Looking for a vegan Christmas treat? You absolutely need to bake these vegan Christmas cookies! They are fragrant, delicious, and everyone will love them. They will look incredible in any Christmas cookie box and they are perfect for a cookie exchange with your family and friends!
There is no Christmas without cookies!
The smell of hot cookies in the oven, going around the house, is the most wonderful comforting reminder that the holiday season is just behind the corner.
And you are going to LOVE this collection of the best vegan Christmas cookies!
My idea is to bake one of these cookie recipes per day:
The Vegan Christmas Cookies Advent Calendar!
Call me crazy, but who doesn’t want a bit of indulgence during the holiday?
If you are with me, start from number one and then go down the list and try all these delicious Christmas treats!
And if you don’t want to eat them all by yourself, why not create beautiful Christmas cookie boxes to give to your friends and family? It’ll be the most delicious Christmas gift they would ever receive!
You’ll find something for everyone: no-bake vegan Christmas cookies, gluten-free vegan Christmas cookies, vegan gingerbread cookies, paleo options, and nut-free cookies!
And for more vegan Christmas recipes, check out my irresistible Christmas recipe collection! And for more cookie recipes, check these 21 healthy Christmas cookies.
The Best Vegan Christmas Cookies You’ll Even Find
1. Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies (No Added Sugar)
Full recipe on Gathering Dreams
These soft, decadent, chocolate hazelnut cookies are made with whole natural ingredients, and there is no added sugar, yet are sweet and rich: a guilt-free treat that you won’t be able to stop eating. All of this is to say that chocolate lovers will go crazy for these cookies!
2. Vegan Amaretti Cookies
Full recipe on Gathering Dreams
My perfect homemade cookies for Christmas! These irresistible vegan, gluten-free chocolate amaretti are super easy to make and taste delicious! These Italian traditional cookies turned vegan thanks to flax eggs, and cocoa powder makes them extra chocolaty. This is my favorite cookie to dunk into this healthy hot chocolate.
3. Hazelnut Gingerbread Man Sandwich Cookies
Full recipe on Gathering Dreams
These delicious cookies are made with whole wheat flour, ground hazelnuts, and maple syrup, with a creamy chocolate filling. You’ll just need some gingerbread men cookie cutters to give them these cute shapes!
4. Vegan Danish Butter Cookies
Full recipe on Wall Flower Kitchen
Vaniljekranse (Danish butter cookies) are the essential Christmas cookies. This is an incredible vegan version of the classic recipe for those who miss this nostalgic taste.
5. Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Full recipe on Gathering Dreams
These vegan thumbprint cookies have a sweet and buttery taste, but they are made without butter! The soft and buttery texture is made with almond butter. Yes, they are almond butter cookies! And you’ll only need a bowl and a spoon to make them. It doesn’t get much easier than that!
6. Gingerbread Stained Glass Cookies
Full recipe on Wall Flower Kitchen
As soon as you’ll put these cookies in the oven, the smell of Christmas will inundate your house! These cookies are great fun to make with kids! They’re also easy to make gluten-free by simply substituting plain flour for gluten-free flour.
7. Almond Crescent Cookies
Full recipe on Gathering Dreams
These vegan holiday cookies are based on a traditional Austrian recipe but with a plant-based twist. Made with almond flour, almond butter, and maple syrup, they are soft, crumbly, and nutty.
8. Vegan Gluten-Free Iced Gingerbread Cookies
Full recipe on Blissful Basil
These crispy vegan gluten-free iced gingerbread cookies are the perfect Christmas treat. Made with a simple, 7-ingredient gingerbread shortbread, they are not only beautiful but also delicious and easy to bake.
9. Vegan Cranberry Almond Molasses Cookies
Full recipe on Cotter Crunch
These tasty molasses cookies are gluten-free and dairy-free! Great for the holidays, for snacking, parties, or even breakfast. Yes, you’re allowed to eat molasses cookies for breakfast when they taste this good and are made with simple real food ingredients!
10. Mexican Hot Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Full recipe on Cotter Crunch
These Mexican Hot Chocolate Sugar Cookies are festive and easy to make! These perfect vegan sugar cookies are loaded with Mexican Hot Chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, and a pinch of chili spices. Perfect for your holiday cookie platter!
11. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Full recipe on Bakerita
These delicious chocolate chip cookies are so good – instead of regular chocolate chips, they’re filled with chopped-up mini peanut butter cups along with dark chocolate chunks! That makes them the perfect vegan chocolate chip cookie to bake for Christmas.
12. Vegan Viennese Whirls
Full recipe on Wall Flower Kitchen
These whirls are delicious vegan shortbread cookies, sandwiched together with vegan buttercream and raspberry jam.
