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50+ Must Have Cookies for the Holiday Cookie Platter

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Over 50 must-have cookies for the holiday cookie platter at your home. Make your favorite recipes and wow your family and friends with sweetness overload. Or hand some out to loved ones and neighbors as a happy holiday gift!

50 must have cookies for the holiday cookie platter at your home. Make up these cookies and wow your family and friends with sweetness overload. Or grab some platters and hand out to loved ones and neighbors as a happy holidays gift.

Hello again, it’s Shelby back to share another round-up with y’all! The holidays are in full swing and that means baking season is well underway. We are already prepping and making all the cookies for our perfect holiday cookie platter.

    What are your must-have cookies? Sugar cookies, crinkles, nut horns? For me, all cookies have a spot that is filled in my heart. I love them all whether they are dusted with powdered sugar, drizzled with chocolate ganache or anything in between.

If you are looking to dress up your holiday cookie platter this year, then enjoy the ultimate holiday cookie platter list below. You will find a wide assortment of delicious cookies for you and your loved ones to devour this season!

Must Have Cookies for the Holiday Cookie Platter

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1. Perfect No-Fail Sugar Cookies

The BEST sugar cookie recipe for making decorated cut out Christmas / holiday shapes with perfect edges. Best of all, these delicious cookies bake up soft, flavorful and are easy to make with a just a few pantry ingredients. Plus instructions on how to decorate with royal icing and tips on how to make amazing cookies that don't spread. Perfect for Santa's cookie tray or holiday parties.

2. Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies 

Classic Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies - an easy 5 ingredient dough to make 7 different Christmas cookies including raspberry, apricot and strawberry jam filling, Hershey's Kisses, Nutella and white chocolate with crushed peppermint candy canes! Best of all there's NO spreading or CHILLING required! Perfect for your holiday cookie platter!

 3. No Spread Gingerbread Cookies

This recipe for Gingerbread Men cookies are a classic holiday favorite. They are perfectly spiced with cinnamon, ginger, molasses and bake up soft and chewy with slightly crisp edges.

4. Soft Baked Cutout Sugar Cookies – A Latte Food

Soft-Baked Sugar Cookies | A Latte Food

5. Raspberry Rose Coconut Thumbprint Cookies – Sweet Peas & Saffron

 

Coconut Rosewater Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

 

6. Fudgy Mint Chocolate No Bake Cookies – The Recipe Rebel

Fudgy Mint Chocolate No-Bake Cookies: Classic chocolate no-bake cookies topped with mint frosting and chocolate ganache -- a twist on my favorite no-bake mint chocolate bars! Perfect for Christmas or a sweet summer treat! www.thereciperebel.com

7. Royal Icing Recipe + Tips on How to Decorate

This recipe for Gingerbread Men cookies are a classic holiday favorite. They are perfectly spiced with cinnamon, ginger, molasses and bake up soft and chewy with slightly crisp edges.

8. Soft Lofthouse Style Frosted Cookies

Soft Lofthouse Style Frosted Sugar Cookies are the perfect sweet treat with a tall glass of milk

9. Linzer Cookies – Cooking Classy

10. Classic Peanut Butter Thumbprint Kiss Cookies – Jessica Gavin

Classic Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies - a classic holiday tradition that everyone loves. Creamy peanut butter cookies are made special with milk Hershey's chocolate center. | jessicagavin.com

11. Maple Cinnamon Star Cookies – Sally’s Baking Addiction

Flavorful maple cinnamon star cookies using a basic and easy sugar cookie dough! Recipe on sallysbakingaddiction.com

12. Peppermint Stuffed Snowball Cookies Peppermint Mocha Snowball Cookies are perfect for your holiday cookie platter

13. Snickerdoodle Sandwich Cookies – Flavor the Moments

 Snickerdoodle Sandwich Cookies | flavorthemoments.com

14. Simply Perfect Chocolate Sugar Cookies – Baking A Moment

Chocolate Sugar Cookies | Baking a Moment

15.  Christmas Wreath Cookies – Dinner At The Zoo

This recipe for no-bake Christmas wreath cookies has just six ingredients and can be made in 15 minutes. These cornflake wreaths are a festive addition to your holiday dessert table!

16. Cherry Cream Cheese Cookies – Kristine’s Kitchen

17. Soft Frosted Eggnog Cookies

Soft Frosted Eggnog Cookies are soft, melt in your mouth and perfect for the holidays!

18. Chocolate Dipped Toffee Pecans Cookies – Chelsea’s Messy Apron

19. Santa’s Cookies  – Le Creme de La Crumb

Santa's Cookies (Double Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies)

20. No Bake German Chocolate Cake Cookies 

No Bake German Chocolate Cake Cookies make the perfect easy gluten free, paleo and dairy free treat. You will never guess it's healthier since it has all the classic flavors of the popular rich and decadent cake. Loaded with healthy chocolatey oats, a creamy coconut pecan frosting and best of all, no oven required!

