29+ Easy Christmas Cookies and Candy Recipes

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Fill holiday trays and gift boxes with easy Christmas cookies and candy recipes in one place. This collection pairs decorated cookies, soft and chewy favorites, and cookie bars with homemade toffee, bark, mints, truffles, and other candy.

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Use the cookie section when you need something baked and the candy section when you want fudge-style pieces, bark, toffee, or truffles. For a focused cookies-only list, browse these 29 easy Christmas cookie recipes.

Easy Christmas Cookies and Candy Recipes

Start with the format your holiday plan needs, then open any recipe card for the full ingredient list, directions, yield, and storage guidance.

Christmas Cookies

Whether you’re preparing for a cookie exchange, giving gifts to friends and family, or baking for Santa, these holiday cookies never disappoint!

The Best Easy Cutout Sugar Cookie Recipe

This recipe will be your new go-to recipe for Cutout Sugar Cookies. It's that perfect!

Easy Cutout Sugar Cookies

Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

These Christmas Pinwheel Cookies might just be the most festive cookies you’ll make this holiday season! Three colors of buttery dough are rolled up into a log, revealing a colorful pinwheel inside when sliced and baked.

Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

stacked snickerdoodle cookies on a table.

The Best Chewy Snickerdoodles Cookies

The BEST Chewy Snickerdoodles Cookies recipe you'll ever taste, these classic cookies will have you falling in love with the first bite. Packed full of flavor, they're perfect for satisfying all those cinnamon sugar cravings!

Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies

No-Bake Christmas Crunch Cookies

These simple 4- ingredient No-Bake Christmas Crunch Cookies the perfect holiday cookie to enjoy at home and give as gifts!

No-Bake Christmas Crunch

Christmas Ooey Gooey Butter Cookies

You'll love these 6-ingredient Christmas Ooey Gooey Butter Cookies made with cake mix and holiday sprinkles – ready to enjoy in less than 20 minutes!

Oooey Gooey Christmas Butter Cookies

Christmas M&M Cookies

These Christmas M&M Cookies are easy to make and always turn out perfectly! Chewy centers, crispy edges – they're everything you want in a cookie and more! I bet you can't eat just one!

Christmas M&M cookies

Snowball Cookies

Snowball Cookies are the most magical Christmas cookies as it combines butter, sugar, vanilla extract, flour, and pecans that is then baked and rolled in powdered sugar to create a soft buttery, melt in your mouth cookie to enjoy this holiday season or anytime throughout the year.

Snowball Cookies

Thumbprint Cookies

Try these Thumbprint Cookies that are an easy shortbread cookie recipe rolled in sugar and filled with jam for the perfect holiday cookies!

Thumbprint Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookie Bars

Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookie Bars are delicious and wonderfully simple to whip up in no time with a yellow cake mix and chocolate chips!

Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookie Bars

Three 7 layer magic cookie bars on top of each other.

7 Layer Cookies

These 7-layer Magic Cookie Bars are made with seven delicious layers – a classic cookie recipe that everyone loves any time of year!

7-Layer Cookies

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies are soft, chewy, and topped with a Hershey's Kiss. These Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies make for the perfect Christmas cookies and are great for year-round baking!

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

Cake Mix M&M Cookies

You’re only 5 ingredients away from soft, chewy Cake Mix M&M Cookies! They’re easy to make, colorful, and absolutely delicious!

Cake Mix M&M Cookies

Sugar Cookie Bars

Sugar Cookie Bars are quick, easy, and delicious! Made with cake mix, sugar cookie mix, butter, and eggs, it's the perfect bar cookie recipe!

Sugar Cookie Bars

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

This is probably my favorite Oatmeal Cookie recipe that I’ve tried. Perfect for Cookies Exchanges or for keeping all to yourself! Give em’ a whirl, you’ll love them!

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Frosted Sugar Cookies

Frosted sugar cookies are a classic treat that everyone loves! You can’t go wrong with a buttery cookie base, colorful frosting, and fun sprinkles!

Frosted Sugar Cookies

Yellow Cake Mix Cookies

Yellow cake mix cookies take all the fuss out of making homemade cookies! Customize them with your favorite mix-ins or toppings.

Yellow Cake Mix Cookies

Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies

These Easy Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies only require 4 simple ingredients and are ready in less than 30 minutes. These cookies are the perfect easy Valentine’s Day treat or for any occasion!

Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies

Shortbread Cookies

Shortbread Cookies are a classic cookie recipe everyone should know. They’re simple in appearance, but their rich, buttery flavor makes it impossible to eat just one!

