Send a gift that feels homemade. Damn Good Cookie’s chocolate shortbread, cream-filled sandwiches, and peanut butter rounds come in crafty-looking holiday boxes and taste like they’re fresh from the oven.
Available at chocolategourmet.com, $8-$60.
Sometimes the tastiest gifts come in the smallest packages. Clairesquares minis are enveloped in milk or dark Belgian chocolate and sprinkled with a dash of holiday magic (a.k.a. red and green sprinkles) on request.
Available from October 29 at clairesquares.com, $6 for six.
The folks at Fabulous-Cookies tweaked their original chocolate chip recipe to create a special holiday treat. The secret ingredient: Texas pecans.
Available at fabulous-cookies.com, $16 per dozen.
Pack stockings with boxes of white chocolate macadamia nut, fig and pecan, and triple-chocolate cookies from Aussie company Byron Bay. Each chic package comes emblazoned with vintage beach babes. It’s summer in Australia, after all.
Available at cookie.com.au, $8 each.
A box of big, soft oatmeal raisin chews makes a sweet gift. The fact that 100 percent of proceeds fund pediatric cancer research is just icing on the cookie.
Available at cookiesforkidscancer.org, $30 per dozen.
Your favorite flavor is peppermint — in all its many forms. So pick up a tin (or twenty) of Williams-Sonoma’s crispy peppermint bark cookies. Inspired by the traditional confection, thin chocolate wafers are coated with Guittard white chocolate and sprinkled with crunchy candy bits.
Available at williams-sonoma.com, $22.50.
Those eight crazy nights won’t be as festive without dreidel- and menorah-shaped cookies from New York bakery Eleni’s. The festive blue, gold, and white icing outshines even glittery chocolate gelt.
Available at elenis.com, $45 for eight.
Skip the line at Starbucks and sip your cuppa joe from Byrd Cookie’s festive travel mug. Ho ho holiday bonus: It’s brimming with bite-size gingerbread morsels.
Available at byrdcookiecompany.com, $9.
You’re still crashing from last night’s candy cane binge. Put a hold on the holiday sugar rush with savory polenta cookies (baked with lemon and golden raisins).
Available at larkfinefoods.com, $21-$36.
Christmas cookie swappers don’t want to waste calories on sad, burned baked goods. Take a box of Hey Sugar’s assorted seasonal flavors (ginger chews, cranberry with orange zest, minty triple chocolate) and watch the girls fawn over your offerings.
Available at heysugarchicago.com, $28.
You overdosed on caramel corn, and you don’t even want to see another chocolate truffle until Valentine’s Day. Snack healthy with O’Cookies wholesome bites made from pecans, cranberries, and organic maple sugar.
Available at o-cookies.com, $12.50 per dozen.
Opening presents in Miami? Get the beach party started with Elsylee’s miniature, artisanal candy cane and Christmas tree sugar cookies in eye-catching colors.
Available at elsylee.com, $7.50-$9 per dozen.
Those with discerning taste buds can pick and choose from Jennie and Vera’s couture sampler. The limited-edition box offers twelve of their best-selling sweets, including walnut cookies, lemon thumbprints, and cocoa cocktail balls.
Available at jennieandverascookies.com, $42.
Created from an old Scottish family recipe, Fig & Kindle’s uber-buttery shortbread redefines indulgence. Slice off a hunk of the cinnamon allspice variety to serve with tea on Boxing Day.
Available at etsy.com, $9 for four.
Street-savvy girls and boys leave Levain Bakery’s ultra-dense chocolate chip cookies for good ol’ Saint Nick. Once he tastes the semisweet chips and chunks of walnut, he’ll add you to his nice list.
Available at itsallaboutthecookie.com, $66 per dozen.
Dense, crumbly, and not overly sweet, brown butter sea salt cookies with a hint of espresso are the grown-up dessert of the season.
Available at brownbuttercookies.com, $15 per dozen.
In the time it takes to make a gingerbread house from scratch, you could buy one from Mackenzie Limited, wrap all your presents, send your Christmas cards, and still find time to rock around the tree.
Available at mackenzieltd.com, $63.
Your favorite uncle is cooking up something special for the holidays: shortbread cookies dipped in thick white chocolate.
Available come November at unclechipscookies.com, $14 per dozen.
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