Planning your holiday baking? Browse this festive collection for ideas to share, gift, or add to the dessert table. Each recipe name below opens the full recipe with its ingredients and instructions.
Chocolate Truffle Christmas Shortbread Bars
A fully baked shortbread base supports a chilled dark-chocolate ganache layer for rich Christmas bites.
Salted Caramel Chocolate Ganache Thumbprints
Cocoa shortbread cups hold thick caramel under a small spoonful of dark chocolate ganache and flaky salt.
Gingerbread Thumbprint Cookies
Gingerbread thumbprint cookies with sugar-crusted edges and smooth ivory white chocolate ganache centers.
Chocolate Ganache Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies
Chocolate Ganache Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies: fork-pressed peanut butter rounds with lightly crisp edges, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
Churro Sugar Cookies
Large cinnamon-sugar cookies with tender vanilla dough and a hidden soft chocolate-ganache center.
Hot Cocoa Cookies with Marshmallow Centers
Chocolate drop cookies are topped with a soft marshmallow half and a thin chocolate-cream glaze.
Chocolate Orange Sandwich Cookies
Flat cocoa hexagons joined with orange-scented dark-chocolate ganache, an Italian-style home sandwich variation.
Triple Chocolate Truffle Cookies
Triple Chocolate Truffle Cookies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
Almond Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Flat scalloped almond shortcrust rounds joined with dark-chocolate ganache, an Italian-style home sandwich cookie.
Baci di Alassio
Ridged cocoa-hazelnut kisses joined with a dark-chocolate ganache, inspired by Alassio
Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms
Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms: cocoa peanut butter cookies topped with chocolate kisses, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
Smores Sugar Cookies
Golden sugar-cookie cups filled with chocolate and topped with a toasted marshmallow.
Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Dipped Shortbread
Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Dipped Shortbread with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
Buckeye Fudge
Buckeye Fudge: two-layer peanut butter fudge with a dark-chocolate top, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
Hot Cocoa Gingerbread Cookies
Dark chocolate gingerbread-spiced cookies topped with softened marshmallow halves and thin chocolate drizzles for a clear hot-cocoa finish.
Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Squares
Cocoa-rich pressed squares with a white chocolate and crushed peppermint finish.
Gingerbread S’mores Cookies
Gingerbread s’mores cookies topped with a puffed toasted marshmallow, melted milk chocolate and a little graham cracker crunch.