10. Peanut Butter Cookie
While a great cookie, it doesn’t have much holiday cheer and is found at many get-togethers any time of the year. Peanut butter is the main flavor, and there isn’t much else.
9. Molasses Cookies
These cookies end up in the same category as their predecessors. The sweet stickiness of molasses is embodied in these chewy cookies. They’re amazing cookies, but they aren’t the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Christmas cookies. Molasses cookies score higher because they are often made around the holidays.
8. Candy Canes
Candy cane cookies aren’t very special taste-wise. They’re a pretty basic flavor and always end up dry, they’re like cutout cookies without the frosting. What makes them special is their shape. It makes them fun to look at and make. They are only found during Christmas.
7. Spritz Cookies
With their light, buttery, citrusy taste, and fun shapes, spritz cookies combine the best of both worlds. They are only this far down on the list because they are easy to mess up and kind of complicated to make.
6. Snickerdoodle
A classic cookie found at everyone’s grandma’s house it will forever be synonymous with going home for the holidays. Their soft chewy inside and cinnamon and sugar-coated outside perfectly mix with the tangy flavor. Snickerdoodles are simple cookies that were a part of many people’s childhood holidays. 
5. Gingersnaps
Gingersnaps are gingerbread men’s easier younger brother, with the same general taste without all the hassle of making and decorating the “men” part. They’re soft chewy cookies with a crispy outside that have an addicting “spicy” flavor from adding cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. The ginger flavor is impossible to separate from the holidays and you hardly ever see these outside of holiday parties.
4. Chocolate Crinkle
Similar to brownies these cookies are fudgy yet crispy and a great addition to a warm cup of hot chocolate. The powdered sugar covered outside brightens up this heavy cookie. Chocolate and Christmas pair great together and these simple cookies prove it.
3. Peanut Butter Blossoms
Or as they’re more commonly known, those cookies with a Hershey’s Kiss in the middle. This cookie with creamy peanut butter, brown sugar, and a Hershey’s Kiss rolled in sugar is the perfect holiday treat. Whether you ate the Hershey’s Kiss first then the cookie or ate it all at the same time these cookies are a childhood staple.
2. Gingerbread Men
We all knew they were coming. A combination of many of the previously mentioned cookies. They, like gingersnaps, have the “spicy” flavor from cloves, ginger, cinnamon, and molasses with an added level of crispiness. Spiced like gingersnaps and molasses cookies with all the fun of decorating. Gingerbread man cookies are a classic.
1. Frosted Cutout Cookies
Finally, to no one’s surprise, frosted cutout cookies. These cookies embody the Christmas spirit and are almost impossible to mess up. A classic cookie with the bonus of frosting these light buttery treats are everyone’s favorite. With the combination of how simple they are and how much fun they are to decorate it’s no surprise that cutout cookies are number one.
