Turns out the easiest way to decorate a holiday table isn’t tinsel or lights – Easy Christmas Tree Cookies do the job with far less effort.
No stress over keeping ornaments untangled or worrying about pine needles on the carpet.
Instead, you get cookies shaped, stacked, and sprinkled into edible trees that make the season taste a little sweeter.
Forget complicated piping bags or baking competitions on TV – this is about fun, flavor, and a little bit of frosting in unexpected places.
Inside this guide are 34 easy recipes designed to take the guesswork out of cookie decorating.
Some are crunchy and colorful, others soft and coated with candy bits, all looking festive enough to fool guests into thinking you spent days preparing them.
The trick? Each recipe stays simple, playful, and stress-free.
Think layers of sugar cookies forming mini trees, green icing swirls doubling as branches, and chocolate stars topping everything off.
Holiday cheer never looked so snackable.
34 Best Christmas Tree Cookie Recipes
1. Cookie Tree

2. Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

3. Christmas Sugar Cookies

4. All-Purpose Flour Christmas Tree Cookies

5. Decked Out Christmas Tree Cookies

6. Christmas Tree Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting

7. Christmas Tree Buttercream Frosting Sugar Cookies

8. Chocolate-Dipped Christmas Tree Cookies

9. Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies

10. Gingerbread Christmas Tree Cookies

11. Chewy Christmas Cookie Tree

12. Stacked Sugar Cookie Christmas Trees

13. Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

14. Little Debbie Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

15. Festive Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

16. Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Tree Cookies

17. Slice ‘n’ Bake Christmas Tree Cookies

18. Christmas Tree Cookies

19. Easy Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies Recipe

20. Colorful Christmas Tree Cookies

21. Chocolate Chip Christmas Tree Cookie

22. Christmas Tree Linzer Cookies

23. Gluten-Free Christmas Tree Cookies

24. Spiced Christmas Tree Cookies

25. No-Bake Christmas Tree Cookies

26. Meringue Christmas Trees

27. Chocolate-Covered Christmas Tree Cookies

28. Matcha Christmas Tree Butter Cookies

29. Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie Trees

30. Raspberry Filled Christmas Tree Cookies

31. 3-Dimensional Sugar Cookie Trees

32. Simple Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

33. Coconut Christmas Tree Cookie

34. Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies

Conclusion
Once the gifts are opened and the carols fade into background chatter, Easy Christmas Tree Cookies still manage to steal the spotlight.
These 34 recipes aren’t about picture-perfect desserts; they’re about trays of cookies that spark laughter and disappear quicker than you expect.
Guests don’t line up for flawless symmetry – they reach for cookies that taste good, look fun, and remind them that the holidays are meant to be enjoyed, not over-engineered.
The best part?
Each recipe adapts to the mood. Want something classic?
Sugar cookies shaped into trees with a dusting of powdered sugar.
Feeling adventurous?
Stack chocolate layers high and drizzle with candy melts.
Even if the icing leans a little crooked or the sprinkles scatter too far, it only adds character.
The imperfections turn into memories, and the flavors handle the rest.