13. Chocolate Almond Biscotti
Full recipe on The Clever Meal
These Italian crunchy and flavorsome vegan biscotti are delicious, perfect for dunking in your coffee, and great to give as a Christmas homemade present.
14. Vegan Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Full recipe on Cloudy Kitchen
These vegan chocolate chunk cookies are everything you want in a cookie. They come together super quickly, with no stand mixer required – everything is just whisked up, then rested in the fridge until you’re ready to bake them off. And to make things even better, they don’t contain any refined sugar! The perfect chocolate treat for Christmas!
15. 1-Bowl Vegan Sugar Cookies
Full recipe on Minimalist Baker
Finally, the classic sugar cookies! Made with 1 bowl in less than 1 hour, these great cookies are sweet, tender, simple, and perfect for holiday gatherings and beyond!
16. Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Full recipe on Occasionally Egg
These vegan and gluten-free peanut butter cookies are made with coconut flour and maple syrup. These super healthy cookies taste just like standard cookies, despite being free from refined sugar and grains, and they’re so easy to make.
17. Vegan Sugar Cookies
Full recipe on Salt And Lavender
These vegan sugar cookies are super soft, easy, and require no chilling! A delicious dairy-free sugar cookie recipe.
18. Bounty Balls
Full recipe on Gathering Dreams
These coconut chocolate balls taste exactly like Bounty bars, but they are much healthier and made with wholesome ingredients. They are easy to make in advance and taste incredible. Perfect for your Christmas dinner table!
19. Vegan Chocolate Chunk Peppermint Cookies
Full recipe on Cotter Crunch
These chocolate chunk cookies with peppermint vegan Christmas cookies will wow everyone! In fact, they are so fudgy and delicious, nobody will be able to tell that they’re fully plant-based!
20. Pistachio and Cranberry Vegan Linzer Cookies
Full recipe on Rainbow Nourishments
These vegan linzer cookies look incredible. You will just need a handful of simple ingredients to make them but with the addition of chopped pistachios and cranberries, this classic cookie is turned into something special!
21. Amazing Chocolate Chip Cookies
Full recipe on Cookie And Kate
The best chocolate chip cookie recipe! These cookies are easy to make with basic, wholesome ingredients. No mixer required! They’re miraculously vegan, too (no vegan butter here). You have to try them!
22. Vegan Spice Sugar Cookies
Full recipe on Vegan Spice Sugar Cookies
These easy vegan cookies are like gingerbread without molasses. Made with coconut sugar and all the classic gingerbread spices, they are simple to make yet so pretty. And you can use any cookie cutter shape you have handy!
23. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Full recipe on Feasting On Fruit
These chocolate cookies are made with a chewy brownie-like rich cookie dough and are covered in powdered coconut “sugar”.
24. Vegan Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Full recipe on The Vegan 8
These absolutely delicious oatmeal cookies are made vegan, gluten-free, oil-free, and with just 8 easy ingredients! With oats, cashew butter, and maple syrup, these simple cookies are perfect for Christmas.
25. No-Bake Granola Balls
Full recipe on Gathering Dreams
Another delicious no-bake recipe made with oats. These granola balls are soft, fudgy, come together with minimum effort and taste divine!
Ready to bake the best vegan holiday cookies this Christmas?
It’s time to get in the kitchen and start baking! And if you try any of these Vegan Christmas cookie recipes let me know in the comments!
Have a wonderful Christmas!
25 Irresistible Vegan Christmas Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 2 cups almond flour
- 5 tablespoons white almond butter - or cashews butter
- 6 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder
- 1 orange zest
Vanilla Sugar
- 4-5 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 320F (160C).
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix the almond flour, almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla, and orange zest in a small bowl and make a soft dough.
- Divide the dough into 14 equal-sized pieces. Roll each piece into a small cylinder with tapered ends, and then shape into a crescent shape (note: the dough can be a bit crumbly and can crack a bit - make sure to warm it up well between your hands before giving it the crescent shape - see note 1). Arrange the cookies on the baking sheet. They won't spread in the oven, so don't worry about keeping too much distance between them.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are beginning to turn golden. The cookies themselves will still be quite pale in color (see note 2).
- Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool for about 5 minutes. While the cookies are still warm, place 4-5 tablespoons of powdered sugar and vanilla powder in a small bowl and mix well. Roll each cookie into the vanilla sugar until coated.
- Once the cookies are completely cooled, you can store them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. You can also freeze them for up to a month.
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Jill says
Oh wow! All these vegan cookies look delicious! Can’t wait to try them all!
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Thanks so much, Jill! Happy baking 🙂
Martha says
These cookies look amazing!
Can’t wait to try them all 🙂
Sara @ Gathering Dreams says
Thanks, Martha! glad you liked them 🙂