These cookies are dangerously good—soft, chewy, and loaded with crave-worthy mix-ins that make them impossible to resist. Whether you’re baking for a party, a gift, or just a late-night craving, these treats will disappear faster than you can say “just one more.”

No Bake Penguin Cookies

A chocolate-covered treat shaped like a penguin, with candy eyes, a red beak, and white marshmallow wings, on a checkered tablecloth.
No Bake Penguin Cookies. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

I love these no bake penguin cookies because I’m able to make holiday-themed baked goods without turning on the oven. They’re great when I’m busy doing all kinds of other winter things but I need a dessert for a potluck, party to watch the big game or a cookie exchange during the holidays.
Get the Recipe: No Bake Penguin Cookies

Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies

Three cookies with chocolate centers on a red plate, surrounded by festive decorations including pinecones and wrapped gifts.
Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

These cream cheese thumbprint cookies actually started with a store-bought boxed cake mix blended with cream cheese and butter. Because I made them in time for a Christmas cookie exchange, I decorated them in a festive red and green sugar topping.
Get the Recipe: Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies

Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

Stack of chocolate peanut butter cookies made with oats and rice krispies.
Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies. Photo credit: xoxoBella.

If you want to make tasty treats without baking anything, this chocolate peanut butter no bake cookies recipes could be ideal for you.
Get the Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

Red Velvet Sugar Cookies

Three red velvet cookies with white frosting are stacked on a pink surface. Crumbled red velvet pieces are sprinkled on top.
Red Velvet Sugar Cookies. Photo credit: xoxoBella.

Every bite of these red velvet sugar cookies is a treat! They taste so good with vanilla and cocoa flavors and the creamy frosting is so good
Get the Recipe: Red Velvet Sugar Cookies

Easy Lemon Blueberry Cookies (With Fresh Fruit)

A stack of blueberry cookies with lemon zest on top. A glass jar filled with blueberries is in the background.
Easy Lemon Blueberry Cookies (With Fresh Fruit). Photo credit: Sassy Chopsticks.

These lemon blueberry cookies are the perfect treat. With both flavors of fresh lemons and sweet blueberries, each bite is sweet and tart.
Get the Recipe: Easy Lemon Blueberry Cookies (With Fresh Fruit)

Buckeye Brownie Cookies

Three stacked brownie cookies topped with chocolate and peanut butter.
Buckeye Brownie Cookies. Photo credit: Baking Beauty.

Chewy fudge brownie cookies, topped with peanut butter icing, and a milk chocolate drizzle. These Buckeye cookies are perfect for Christmas, or anytime you’re craving a chocolate dessert.
Get the Recipe: Buckeye Brownie Cookies

Cadbury Mini-Egg Cookies

Closeup of Cadbury mini egg cookies on plate.
Cadbury Mini-Egg Cookies. Photo credit: Recipes From Leftovers.

Make these easy Cadbury mini egg cookies for a fun and colorful batchof Easter cookies your whole family will love!
Get the Recipe: Cadbury Mini-Egg Cookies

Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies Recipe: Soft And Nutty!

Soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies with crunchy walnuts on a cooling rack.
Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies Recipe: Soft And Nutty!. Photo credit: Sassy Chopsticks.

If you’re a fan of cookies and looking for the “perfect” cookie to share at a family gathering, these chocolate chip walnut cookies are the one!
Get the Recipe: Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies Recipe: Soft And Nutty!

Cinnamon Lattice Cookies

A stack of lattice-patterned cookies on a cooling rack with cinnamon sticks beside them.
Cinnamon Lattice Cookies. Photo credit: xoxoBella.

These cinnamon lattice cookies are soft and sweet with warm, earthy spice flavors. They’re a breeze to make and look so festive and fun.
Get the Recipe: Cinnamon Lattice Cookies

Peppermint Mocha Cookies

A peppermint chocolate cookie broken in half.
Peppermint Mocha Cookies. Photo credit: Baking Beauty.

Soft and chewy chocolate cookies bursting with rich chocolate chips and cool peppermint crunchies. Your favorite coffee house beverage in cookie form!
Get the Recipe: Peppermint Mocha Cookies

Blueberry Muffin Cookies

Blueberry cookies on a baking sheet with blueberries.
Blueberry Muffin Cookies. Photo credit: Downsizing Dinner.

These cookies use fresh or frozen blueberries.
Get the Recipe: Blueberry Muffin Cookies

Vegan Butter Cookies

Nine round, intricately patterned cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet, with slight variations in color indicating different levels of browning.
Vegan Butter Cookies. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

To make these Vegan Butter Cookies, I found ingredient substitutes that produced a dairy and animal product-free cookie. The biggest difference with mouthfeel was these vegan cookies were more crunchy than chewy.
Get the Recipe: Vegan Butter Cookies

Easy Applesauce Cookies Recipe with White Chocolate Chips

A plate with applesauce cookies containing white chocolate chips, garnished with apple slices and surrounded by cinnamon sticks and a red apple.
Easy Applesauce Cookies Recipe with White Chocolate Chips. Photo credit: Recipes From Leftovers.

Looking for a simple and tasty applesauce cookies recipe? These cookies with white chocolate chips and cinnamon are perfect for using up that last bit of applesauce and making a delicious treat your kids will love.
Get the Recipe: Easy Applesauce Cookies Recipe with White Chocolate Chips

Chocolate Dipped Almond Horn Cookies

Curved almond cookies partially dipped in chocolate are placed on a plate near a glass of milk.
Chocolate Dipped Almond Horn Cookies. Photo credit: xoxoBella.

These fun, festive chocolate dipped almond horn cookies are perfect for Christmas. They’re authentic Italian Christmas cookies and so tasty.
Get the Recipe: Chocolate Dipped Almond Horn Cookies

Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

A hand holding a half-eaten chocolate chip cookie with a cheesecake filling. Other cookies are visible on a baking tray in the background.
Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

These Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies blend two classic desserts. You’ve got soft, chewy chocolate chip cookies — one of my favorites — and there is the rich flavor of cheesecake stuffed all inside one cookie.
Get the Recipe: Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Gingerbread Cookies

Gingerbread cookies with red buttons and green bow ties.
Gingerbread Cookies. Photo credit: Baking Beauty.

These perfectly spiced crunchy gingerbread cookies are perfect for decorating or dunking in coffee. This is the only gingerbread recipe you’ll ever need, we bake them every Christmas.
Get the Recipe: Gingerbread Cookies

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