50 Cookie Exchange Recipes - Chef in Training (2024)

I don’t know if you saw all the yummy cookies last week on my blog for my Cookie Exchange Week, but we had some DELICIOUS recipes shared by some of you favorite bloggers.

Cookie exchanges are one of my favorite parts about the holidays. Maybe its because I am a food blogger, maybe its because I love to eat, maybe its the spirit of giving… or maybe its all the above. Whatever it is, there is something so special and fun about cookie exchanges.

Cookie Exchanges are a great way to spread some holiday cheer to your neighbors, friends and family. To make your decision on which cookie to make this year, I have rounded up 50 of the BEST cookie recipes for the holidays! Look it over, you are bound to find this year’s winner (or multiple winners) in here somewhere :)

Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies

Lemon Cookies from Chef in Training

Snickers Cookies

Twix Cookies

Gingersnaps

Mississippi Mud Cookies

Zucchini Cookies

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Homemade Cookie Dough Oreo Cookies

German Chocolate Cookies

Samoa Oreo Cookies

Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Cornflake Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Orange Dreamsicle Cookies

Oatmeal Creme Pie Cookies

Almond Joy Pudding Cookies

White Chocolate Caramel Brown Butter Cookies

Coconut Cashew Oatmeal Cookies

Dulce de Leche Cookies
from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe on Chef in Training

Cinnamon Roll Cookies
from Chef in Training

Cherry Snowball Cookies
from Taste and Tell on Chef in Training.

Banana Cookies
from Chef in Training

Red Velvet Cheesecake Cookies
from Two Peas and Their Pod

from I Heart Nap Time on Chef in Training

Root Beer Pudding Cookies
from Chef in Training

Chocolate Fudge Cookies with Candy Cane Buttercream
from Sally’s Baking Addiction on Chef in Training

Soft Gingersnap Cookies with White Chocolate Chunks
from Two Peas and Their Pod

White Chocolate Peppermint M&M Cookies
from No. 2 Pencil

Pumpkin Caramel Kiss Cookies
from Something Swanky

Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies
from High Heels and Grills on Chef in Training

White Chocolate Ginger Cookies
from Sweet Basil on Chef in Training

Peppermint Snickerdoodles
from Taste and Tell

Gingerbread Pudding Cookies
from Inside BruCrew Life on Chef in Training

Applesauce Cookies with Caramel Frosting
from Chef in Training

Cherry Cheesecake Cookies
from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
from Chef in Training

Pistachio Pudding Cookies
from Shugary Sweets on Chef in Training

Rolo Pretzel M&M Cookies
from Something Swanky

from Two Peas and Their Pod

Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies
from Dine and Dish on Chef in Training

Biscoff Chocolate Chip Cookies
from Chef in Training

Double Chocolate Peppermint Surprise Cookies
from Taste and Tell

Macaroon Kisses
from Chef in Training

Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies
from Taste and Tell

Snickerdoodle Biscoff Sandwich Cookies
from Two Peas and Their Pod

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
From Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke on Chef in Training

York Peppermint Patty Fudge Cookies
from Sally’s Baking Addiction

Turtle Cookies
from Shugary Sweets

Cinnamon Toffee Pecan Oatmeal Cookies
from Two Peas and Their Pod on Chef in Training

Toffee Apple Pie Cookies
from Inside BruCrew Life

Ginger Crinkle Cookies
from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

from Something Swanky on Chef in Training

Cake Batter Pudding Cookies
from Chef in Training

White Chocolate Cranberry Macadamia Nut Cookies
from Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke

Chocolate Covered Cherry Delights
from Taste and Tell

Chewy Butterfinger Cookies
from Sally’s Baking Addiction

Lemondoodles
From No. 2 Pencil on Chef in Training

Nutella Kiss Cookies
from Something Swanky

Malt Whopper Pudding Cookies
from Chef in Training

Brown Butterscotch Cookies
from The Girl Who Ate Everything on Chef in Training

Thick and Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
from Sally’s Baking Addiction

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
from Chef in Training

Chocolate Mocha and Nutella Cookies
from Shugary Sweets

No-Bake Biscoff Cookies
from Chef in Training

Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies
from Chef in Training

Chocolate Chunk Peppermint Pudding Cookiesfrom Chef in Training

Hope these were able to give you some great ideas for your cookie exchanges this year!
Happy Holidays!

Leave a Comment

1. Aimee @ ShugarySweets

   November 19, 2012

   Totally. Drooling.

2. Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke

   November 19, 2012

   What a great round up! Thanks for having me, Nikki!

3. Michelle

   November 19, 2012

   Love everything you post! And enjoy making everything too! Thanks!

4. sally @ sallys baking addiction

   November 19, 2012

   i just opened about 15 different links. definitely not getting any more work done this morning!!!

5. Carla Scheidecker

   November 19, 2012

   I would love to get these recipes where do I go!! They all look heavenly! !!

   1. Chef in Training

      November 19, 2012

      click on either the title of the cookie or the picture :)

6. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel

   November 19, 2012

   What an awesome roundup, Nikki! So many yummy cookies to choose from. I definitely will be busy today baking :)

7. Julia @ A Cedar Spoon

   November 19, 2012

   What a great round up.. I am now very hungry!

8. Deborah

   November 20, 2012

   Now I just want to bake cookies from now until Christmas!!

9. Melissa @ No. 2 Pencil

   November 29, 2012

   This is the best collection of cookie recipes ever! Seriously gorgeous photos and yummy recipes! Thanks so much for including me!

10. Emily @ Life on Food

    December 2, 2012

    OMG too many cookies and I love it! Great picks.. Some I have made already and I cannot wait to try the others.

11. Keli

    December 4, 2012

    lovely....thank you for these!

12. Michele

    December 5, 2012

    Just one question......Which are the easiest? lol I have to make 6 dozen

13. Mary Stanley

    December 14, 2012

    I love all these recipes, will be making all of them.

14. Jina Hunt

    December 14, 2012

    I pulled this up through an e-mail about my grand baby-everday family. I printed off at least 10 cookie recipes to try this weekend for my cookie exchange. Thanks for the ideas!!

15. Jo

    January 5, 2013

    I made the Butterfinger Cookies and Chocolate Crinkle Cookies over Christmas and I have to say that both were AMAZING! I called the Crinkle Cookies, "Heaven sprinkled with angel dust" they were so good! Lol. Thank you for some new favorites.

16. Nadine

    November 24, 2013

    Looks great!!!

17. Corina Varner

    November 27, 2013

    Love,Love all these new cookie ideas for cookie exchange . I've done cookie exchanges for over 10 years and I just Love having them. So I'm always looking for a new recipe to do . Thanks for Sharing :-)

18. Carolyn

    November 29, 2013

    Thank-you so much for this Cookie Exchange and for making it available to everyone. This is my first year of baking to give away to friends and I used 4 recipes off this site. YOU GUYS ROCK!

19. Marie

    May 31, 2014

    Do you have a recipe for cream cheese cookies.

20. Barbara Kay Graff

    October 26, 2014

    I loved to make cookies. YOu had some good recipes I will write them and tried them. Thanks! It usually take 2 to 3 days when I make my Christmas cookies.Thanks for the recipes.

21. Gayle Willard

    November 16, 2014

    I love sooo many of your (facebook) posted recipes!

22. Shawn

    September 5, 2015

    I was really excited to see what kinds of fun things I could find here, but I have to say that I`m truly disappointed. Since when are drop cookies for Christmas? Drop cookies are for lunch boxes. Dolloping a bit of icing on them or adding a different kind of fake chocolate chip doesn't make them Christmas-y, sorry.