel.

    Best Soft Chewy Sugar Cookies
    If you need a small batch sugar cookies with sprinkles recipe that creates a no spread sugar cookie, this cream cheese sugar cookie recipe is perfect for you.
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    Soft, pillowy cream cheese sugar cookies are topped with icing and sprinkles to make a holly jolly treat everyone will enjoy.

    Eggnog Pudding Cookies
    These Eggnog Cookies are such a fun treat for the holiday season but any excuse will do. Using Instant Pudding makes them so soft and moist!
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    Eggnog Cookies.

    Combine eggnog with pudding cookies, and you get soft, delicious treats that are a blast of holiday flavor.

    Cranberry Eggnog Cookies with Eggnog Icing
    Cranberry eggnog cookies are the perfect holiday treat and they're so quick and easy to bake! This is an easy cranberry eggnog cookie recipe.
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    Cranberry Eggnog Cookies.

    Talk about holiday flavors. These cookies are full of cranberries and eggnog flavors to create a cookie that's almost iconic in its Christmasness.

    Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars
    The combo of butter and cream cheese makes this easy sugar cookie bars recipe so soft. Make these easy bar cookies as Christmas cookie bars!
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    Easy Sugar Cookie Bars.

    Soft sugar cookie bars are topped with a festive blend of frosting, Oreos, and M&Ms for a Christmas treat that will satisfy any sweet tooth.

    Red Velvet Cookie Bars
    Red Velvet Cookie Bars are easy and quick to make. Perfect when you need an amazing, decadent, chocolate dessert in a hurry, covered in cream cheese icing!
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    Red Velvet Cookie Bars

    A cookie that's packed with all the flavor of red velvet cake? Oh, yes, we did. They're even frosted with cream cheese frosting!

    Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars
    Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars are easy, no bake, eggless, with edible peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate chip ganache.
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    A pile of Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars on a plate.

    These no-bake cookie dough bars are packed with peanut butter and chocolate and are completely safe to eat!

    Eggnog Cookie Bars
    Eggnog Cookie Bars are the ultimate creamy, eggnog lovers dessert bar. The perfect cookie bottom covered with the best creamy eggnog icing!
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    Eggnog Cookie Bars.

    These creamy dessert bars feature a cookie bottom and creamy eggnog icing for a holiday treat that can't be beat.

    Kit Kat Cookie Bars
    Kit Kat Cookie Bars are mouth-watering, soft, chewy, easy to make treats, perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth and impressing your friends and family.
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    Three cookie bars on top of each other.

    Use your favorite chocolate bar or chocolate chip to create these wonderfully chewy bars.

    Green Cookies
    These simple, green cookies are soft and tender and loaded with two kinds of chocolate chips and crushed Oreo cookies. Yummo!
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    Throw some red M&M's in these AMAZING cookies and they'll be perfect for the holidays!

    Cake Mix Cookie Bars
    Lazy Cookie Bars are a delicious and effortless treat for anyone who loves cookies but doesn't have the time or energy to create them from scratch. Using cake mix, these tasty desserts whip up in a matter of minutes and are the perfect addition to any busy schedule or last-minute gatherings.
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    Three chewy squares of lazy cookie bars piles on top of each other.

    These delicious cookie bars are as easy as their name implies. They're so simple to make and feature a chocolate cookie base topped with coconut and chocolate ganache.

    Easy Cookie Cups
    This Easy Cookie Cups recipe is made with or without chocolate chips, making a cookie dough cup, nest or bowl to fill with ice cream, and more!
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    Easy Cookie Cups.

    These are the perfect easy Christmas cookie recipe because you can fill their center depression with any kind of Christmas treats you like.

    Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
    These soft Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting are bakery quality, chewy, easy, like a carrot cake in cookie form and the best sweet treat!

    Take cookies and smash them together with carrot cake, and you get these amazing treats. They're everything we love about both right down tot he cream cheese frosting on top.

    Muffin Cookies
    Stuffed Chocolate Cookie Cups are filled with a creamy center surrounded by a wonderful chocolate cookie, decorated as you want. Perfect for any occasion!
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    Stuffed Chocolate Cookie Cups.

