Christmas Cookie Cake Recipe
Looking for the perfect dessert for your next Christmas party, bake sale, or even a Grinch-themed holiday bash? This Christmas Cookie Cake is the ultimate crowd-pleaser! It’s soft, chewy, and topped with festive frosting.
Even better? It’s easy enough to make with your little ones and fun enough to decorate together!
My kids love to help me make this every winter.
🍪 Recipe Details:
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Bake Time: 20–25 minutes
Serves: 8 (or more if you cut smaller slices)
🎅 Ingredients You’ll Need:
For the cookie cake:
1 cup unsalted butter, divided
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2½ tsp vanilla extract, divided
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
¾ tsp baking soda
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ cup red and green M&Ms
For the green frosting:
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tbsp milk
Green gel food coloring (you can change the color for a different look)
Christmas sprinkles
🎄 How to Make It:
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a springform pan with parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl, beat ½ cup butter until smooth.
Add the brown and white sugar, and cream together for 1–2 minutes.
Add the eggs and 1½ tsp vanilla, and mix until just combined.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
Slowly add this dry mixture to your wet ingredients, mixing until combined.
Fold in the chocolate chips and M&Ms—it’s starting to look festive!
Press the dough evenly into your prepared pan and bake for 20–25 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.
Let the cookie cake cool completely in the pan before decorating.
🍥 Make the Frosting:
In a clean bowl, beat the remaining ½ cup butter until smooth.
Slowly add the powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, and milk, and mix until fluffy.
Add a few drops of green gel food coloring and stir until the color is evenly mixed.
Using a piping bag with a closed star tip, pipe a border around the cookie cake.
Finish with a generous sprinkle of Christmas sprinkles for a festive touch!
👩🍳 Kid-Friendly Tips:
Let little ones help mix and pour ingredients, add candies, or decorate the top.
Make it Grinch-themed by using all green M&Ms and heart sprinkles!
For a bake sale, slice into wedges and wrap each one with holiday ribbon or in clear treat bags.
This Christmas Cookie Cake is a showstopper at any event. It’s so much more fun than regular cookies!
Whether you’re baking with your kids for the holidays or surprising your guests with something sweet and cheerful, this easy recipe is sure to bring big holiday smiles.
Christmas Cookie Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter divided
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract divided
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup red and green M&Ms
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp. milk
- Green gel food coloring
- Christmas sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Line a springform pan with parchment paper, set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter until smooth.
- Add the sugars, and cream together for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the eggs and 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla, and mix again until just combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the all purpose flour, salt, and baking soda.
- Slowly mix the dry ingredients until just combined.
- Add the chocolate chips and M&Ms, and fold into the dough.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the top is beginning to turn golden brown.
- After baking, allow the cookie to cool completely.
- In another large bowl, beat the remaining 1/2 cup butter, until smooth.
- Slowly add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk.
- Mix until well combined.
- Add the green gel food coloring and mix until the color is evenly distributed.
- Use a closed star tip to pipe the frosting around the outside edge of the cookie cake.
- Sprinkle with Christmas sprinkles.
Notes
Bake Time: 20-25 min
Serves: 8
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