The Only 10 Holiday Cookies You Need

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These 10 holiday cookies are all you need to build the perfect Christmas tray this season.

This cookie tin is filled with the only holiday cookies you need this season.

I wait all year for holiday cookie season! It's how we officially start the holidays at our house with Christmas music on, aprons tied, and the kitchen smelling like butter and sugar.

This is our lineup of must-make holiday cookies. They're festive, easy to make ahead, and built to please everyone from chocolate lovers to peppermint obsessives, and everyone in between. These are the recipes we bake on repeat every single December.

1. Peppermint Sandwich Cookies

A chocolate and mint cookie perfect for cookie trays and holiday gift boxes

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Peppermint Sandwich Cookies have soft chocolate cookies with a creamy peppermint center and crushed candy cane edges.

2. Lace Cookies

A delicate crisp cookie that adds elegance and texture to your holiday baking.

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Lace Cookies are thin, crisp, and caramelized with buttery flavor. They add elegance and texture to your cookie mix.

3. Biscoff Cookies

A soft, spiced cookie with cozy Biscoff flavor that adds a unique twist to classic holiday baking.

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Biscoff Cookies are soft, buttery, and packed with warm, cookie butter flavor. Perfect for adding something a little unexpected to your holiday tray.

4. Chocolate Turtles

A simple no-bake candy with caramel and pecans that adds elegance to any holiday cookie tray.

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Chocolate Turtles are made with chewy caramel, toasted pecans, and a smooth chocolate coating. They’re a quick, no-bake holiday treat that feels fancy but couldn’t be easier.

5. Pretzel Bark

A quick salty-sweet treat that’s perfect for gifting or filling in cookie trays.

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Pretzel Bark is salty, sweet, and covered in chocolate. A super quick treat for cookie trays or gifts.

6. Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

A creamy no-bake fudge that adds richness to your cookie tray without extra oven time.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge is rich, creamy, and no-bake. A great make-ahead sweet that everyone loves.

7. Hot Cocoa Cookies

A cozy chocolate-marshmallow cookie that tastes like your favorite winter drink.

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Hot Cocoa Cookies taste like your favorite winter drink, with a gooey marshmallow center and melty chocolate top.

8. Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

A rich, chewy cookie with deep flavor that brings extra indulgence to your holiday baking.

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Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are rich, chewy, and full of deep caramel flavor from the browned butter. They’re the ultimate chocolate chip cookie, leveled up for the holidays.