These Cinnamon Eggnog Christmas Cookies are a melt-in-your-mouth cookie recipe. They’re satisfyingly crackly on the outside, but super gooey and chewy on the inside.
Cinnamon Eggnog Christmas Cookies
Let me start out by saying I am not the huuugest fan of eggnog, so if you curled up your lip at the name of these cookies, I won’t hold it against you! However Kevin loooooooves eggnog and looks forward to it every year. So when I came across some fun Eggnog Baking Melts, I knew I had to experiment with them and make a Christmas cookie Kevin (and all eggnog-lovers) would go crazy for! :)
These cookies are satisfyingly crackly on the outside, but super gooey and chewy on the inside, with a deliciously (if you’re into that sort of thing) distinct eggnog flavor.
How perfect do these cookies look?? :)
But wait! Even if you despise eggnog, don’t X out of this post just yet. :) I’ve got some alternate flavor options for you, so you can still make these fun crackly, chewy one-of-a-kind cookies even if you’re not that into eggnog. :)
Just a few simple ingredients here! Brown sugar, flour, eggs, butter, baking soda, eggnog, cinnamon chips, and Eggnog Candy Melts.
I found these in the Christmas baking section at Walmart, and they are the star of these cookies! They’re like chocolate chips, but they taste like eggnog! How fun is that? :) There are two Walmart stores near me and one store had them but the other did not, so call or check around if you can’t find these right away. Also maybe check craft stores like Michaels, Hobby Lobby and Jo-Ann. I know the Michaels near me has a big Wilton section! You can also buy them online at Wilton.com. The shipping is refreshingly not too outrageous, either. You’ll need two (10 oz) bags to make these cookies.
You’ll also need one (10 ounce) bag of cinnamon baking chips. They’re perfect in these cookies and not too spicy or over-powering.
How to Make the Best Christmas Cookies
To start, whisk the butter, sugar, and eggnog over medium-low heat…
Until the butter is juuust melted.
Add in 2 cups of Eggnog melts — that’s about a bag and a half.
And whisk until just melted. Immediately remove from heat and pour into your large mixing bowl, and let it hang out in the fridge for about 10 mins or so to cool off while we prepare the remaining ingredients.
Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside. Then take the remaining eggnog chips and chop coarsely.
When the batter is cool to the touch all the way through, beat in the eggs at medium high speed for 2-3 minutes.
Until nice and light and fluffy.
Add the dry ingredients and beat on low speed until just combined.
Add the remaining chopped eggnog chips and the entire bag of cinnamon chips and stir until just combined.
Use a medium (1.5 tbsp) cookie scoop to place dough on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes until edges just start to turn golden.
Remove from oven and you’ll have this gorgeous, crackly, gooey, chewy Cinnamon Eggnog Cookie. Swoon!
Even though eggnog is not my favorite holiday flavor, of course I had to try one. You know, for quality control purposes. And let’s just say I may have gone back for a second. Just to be sure. ;)
If you love eggnog you will love this cookie!! :) But if you don’t love eggnog, you can totally swap out the eggnog chips with white chocolate chips or regular chocolate chips. Same amounts apply. 1 cup eggnog melts = 1 cup chocolate chips. You could have a White Chocolate Cinnamon Cookie! Or Chocolate Cinnamon Cookies! Or you could swap out the cinnamon chips for mint chips and have Chocolate Peppermint Cookies! Or use white chocolate chips and have Domino cookies. :) Or keep the eggnog and cinnamon chips and add 1 teaspoon of ground ginger for Gingerbread Eggnog Cookies. :) The options are endless!! :) I would love to hear about your experiments or flavor combo ideas! :)
Thanks so much for looking! Hope you enjoy!! :) Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! :) xoxo
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Cinnamon Eggnog Christmas Cookies
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Prep Time: 20 minutes -
Cook Time: 8 minutes
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Total Time: 28 minutes
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Yield: 4 dozen cookies 1x
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Category: Dessert
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Method: Oven
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Cuisine: American
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These Cinnamon Eggnog Christmas Cookies are a melt-in-your-mouth cookie recipe. They’re satisfyingly crackly on the outside, but super gooey and chewy on the inside.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (1.5 sicks) butter
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons eggnog (or water or milk)
- 2 (10 oz) bags Wilton Eggnog Baking Melts
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 (10 oz) bag cinnamon baking chips
Instructions
- Heat butter, sugar, and eggnog in a large sauce pan over medium low heat until butter is just melted. Add 2 cups eggnog baking melts and stir until just melted. Immediately remove from heat and pour into a large mixing bowl and set in refrigerator to cool for about 10 minutes, or until batter is cool to the touch all the way through.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside. Coarsely chop the remaining eggnog melts.
