20 Holiday Fruit Cookies. Not Fruit Cake!
It’s time to dig in and enjoy these holiday fruit cookies recipes!
Ever year I hear so many jokes about how bad fruit cake is.
But to be honest, I’ve never actually tasted fruit cake. Not once.
There are just too many other calorie-worthy desserts!
Be sure to check out the rest of our easy cookies recipes, too!
And Christmas cookies with fruit is certainly one of them.
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And to keep you busy with cookies all holiday long, visit these other mouth-watering round-ups:
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- Monday: Winter Cool Peppermint Christmas Cookies
- Tuesday: Indulgent Chocolate Christmas Cookies
- Wednesday: Christmas Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice Cookies
- Thursday: Cookies with Fresh Fruit
- Friday: Cookies for the Kid in All of Us
20 Holiday Fruit Cookies. Not Fruit Cake!


Sneak a Peak Spiced Jam Cookies
Enjoy two layers of cookies put together like a sandwich with jam.

Cheesecake Cookies | Heat Oven to 350
Cream cheese-based cookies rolled in graham crackers and topped with pie filling. Each cookie is like a little bite of cheesecake but made without the hassle of a springform pan or water bath in the oven.

Raspberry Meringue Clouds | Not Quite Nigella
These large meringues are still soft and fluffy on the inside and best served with a dollop of cream or ice cream.

Gingersnaps with Glitz | Carrol Luna
Delightful gingersnaps with a pretty twist to them.

Cran-Pistachio Cookies | The Girl Who Ate Everything
These Cran-Pistachio Cookies are not only different from any other cookie you’ve ever made, they’re green and red… perfect for a Christmas cookie plate.

Cranberry-Orange White Chocolate & Macadamia Nut Cookies | A Dash of Sanity
Absolutely flavor packed! They’ll become a favorite quickly.

Jam Thumbprints | Ducks ‘n a Row
Jam thumbprint cookies are simple to make and look so lovely on a holiday table!

Cranberry Clementine Coconut Bars | Healthy Seasonal Recipes
Cranberry Crumb Bars with Coconut and Clementine are an all time favorite baking recipe for a Christmas dessert or afternoon snack and any time around the winter holidays.

Toasted Coconut Orange Icebox Cookies | Amanda’s Cookin’
Delicious, chewy, orange flavored cookies dipped in chocolate.

Lemon-Glazed Christmas Wreaths | Barbara Bakes
These awesome Lemon Glazed Christmas Wreath Cookies are a not too sweet butter cookie with a sweet but tart lemon glaze shaped like a wreath.

Cherry Snowballs | Chef in Training
These cookies are perfect for any holiday cookie exchange.
Not only do they look like the perfect little snowballs, but they taste amazing, too. I love the little cherry surprise waiting in the middle!

Raspberry Coconut Macaroons | Things We Make
Do you ever see a recipe and get the feeling you are going to have to try it out?

Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies | Rhubarb & Honey
Light, crispy and bursting with orange and cranberry flavor.

Cherry Toasted Almond Oatmeal Cookies | Unsophisticated Cook

Cherry and Walnut Cookies | Domesblissity

Crispy Coconut Iced Cookies | Demosblissity

Chewy Lemon Snowdrops | Sophistimom
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What a delicious roundup. Thanks for including mine.
Thanks for all this amazingness in one place. My tummy is growling!
These look amazing!! I would love a cookie right about now 🙂
They look so much better than fruitcakes, yummy!
This is an amazing round up! YUM!
I am SO making those chewy lemon cookies! Surprised you didn’t have even one fruitcake cookie, though!
This post just made my mouth water! Chewy lemon drops, oh my! Thanks for including mine in the round up! Cheers! 🙂
Carla
Good Lord, these look so good!
Wow! What a great collection. Thanks so much for including my cranberry bars!
This is an awesome round-up of fruit cookies – not fruit cake…. so funny!
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Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas!
Thanks for linking up with us.
Sharon and Denise ♥
This is really really an awesome collection. Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!