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25 Irresistible Vegan Christmas Cookies

Updated: December 30, 2021

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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!

plate filled with vegan Christmas cookies

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)

Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies (No Added Sugar) by Gathering Dreams

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

Vegan Ameretti cookies by Gathering Dreams

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

Hazelnut Gingerbread Man Sandwich Cookies by Gathering Dreams

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

Vegan Danish Butter Cookies by Wall Flower Kitchen

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

Almond Thumbprint cookies by Gathering Dreams

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

Gingerbread Stained Glass Cookies by Wall Flower Kitchen

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

Almond Crescent Cookies by Gathering Dreams

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

Vegan Gluten-Free Iced Gingerbread Cookies by Blissful Basil

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

Vegan Cranberry Almond Molasses Cookies by Cotter Crunch

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

Mexican Hot Chocolate Sugar Cookies by Cotter Crunch

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

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies by Bakerita

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

Vegan Viennese Whirls by Wall Flower Kitchen

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

Chocolate Almond Biscotti by The Clever Meal

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

Vegan Chocolate Chunk Cookies by Cloudy Kitchen

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

1-Bowl Vegan Sugar Cookies by Minimalist Baker

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

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies by Occasionally Egg

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

Vegan Sugar Cookies by Salt And Lavender

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

Bounty Balls by Gathering Dreams

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

Vegan Chocolate Chunk Peppermint Cookies by Cotter Crunch

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

Pistachio and Cranberry Vegan Linzer Cookies by Rainbow Nourishments

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

Amazing Chocolate Chip Cookies by Cookie and Kate

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

Vegan Spice Sugar Cookies by Occasionally Egg

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

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies by Feasting on Fruit

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

Vegan Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies by The Vegan 8

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

No-Bake Granola Balls by Gathering Dreams

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!

vegan Christmas cookies in a plate
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25 Irresistible Vegan Christmas Cookies

You absolutely need to bake all these delicious vegan Christmas cookies! They are scrumptious, delicious and EVERYONE will love them! Here I am going to share my recipe for my nutty almond crescent cookies!
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Total Time25 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Vegan
Servings: 14 cookies
Calories: 158kcal
Author: Sara @ Gathering Dreams

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.

Notes

For the full recipe with photos and instructions click here.
For more vegan Christmas cookies recipes, simply click on any of the recipes above. Happy baking!
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate per cookie.

Nutrition

Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 64mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 1mg

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  1. Jill says

    November 17, 2021

    5 stars
    Oh wow! All these vegan cookies look delicious! Can’t wait to try them all!

    Reply
    • Sara @ Gathering Dreams says

      November 17, 2021

      Thanks so much, Jill! Happy baking 🙂

      Reply
  2. Martha says

    November 17, 2019

    5 stars
    These cookies look amazing!
    Can’t wait to try them all 🙂

    Reply
    • Sara @ Gathering Dreams says

      November 17, 2019

      Thanks, Martha! glad you liked them 🙂

      Reply

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