21. Triple Chocolate Turtle Cookies – Carlsbad Cravings

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22. Classic Snickerdoodles – Blahnik Baker

 23. Almond Joy Thumbprint Cookies – Chelsea’s Messy Apron

24.Iced Peppermint Cookies – Baking A Moment

Iced Chocolate Peppermint Cookies- so pretty, and fun to make! Check out the video tutorial for an easy how-to ;)

25. Christmas Oatmeal M&M Cookies 

Soft & Chewy Oatmeal M&M Cookies (Christmas Style) are perfect for your holiday cookie tray

26. Snowy Gingerbread Christmas Trees – Baked by An Introvert

Soft Snowy Gingerbread Christmas Trees make a wonderful holiday gift. Here we take a traditional Christmas cookie and turn it into a fun and magical gift.

27. Candy Cane Cookies – Home Cooking Memories

Christmas Candy Cane Cookies Recipe

28. Red Velvet Cookies – A Latte Food

Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cookies | A Latte Food

29. Molasses Cookies (gluten-free)  – Texanerin

30.  Peanut Butter Turtle Thumbprint Cookies – The Recipe Rebel

These Peanut Butter Turtle Thumbprint Cookies are a new twist on a classic Christmas cookie -- with a peanut butter cookie base, a simple caramel filling, a drizzle of chocolate and a sprinkling of peanuts, they're sure to be a new holiday tradition!

31. Classic Pecan Snowball Cookies 

Snowball Cookies are perfect for your Christmas cookie tray!

32. Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies – Cooking LSL

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33. Peppermint Meltaway Cookies – Cooking ClassyPeppermint Meltaway Cookies | Cooking Classy

34.  Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie – Live Well, Bake Often

These chocolate chip cookies are extra soft, thick, and chewy. This is my FAVORITE recipe for chocolate chips cookies and they turn out perfect every time!

35. Glazed Eggnog Shortbread Cookies

Glazed Eggnog Shortbread cookies are the perfect holiday treat

36. Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies – The Recipe Critic

37. Maple Sugar Cokies – Bless This Mess

38. Almond Roca Cookies – Dinner At The Zoo

These almond roca cookies are loaded with toffee and almonds and topped with creamy milk chocolate. #BakeMagicMoments #Target ad

39. Gingerdoodle Cookies – Kristine’s Kitchen

40. Nutella Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies 

Nutella Stuffed Cookies make the perfect treat

41. White Chocolate Dipped Gingersnap Cookies – Pumpkin N’ Spice

These White Chocolate Dipped Gingersnap Cookies are soft and chewy on the inside, while crisp on the outside. Filled with cozy spices and topped with creamy white chocolate, these cookies will be the hit of the holiday dessert table!

42. Chewy Lemon Snowdrop Cookies – Wholefully

42. White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies – Kristine’s Kitchen

Soft, chewy brown butter cookies loaded with white chocolate and cranberries. | Kristine's Kitchen

44. Lemon Frosted Sour Cream Sugar Cookies – The Recipe Rebel

 

These Lemon Sour Cream Sugar Cookies are soft, moist and loaded with lemon! There's no chilling or rolling -- just stir, drop, bake and frost (if you want to!). Perfect for Easter or Christmas baking. | lemon cookies | easy cookie recipe | Christmas cookies | sour cream cookies

 

45. Peppermint Macarons with Chocolate Ganache – What The Fork Food Blog

 Gorgeous Macarons flavored for Christmas! These peppermint macarons are made with a basic macaron shell and filled with peppermint chocolate ganache and crushed candy canes - they’re heavenly! Gluten free and dairy free macaron recipe from @whattheforkblog | whattheforkfoodblog.com | Sponsored | how to make macarons | easy macaron recipe | french macarons | macaroon | french macaron filling | french macaron flavors | macaron recipe flavors

46.Coffee Nutella Meringue Sandwich Cookies – Sweet Peas & Saffron

Coffee Nutella Meringue Cookies

47. Samoa Thumbprint Cookies  – The Recipe Critic

48. Apricot Spritz Cookies – Jessica Gavin

Apricot Spritz Cookie - Elegant sweets that delicately crumble in the mouth for instant bliss. The buttery cookies can be filled with any special fruit jam of your choice! | jessicagavin.com

49. Black and White Cookies  – Sally’s Baking Addiction

How to make New York City style Black and White Cookies! Recipe on sallysbakingaddiction.com

50. Gluten Free Nutella Linzer Tart Cookies  – Fearless Dining

51. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are soft, chewy and the perfect classic cookie to add to your holiday cookie platter. Best of all, so easy to make!

53. Cherry Almond Cookies – The Kitchen is My Playground

Cherry Almond Cookies ~ One adorable & tasty little treat! Perfect for Christmas cookie trays, cookie exchanges, Valentine's Day treats, or for everyday enjoying. www.thekitchenismyplayground.com
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