This year’s 2025 Christmas cookie box features twelve homemade treats-spiced, chocolatey, nutty, buttery, and beautifully varied. Each cookie brings something unique to the collection, from classic ginger cookies and nostalgic Girl Scout originals to crumb bars, biscotti, macaroons, and rich chocolate bites.

The 2025 Woodland Christmas Cookie Box

1. Ginger Cookies: A beloved classic with warm ginger, cinnamon, and molasses-soft in the center with perfectly crackled tops. A cozy cookie, no Christmas box should be without.
2. Coconut Macaroons: Golden, crisp edges with tender, chewy coconut centers. Naturally gluten-free and a beautiful contrast to the richer cookies in the box.
3. 1922 Girl Scout Cookies: These nostalgic cookies bring a little history to your holiday baking-simple, buttery, lightly sweet, and truly timeless.
4. Plum Crumb Bars: Rich, jammy plum filling layered with a buttery crumble. A beautiful bar cookie that adds fruit and texture to the box.
5. Speculoos: A beloved Belgian spiced cookie, crisp and deeply aromatic with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and cardamom. Perfect for dunking, gifting, and bringing Old World magic to the season.
6. Chocolate Pecan Espresso Brownies: Fudgy and decadent with espresso-kissed depth and crunchy toasted pecans. A rich bite-sized treat for chocolate lovers.
7. Easy Homemade Caramel: Soft, buttery homemade caramel wrapped in parchment twists-a nostalgic candy that adds a sweet, chewy element to the box.
8. Brown Sugar Cut Out Cookies: A classic holiday favorite that holds its shape beautifully. Decorate simply with sparkling sugar or add royal icing in seasonal shapes.
9. German Lebkuchen: A traditional German Christmas cookie rich with honey, warm spices, nuts, and citrus. Soft, tender, and wonderfully aromatic.
10. Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti: Festive and elegant, with natural red-and-green hues from tart cranberries and pistachios. Perfect for gifting and dunking.
11. Pecan Tassies: Miniature pecan pie cookies with flaky crusts and gooey, caramel-like centers. A Southern classic that's always a hit.
12. Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies: Soft, thick, chewy, and studded with chocolate-your readers' absolute favorite and the perfect familiar cookie to round out the assortment.

All the 2025 Christmas Cookie Box Recipes

Here are the 12 cookie recipes I used for this year’s homemade cookie box. I will be honest: I wish I’d had time for 12 cookies, only because I adore even numbers. Even so… this year’s box is utterly delicious, and I’m refusing to think about the number! Let’s get to planning and baking.

1

Spiced Ginger Cookies

Soft and spicy ginger cookies made with warm holiday spices, molasses, and a touch of cracked pepper. These classic Christmas cookies bake up soft, chewy, and wonderfully aromatic-perfect for gifting and holiday baking.

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2

Easy Coconut Macaroons Recipe

Chewy, moist, and and rich on the inside, crisp and golden on the outside, these gluten-free cookies are delicious plain or dipped in chocolate!

Coconut Macaroons Recipe

3

Original Girl Scout Cookies Recipe

A buttery, crisp sugar cookie from the original 1922 Girl Scout recipe. Easy to make, perfect for stamping or cutting into shapes for any occasion.

Girl Scout Cookies Recipe

4

Homemade Speculoos Cookies (Bishoff Cookies)

These homemade Belgian Speculoos cookies-also known as homemade Biscoff-are warmly spiced, lightly crisp, and deeply caramelized. Easy to make with pantry spices, they're perfect for Christmas cookie tins, afternoon tea, or gifting.

Homemade Speculoos Cookies Recipe

5

Black Plum Crumb Bars

In a season of potlucks and cookouts, picnics and barbecues, these crumb bars are the perfect dessert to bring. They’re tangy and buttery, sweet and crumbly. And incredibly easy to make. Perfect for seconds and even thirds.

