If you’re looking for cute Christmas cookies that are fun to bake, easy to decorate, and absolutely adorable on your holiday table—this list is going to be your new best friend.

These cookies are perfect for:

If you are wanting to give cute Christmas cookies to your students
Want to bake something fun with your kids

These Christmas cookies are easy desserts that will be sure to bring a smile on everyone’s face.

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20 Easy Christmas Cookies to Try This Year

I simply love to make holiday Christmas cookies! It’s something warm and nostalgic about coming into a home with warm gooey cookies waiting for you.

Most use simple ingredients, minimal steps, and no fancy baking skills required.

Let your kids grab the sprinkles, drizzle the chocolate, and help bring the Christmas magic to life!

1. Melted Snowman Sugar Cookies

A classic! Frost a sugar cookie with white icing, draw on a “melting” snowman face, and top with a marshmallow head. Messy on purpose = kid-friendly. Kids would love making this as well.

2. Reindeer Peanut Butter Cookies

Shape peanut butter cookie dough into circles, add pretzel antlers, chocolate chip eyes, and a red M&M nose for the cutest Rudolph treats.

3. Christmas Tree Spritz Cookies

This one is an old classic!

Bright, buttery spritz cookies shaped as little green Christmas trees —decorate with red and gold sprinkles as the “ornaments.”

4. Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Cookies

Chocolate cookies topped with a swirl of marshmallow cream, chocolate drizzle, and mini marshmallows. Think hot chocolate… in cookie form.

5. Gingerbread Men

A holiday must. Let kids decorate their own gingerbread people with icing, buttons, scarves, or silly faces.

If you are love with this, check out my post on ‘How to Make a Gingerbread Tree’ or ’17 Cute Gingerbread Christmas Nails’

6. Snowball Cookies (Russian Tea Cakes)

Soft, melt-in-your-mouth cookies rolled in powdered sugar—like tiny little snowballs on your holiday table.

7. Christmas Wreath Cookies

Use cornflakes and melted marshmallows dyed green. Shape into wreaths and add red cinnamon candies for berries.

8. Peppermint Chocolate Thumbprints

Chocolate cookies rolled in crushed candy canes with a soft white chocolate center. Minty + chewy + festive.

9. Santa Hat Meringue Cookies

Pink or red meringues shaped like Santa hats with a white tip—they look fancy but only need a few ingredients.

10. Grinch Heart Cookies

Make green sugar cookies and add one tiny red candy heart in the center. A holiday favorite for kids and classrooms.

11. Frosted Sugar Cookie Ornaments

Cut sugar cookies into ornament shapes, frost in bright colors, and decorate with edible glitter and sprinkles.

12. Chocolate-Dipped Candy Cane Cookies

Candy-cane-shaped cookie twists dipped halfway in chocolate, then coated in crushed peppermint.

13. Eggnog Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles with a cozy eggnog twist. Roll in nutmeg and cinnamon for extra Christmas flavor.

14. Polar Bear Paw Cookies

Dip chocolate cookies in white chocolate and add mini chocolate chips to look like polar bear paw prints—adorable and SO easy.

15. Christmas Sprinkle Shortbread

Slice-and-bake shortbread loaded with red and green sprinkles inside—no-fail, colorful, and perfect for gifting.

16. Santa Belly Cookies

Round red cookies decorated with a black “belt” and gold “buckle.” They look like tiny Santa suits on a baking sheet.

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17. White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

Soft, chewy, and sweet but not too sweet. These feel like a grown-up cookie but still festive enough for the kids.

18. Santa’s Coming to Town Puzzle Cookie

I found this to be so cute for this Christmas season. You can roll out cookie for each one of your children so they can have be creative with their food. This is the perfect Christmas break activity.

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