My 2024 Christmas Cookie Box
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It’s no secret that I love making Christmas cookies! Each year, I have such a fun time making a Christmas cookie box to share with my family and friends… and you, too! This year, I felt incredibly drawn to classic recipes and the color red. I am not sure why, honestly, but it just felt right.
My 2024 Christmas Cookie Box features a mix of old recipes like Chewy Gingerbread Cookies and Classic German Springerle along with new-to-the-blog treats like Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies, Peppermint Pinwheels, and Classic Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing! You can find all of the delicious holiday cookie recipes below.
What is a Christmas Cookie Box?
During the holidays, you will start to see small boxes and tins of cookies arriving at the stores, ready to be purchased and gifted to loved ones. But this tradition is one with homemade origins, mostly dating back to the early 20th century when it became a tradition to leave cookies out for Santa Claus. Soon, people were giving the gift of homemade cookies and even having cookie swaps to pass along the spirit of the season!
A Christmas cookie box is simply a box with various cubbies for different types of cookies. They can be given away as a gift or kept at home, left on your coffee table for when holiday guests come to visit. Usually, it is a way to showcase several different styles of holiday cookies and sweets!
How to Build Your Own Cookie Box:
Choose a Medley of Cookies. For a visually appealing box, make sure to include cookies of various shapes, styles, and colors. Different textures create a captivating presentation! Feel free to include cookies that aren’t traditionally thought of as Christmas cookies, too.
Use a Color Scheme. It can be difficult to visualize what your cookie box will look like before you make it. If you need a good starting point, it can be as simple as choosing a color scheme or overall theme, like “White Christmas” or “Little Women” and go from there!
Use Ribbon and Twine. If you are giving your cookie box or boxes as a gift, be sure to wrap it with brown paper and beautiful trimmings. Velvet bows, baker’s twine in red and white, linen, or twill will look homespun and historical. Toppers like dried orange slices, sprigs of cedar, or little rosemary wreaths are natural and beautiful.
Find the Perfect Box. It doesn’t have to be expensive to find the perfect cookie box. You can simply use a cardboard clothing box with some strips of heavy duty cardstock or thin cardboard to create dividers for your different cookies. I usually like to use an old drawer for mine!
Add some Extras! If you are having a hard time finding enough cookie recipes to bake, you can always add in some sweet fillers like toffee, chocolate covered pretzels, fudge, or peppermint bark!
The Cookie Recipes:
Below you will find the links to the cookie recipes for the 2024 Christmas Cookie Box!
Be sure to check out my cookie boxes from past years:
Featuring soft and chewy red velvet cookies filled with a creamy vanilla frosting, these festive Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies combine the classic flavor of red velvet cake in the cutest cookie form.
2. Classic Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
Every holiday season needs a batch of perfectly baked Classic Christmas Sugar Cookies! These perfect sugar cookies are soft, buttery, and topped with vibrant royal icing designs, making them an essential part of any festive celebration.
3. Swedish Checkerboard Cookies
Add a touch of Scandinavian charm to your Christmas celebrations with my Swedish Checkerboard Cookies. These delightful treats feature alternating squares of buttery vanilla and rich chocolate dough, creating a striking checkerboard or chessboard pattern. Learn how to easily make your own homemade checkerboard cookies with this step-by-step guide!
4. Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheels
Add a swirl of holiday cheer to your cookie tray with these Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies. Combining rich chocolate dough and creamy vanilla-peppermint dough, these cookies are rolled into a mesmerizing pinwheel pattern, studded with peppermint pieces, and finished with a dip in luscious white chocolate.
5. Classic German Springerle
These delicate, anise-flavored cookies date back to medieval Germany, where they were crafted as edible works of art. Known for their intricate embossed designs, Springerle are as much about storytelling as they are about flavor.
6. Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
Gingerbread cookies are synonymous with holiday baking, and these Chewy Gingerbread Cookies bring a soft, tender twist to the traditional recipe. Perfectly spiced with warm notes of ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, these cookies are delightful to decorate and even more enjoyable to eat.
Final ThoughtS:
I love seeing a box brimming with homemade holiday cookies! Each treat in my Christmas cookie box— from the elegantly designed Peppermint Pinwheels to the Classic Sugar Cookies — is made with love. I hope that this colorful cookie box brings some joy to your holiday season. It is always such a joy to put together each year’s collection.
Whether you are sharing these recipes with family, gifting them to friends, or savoring them yourself with a steaming mug of cocoa, I hope that these classic and brightly colored Christmas cookies are a fun way to enjoy the holiday season wherever you are.
xoxo Kayla