Shortbread Cookies

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are a little bit like brownies in cookie form! They’re rich, fudgy, and chewy in the middle, and dusted in a coating of powdered sugar.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

The Best Peanut Butter Cookies

Learn how to make soft peanut butter cookies with just nine ingredients, one bowl, and less than 30 minutes!

The Best Peanut Butter Cookies

Brookies

Brookies are perfect for all those times when you can’t choose between a brownie and a cookie! This easy brookie recipe uses chocolate chip cookie mix and brownie mix to help get dessert on the table lickety-split!

Brookies

Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies are the perfect cookie for the holidays! You'll love this cookie for gift giving and cookie exchanges, too!

Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

Raspberry Cookies

These chewy white chocolate and raspberry cookies are made with juicy berries and creamy white chocolate chips for an easy bakery-style treat!

Raspberry Cookies

Macadamia Nut Cookies

These soft and chewy Macadamia Nut Cookies are sweet, buttery, and totally irresistible. Each bite will melt in your mouth and put a smile on your face!

Macadamia Nut Cookies

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you love chocolate, this is the cookie for you. These double chocolate chip cookies are soft, thick, and packed with double the chocolate flavor.

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Icebox Cookies

Icebox cookies are a holiday classic, but there’s no reason you can’t make them year-round! The easiest cookies you’ll ever make, they’re full of buttery flavor and can be customized in a variety of ways.

Ice Box Cookies

Cookies and Cream Cookies

These loaded cookies and cream cookies are a cookie lover's dream. They're chewy, sweet, and perfect for anyone who loves cookies and milk.

Cookies and Cream Cookies

Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

Cream cheese spritz cookies are a holiday classic! No Christmas cookie spread is complete without a batch of festive spritz cookies with holiday shapes and sprinkles. Here’s how to make them.

Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

Chocolate Mint Crinkle Cookies

Chocolate Mint Crinkle Cookies are rich and fudgy with crinkly edges and a soft, chewy center. Dusted with powdered sugar and topped with crushed candy canes, they're a festive treat for all your holiday baking needs!

Chocolate Mint Crinkle Cookies

Homemade Pizzelle Recipe

Pizzelles are a thin, sweet Italian wafer cookie that is especially popular around Christmas time. This homemade pizzelle recipe is classic, delicious, and fun to make!

Homemade Pizzelles

Christmas Butter Cookies

Make the best Christmas butter cookies with this easy homemade butter cookie recipe! Rich, tender, and perfect for holiday gifting.

Christmas Butter Cookies

Delicious Homemade Christmas Candy Recipes

Don’t forget to whip up some of these holiday candy recipes as well! Use your crockpot or oven, and treat yourself.

Old-Fashioned Saltine Cracker Toffee

This Christmas Crack recipe is also known as Old-Fashioned Saltine Cracker Toffee. It's easy to make with just 4 ingredients – saltine crackers, butter, brown sugar, and chocolate!

Old Fashioned Saltine Cracker Toffee

Crock Pot Candy

The easiest candy you'll ever make! Crock Pot Candy is perfect for holiday gifts, especially when you add sprinkles for a festive touch.

Crockpot Candy

Peppermint Bark

This Homemade Peppermint Bark recipe is easy and delicious, and it only requires 4 ingredients! This old-fashioned Christmas treat is always a hit!

Peppermint Bark

Cream Cheese Mints

You're going to love these easy recipe for homemade mints!

Cream Cheese Mints

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Christmas Crack

Christmas crack is buttery saltine cracker toffee topped with melted chocolate and holiday M&Ms. The easiest Christmas treat you'll make!

Christmas Crack

Peppermint Oreo Balls

These easy Peppermint Oreo Balls are a holiday tradition that combines the flavors of cheesecake, chocolate, and peppermint for an irresistible treat. You only need 4 ingredients and a few minutes to make them!

Peppermint Oreo Balls

FAQs

What kinds of homemade Christmas candy are included?

This collection includes saltine cracker toffee, Crockpot candy, peppermint bark, cream cheese mints, cookie truffles, Christmas crack, and peppermint Oreo balls alongside the Christmas cookies.

How is this different from the Christmas cookie roundup?

This page is for readers who want both cookies and homemade candy in one collection. The separate Christmas cookie roundup stays focused on cookies only.

How do I choose recipes for a holiday gift box?

Choose a mix of shapes, textures, and flavors, then check each individual recipe for its yield and storage guidance. That makes it easier to plan the box without assuming every cookie or candy keeps the same way.

Where should I start if I want a no-bake option?

Begin with recipes in the list that are explicitly marked no-bake, or choose Crockpot Candy if you want to use a slow cooker. Open the individual recipe for the complete method.