Plum Crumb Bars Recipe

6

Dark Chocolate Pecan Espresso Brownies

Dark Chocolate Pecan Espresso Brownies are different from your average brownie. They're just a bit more… of everything. A bit more decadent, a bit more refined. A brownie that brings everything to the table. Intensely chocolaty, soft yet slightly chewy, with generous amounts of pecans.

Pecan Espresso Brownies Recipe

7

Easy Homemade Caramel Candy (Microwave Method)

Make soft, buttery caramel candy in just 6 minutes with this easy microwave recipe. Perfect for beginners and holiday gifting!

Homemade Caramel Candy Recipe

8

Favorite Sugar Cookie Cutouts Recipe

It's the season for Sugar Cookie Cutouts! Beginning with pumpkin cutouts, followed by turkey cutouts, followed by snowflakes and Santas and trees… and all things Christmas. Then comes Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Easter.

Sugar Cookie Recipe

9

Brown Sugar Cut Out Cookies Recipe

Brown Sugar Cut-Out Cookies bring a warm, caramel-kissed twist to classic sugar cookies. Soft, tender, and perfect for decorating, they're a beautiful addition to any holiday cookie tray.

Brown Sugar Cut Out Cookies

10

Lebkuchen Christmas Cookies Recipe

Lebkuchen Christmas Cookies is an easy-to-make flourless, soft, and chewy cookie filled with candied citrus, and ground almonds and packed with traditional gingerbread spices. Many consider them to be the world's oldest cookies.

Lebkuchen Cookie Recipe

11

Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti

Cranberry Pistachio Cookies are festive biscotti-style cookies filled with tart cranberries, crunchy pistachios, and warm cinnamon. Perfect for holiday gifting, cookie boxes, and pairing with your favorite coffee or tea.

Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti Recipe

12

Simple Pecan Tassies Recipe

Tiny, bite-size Pecan Tassies are a delicious, chewy, and decadent pecan-filled pastry with a cookie-like crust. This southern-inspired treat is an all-time favorite, and incredibly simple to make for the holidays, or anytime you're craving pecan pie.

Pecan Tassies Recipe

13

Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

These classic chocolate chip cookies are everything you love about a timeless homemade cookie-soft, chewy centers, buttery edges, and plenty of melty chocolate in every bite.

Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

14

Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

These Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies are the best grain free cookies ever. Soft and chewy, just like chocolate chip cookies should be, filled with the buttery and vanilla flavor we love but with lower sugar than their traditional cousins. Easy to make, they are a go-to almond flour cookie at our house.

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How to Assemble the Woodland Cookie Box

1. Choose your box: Brown kraft boxes, tins, wooden crates, or lidded paper boxes work beautifully for this rustic woodland theme.
2. Add dividers: Use parchment paper, mini loaf liners, or cupcake wrappers to separate textures and prevent flavors from mingling.
3. Vary shapes and colors: Place bars, rounds, spiced cookies, and cutouts near contrasting flavors for a festive spread.
4. Add festive extras: Fresh rosemary sprigs (if gifting right away), cinnamon sticks, or dried orange slices enhance the woodland feel and keep longer.
5. Label + gift: Add handwritten tags, simple twine, and a note.

Boxes for Giving

The bamboo wooden box I used this year is large. It has dividers that separate into as many as 10 different compartments. I purchased it at Amazon, and it works well.

But you can also use bakery and craft boxes as I did in my easy homemade, 10-minute Mason Jar Food Gifts. For dividers, muffin paper liners are festive and work well to separate treats, and I love adding shredded paper to give bulk and padding.

Make-Ahead & Storage Tips

• Most cookies freeze beautifully, including cutouts, macaroons, brownies, and ginger cookies.
• Lebkuchen improves with age. Letting it rest makes the flavor richer.
• Caramels keep for weeks at room temperature when wrapped.
• Biscotti stays crisp for 2+ weeks.
• Store cookies with strong spices separately (ginger, speculoos, lebkuchen).
• Place delicate cookies (cutouts, macaroons) on top.

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