    These deliciously chocolaty cookies are stuffed with a creamy center that will have everyone begging for more. They ARE the gift!

    Hostess cupcake cookies
    These Hostess cookies are made with milk chocolate cake mix and a chocolate frosting. They tastes just like Hostess cupcakes!
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    Be the Hostess with the Mostest this holiday season with these delicious cookies that taste just like our favorite storebought cupcakes.

    Subway Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Copycat
    These copycat Subway double chocolate chip cookies are rich, chocolaty, and delicious. They're even better than the original!

    If you love Subway's double chocolate chip cookies, then you'll adore this copycat. It takes the original and makes it even better!

    Boston Cream Pie Cookies
    These Boston cream pie cookies or bites combine a delicious cookie dough with the rich, delicious flavor of Boston cream pie.
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    Several Boston Cream Pie Cookie Bites on a white plate.

    Combine a delicious cookie base with Boston cream and chocolate, and you get some of the most amazingly delicious cookies you've ever eaten!

    Cracked Chocolate Fudge Cookies
    These chocolate fudge crinkle cookies are full of dark cocoa flavor and sweetness. An easy cookie that's perfect any time of year.
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    These easy cookies are stuffed full of dark chocolate flavor and crinkly cracked on the outside fora festive look.

    McDonald's Chocolate Chip Cookies
    An easy copycat McDonald's cookie recipe to make soft chocolate chip cookies with lightly crisp edges.
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    Stack of cookies on a plate.

    These copycat McDonald's cookies are even better than their namesake. They're soft AND crispy and oh, so delicious.

    Copycat Chick-Fil-A Cookies
    A delicious copycat version of the Chick-Fil-A cookie recipe made with both semi-sweet dark chunks and milk chocolate chunks. This easy cookie recipe bakes up into chocolate chunk cookies the family is sure to love.
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    Copycat Chick-Fil-A cookies on a plate ready to eat.

    These chocolate chunk cookies are just as delicious as the Chick-Fil-A version and so easy to make.

    Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups with Cheesecake Filling
    These chocolate chip cookie cups are next-level delicious. They're a fun upgrade to your classic chocolate chip cookie and have a yummy cheesecake filling too!
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    A hand holding a Chocolate Chip Cookie Cup with white filling and chocolate drizzle with more cookie cups in the background on a plate.

    Is it a cookie? Is it cheesecake? Trick question: it's both! These delicious cookies will delight everyone with their cookie crust and cheesecake filling.

    Dulce de Leche Cookies
    This dulce de leche cookies recipe is so easy and so sweetly delicious. A simple, sweet cookie base is topped with rich dulce de leche.
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    Caramel is the star of the show here. We took a simple cookie and stuffed the middle with rich dulce de leche for a dulce de-licious treat.

    Mini Peanut Butter Cheesecakes
    These chocolatey, creamy, and delightful mini peanut butter cheesecakes are the perfect bite-sized treat to make and serve at a house-party you're hosting.
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    MIni peanut butter cheesecakes with chocolate cookie base on a marble counter with chocolate chips around.

    This delicious cookie treat combines a crunchy chocolate cookie cup with a peanut butter cheesecake filling that's an absolute delight.

    Iced Gingerbread Cookies
    Iced gingerbread cookies are sweet and earthy and feature the best icing for gingerbread cookies. These Frosted gingerbread cookies are so tasty.
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    Ginger fans will love these.

    Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers
    Chocolate covered graham crackers combine graham crackers with three kinds of chocolate and sprinkles. Make a batch of these chocolate dipped graham crackers quickly for a tasty snack or dessert any time your sweet tooth wants!
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    Chocolate covered graham crackers stacked atop one another on plate.

    So good. So easy. Decorate as needed.

    Easy is the Name of the Game with These Cookie Recipes

    From chocolate chip to cheesecake cups and everything in between, these easy Christmas cookie recipes with few ingredients make the holidays as delicious as they are bright.

    If you need some hot chocolate for Christmas ideas to serve with these cookies I hope you'll have a look at our favorites.

    With recipes as easy and delicious as these, you'll be keeping family and friends in cookie Heaven all season long.

    Collage of four Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes.
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