Best Christmas Cookie Exchange Recipes
It is the season to be jolly, and what better way to spread holiday cheer than with a festive Christmas cookie exchange!
I am always on the lookout for new tasty recipes to try as the festive season rolls around. So I have gathered some of the best and easiest recipes to make your cookie swap a sweet success.
Pick out your favorite, give it a try share these delightful treats with friends and family. You can even include a special Christmas cookie each day with your Christmas advent calendar.
What is a Cookie Exchange?
If you are not familiar with it, a cookie exchange is like a fun holiday cookie party where friends and family come together to share their most delicious homemade cookies.
It’s a sweet tradition that fun year after year. Here’s the best part: each person bakes a bunch of their favorite cookies and brings them to the party. Then, everyone swaps cookies, so you end up with a yummy variety to taste and enjoy.
You get to taste different flavors and discover new recipes. The best part is that you not only leave with a tummy full of treats but also with new cookie recipes to try at home. It’s a a delicious way to spread joy and make the holidays even more scrumptious!
The Best Christmas Cookies
If you are looking for a new recipe to take along to your Holiday cookie exchange this year, why not give one of these a try.
Christmas M and M Cookies
Whip up some holiday magic with these Christmas M&M cookies. Packed with red and green M&M’s and chocolate chips, they’re the perfect festive treat for any occasion.
==> Find the recipe for these Christmas M and M Cookies here
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
This delicious recipe for Chocolate Peppermint Cookies is a great way to get in the Christmas holiday spirit. They are a decadent mix of triple chocolate flavors with a minty kick from crushed candy canes on top. Great to bring to a cookie exchange or leave out for Santa.
==> Find the recipe for these Chocolate Peppermint Cookies here
Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
These super easy, Gluten-Free Holiday Sugar Cookies are so fun to decorate, and perfect for the holidays. The cookie glaze is so festive! These sugar cookies will be a family favorite for years to come!
==> Find the recipe for these Gluten Free Sugar Cookies here
Gingerbread Cookies
These Soft and Chewy Gingerbread Cookies are the perfect Holiday treat. Made with classic ingredients and chilled before baking, you’ll never need another gingerbread recipe!
==> Find the recipe for these Soft and Chewy Gingerbread Cookies here
Hot Chocolate Cookies
These hot chocolate cookies look so cute and are topped with chocolate ganache and mini marshmallows.
==> Find the recipe for these Hot Chocolate Cookies here
Christmas Cowboy Cookies
These Christmas cowboy cookies are sure to be your new favorite Christmas treat. They’re the perfect cookie to bring to holiday parties or gift to neighbors and friends.
==> Find the recipe for these Christmas Cowboy Cookies here
M & M Sugar Cookies
These thick and chewy sugar cookies are perfectly soft and filled with M&M candies. This recipe uses a bit of cream cheese to add additional flavor. It’s everything you love about a sugar cookie, plus the addition of chocolate.
==> Find the recipe for these M & M Sugar Cookies here
Brownie Snowflake Cookies
These snowflake sugar cookies have all the flavour of a brownie with the crispy crunch of a good sugar cookie and they are just so cute!
==> Find the recipe for these Brownie Snowflake Cookies here
Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies
Gingerbread crinkle cookies are a must-try during the holidays. They are chewy, full of ginger flavor and coated in sugar with exposed cookie cracks.
==> Find the recipe for these Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies here
Christmas Cookie Sticks
These easy Christmas cookie sticks call for basic ingredients that probably already have most of them in your pantry. This simple Christmas cookies recipe is perfect for cookie exchange parties or to give as gifts.
==> Find the recipe for these Christmas Cookie Sticks here
Easy No Spread Sugar Cookies
Perfect no spread sugar cookies. This small batch sugar cookie recipe will make delicious buttery sugar cookies without surplus, leaving you plenty of room for all the holiday treats!
==> Find the recipe for these Christmas Sugar Cookies here
Christmas Sugar Cookies
These Christmas sugar cookies are made with a simple sugar cookie dough and topped with a simple and easy glaze.
==> Find the recipe for these Easy Christmas Sugar Cookies here
Gluten Free White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These gluten-free white chocolate peppermint cookies are perfect for the holidays with their festive flavour. A delicious, buttery cookie filled with white chocolate, peppermint extract, and crushed candy canes will be a crowd favorite on your Christmas cookie table.
==> Find the recipe for these Gluten Free White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies here
Gluten Free Slice and Bake Cookies
These gluten-free slice and bake sugar cookies are reminiscent of the classic holiday cookies from childhood. This version is homemade and easily dairy-free. Prepare to be impressed with yourself!
==> Find the recipe for these Gluten Free Slice and Bake Cookies here
I hope you are inspired to try some new cookies this festive season. Attending a cookie exchange isn’t about creating perfect cookies, it is about spending time with your family and friends.
Whether your cookies turn out perfectly shaped or a little odd, it’s the love and laughter that make them truly magical.
So, keep baking, keep smiling, and I wish your holidays are filled with sweetness and shared with the people you love. Happy baking!
