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45 Vegan Christmas Cookies

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45 Vegan Christmas Cookie recipes for all your holiday get-togethers this year. From gingerbread to chocolate crinkle cookies, to eggnog thumbprints, you’ll find a cookie for every occasion.

45 Vegan Christmas Cookie recipes for all your holiday get-togethers this year. From gingerbread to chocolate crinkle cookies, to eggnog thumbprints, you'll find a cookie for every occasion.

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links.

With Thanksgiving behind us, it’s finally…time for some Christmas cookie baking!

Ah, the most wonderful time of the year!

I LOVE Christmas cookies. For one, cookies make perfect DIY holiday gifts. Just grab a few of these cardboard holiday boxes (<<affiliate link) from Amazon and you have ready-made gifts for all your friends and family!

Equally important, Christmas cookies are a necessary part of every good holiday tradition. Throughout the season, from decorating the Christmas tree to caroling to cozying in and watching Christmas movies, all your festive activities ought to include some delicious homemade vegan Christmas cookies.

My tradition starts the weekend after Thanksgiving. I start baking up a storm and storing the cookies in my freezer for the coming month.

If you don’t have a stand-up mixer in your kitchen, I highly recommend one. I have had mine for 15 years. I use in nearly weekly and it’s never once given me a problem. It makes baking SO much easier and it comes with so many attachments, I can make every kind of Christmas cookie simply by flipping a switch. (<<affiliate link)

In addition, you will need basic cooking equipment including a baking sheets, silicone baking mats, and a wire cooling rack. (<<affiliate links)

Check out the full list of my recommended kitchen tools and gadgets so that you can be fully equipped this year. In this guide you will find my favorite whisks, mixing bowls, cake pans, silicone baking mats, and everything else you need to be a prepared baker.

Stack of vegan chocolate crinkle cookies

Vegan Chocolate Christmas Cookies

Chocolate cookies will always be among my favorite. There is something so unspeakably delicious about a sweet and slightly bitter chocolate Christmas cookie. Among my favorites are Chocolate Crinkle Cookies (or, should I say, Chocolate Crack Cookies) and my newest addition to my Christmas cookie collection, these Salted Chocolate Rosemary Cookies.

A few more of my favorite vegan chocolate cookies are:

Finished gingerbread cookies on a wooden platter

Vegan Spiced Christmas Cookies

For the holidays, I love a good spiced cookie. What is more comforting than a shortbread or biscuit cookie filled with cinnamon and nutmeg spices? Make sure to try my Chewy Molasses Cookies and my fan-favorite Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodles.

More perfectly spiced holiday cookies include:

Christmas shaped sugar cookies on a wooden platter

Shortbread and Sugar Cookies

Who doesn’t love a good shortbread cookie around the holidays? Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth goodness; it’s hard to beat! I always make sure to have a batch of Hazelnut Sandies (aka Snowball Cookies, aka Mexican Wedding Cookies, aka Russian Tea Cakes) and Vegan Sugar Cookies on hand at all times.

A few more must-try shortbread and sugar cookie recipes:

Vegan Thumbprint Cookies on a wooden platter with spices

Thumbprint and Decorative Cookies

There’s nothing like getting a little fancy around the holidays. So let’s make our cookies festive with some creative baking flare! Make sure to try out my Eggnog Cheesecake Thumbprint Cookies (they will surely impress!) and these Pecan Pie Cookies. It’s pecan pie in cookie form!

More decorative cookies to try out:

Peppermint Brownies in pan

Bars, Biscotti, and Bark

What’s Christmas without some bars, biscotti, and chocolate bark? Perhaps not technically cookies, these holiday candy is a must-have this time of year. Whip up a batch of my 3-Ingredient Chocolate Truffles and Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle give them as a homemade food gift to the people you love.

But don’t forget to also check out these festive confections:

More Holiday Roundups

Make sure to check out all of my vegan holiday recipes including:

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Written by Sarah McMinn

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Hi, I’m Sarah. I’m a 14-year (and counting) vegan, professionally trained photographer, former pastry chef, founder of My Darling Vegan, and author of the 4-Week Vegan Meal Plan.

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  2. Joshua Howard says

    Wow! Thank you for these ideas! All the recipes are perfect for Christmas! I’ll definitely give them a try

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  3. paula rothman says

    isa did not really list her recipe. do you have the recipe for the rosemary cc cookies. video looks great, but no amts listed

    Reply

  4. Daniela says

    Hi Sarah! I just came across your lovely blog… I was intrigued by freezing the cookies for such a long time! How do you do that? Thank you!

    Reply

    • Sarah says

      If the cookies are in an airtight container, they should be fine in the freezer. However, the best way to freezer cookies is to shape the dough into balls and freeze them tightly wrapped. Then when you’re ready to bake them, you can pop them in and they will taste like fresh cookies!

      Reply

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