- Once the batter is cool, beat in eggs at medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.
- Add remaining chopped eggnog melts (about 3/4 cup) and the cinnamon baking chips. Stir until just combined.
- Use a medium (1.5 tbsp) cookie scoop to place dough on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes until edges just start to turn golden brown. Let stand on the pan for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
This recipe may easily be halved. Alternatively, this dough freezes really well so you can make what you need right away, then with the remaining dough, go ahead and shape into balls (press down slightly to flatten) then put them in the freezer. They’ll keep in the freezer 2-3 months if stored in an airtight freezer bag. Then whenever you want fresh, warm, homemade cookies, pull out as many as you want and bake as needed. You can have instant homemade cookies all season long! :) You don’t even need to thaw before baking. Happy baking!
I just tried egg nog this year for the very first time this holiday season and I was very surprised of how good it tastes so I thought I’d give these a try. I could’t find the egg nog flavored candy melts so I substituted pumpkin spice and dark coca ones instead and I left out the cinnamon chips because I’m not a big fan. They still turned out really good and all my tasters loved them.
MMMMMM!! These turned out SO tasty and addicting! Mine were crackly on the outside and chewy on the inside, but not as crackly as the photos here…no idea how you managed that! :) I think it may be how cold the dough is when it’s put onto the cookie tray…I had chilled the mixing bowl and the first batch was more crackly than the 4th batch. I froze the rest of the dough for a later time, so we’ll see!
Thanks for all of the variations….can’t wait to try these.
Chewie inside and crunch outside: What a great texture!
Mine turned out flat, I believe the 80 plus degree heat and the humidity here in Charleston had something to do with it. I chilled the dough and used parchment paper. My family loved them anyway and my sister told me to quit saying they didn’t turn out right because no one would ever know since they were delish as is!
My husband and I love eggnog these cookies look like the perfict win. Except for how you achieve the taste of eggnog—the Wilton’s chips are naturally and “artificially” flavored—yuck no thanks on artificials—anyway else to bake with eggnog??
I don’t know what I did wrong, but my cookies didn’t turn out anything like the picture. I’m bummed. They were crispy and flat. I did use silpat liners. I’d like to try again, but I bought my walmart’s last two bags of egg nog melts! Any one else make them and have better results?
Oh no! I am so sorry, Michelle! As you can see in the photos, my cookies were pretty thin and crispy, but definitely chewy on the inside. Two things I did that may have helped were, my dough was very cool and my baking soda was fresh. I have also not had great experiences with my cookies baking on Silpat liners either, so I prefer to use parchment paper. Sorry these were a bummer for you!
Same thing happened to mine. I used Silpats too. Mine were flat an unedible for sure.
So sorry about that Julie! As I said in the post, I prefer to bake on parchment paper. I have had a similar experience with Silpat liners. If anyone else is worried about flat cookies, make sure your dough is very cool before baking. You can even make the dough the night before and let the dough rest in the fridge overnight. I pulled my cookies out after 9 mins. Hope this helps!
Okay, I found some more melts! I’m going to try again! I just started using silpat recently and I kind of thought they were interchangeable with parchment. But I will use parchment paper, and I’m going to refrigerate the dough. Hopefully, I will achieve better results. Thanks so much Amanda!
I have got to find those eggnog candy melts! YUM!
Love the idea of using eggnog candy melts in cookies! These sound amazing!
Hi! How many cookies does this make? Thanks!!
Hi Nicole! It made about 4 dozen cookies. You could easily half this recipe. Or, this dough freezes really well so you can make what you need, then with the remaining dough, go ahead and shape into balls (press down slightly to flatten) then put them in the freezer. Then whenever you want fresh, warm, homemade cookies, pull out as many as you want and bake as needed. You can have instant homemade cookies all season long! :) You don’t even need to thaw before baking. Hope this helps! :)
These look SO good! I doubt I can find egg nog chips, but I bet they’d be fantastic with white chocolate chips. Definitely going to try to add these to my holiday baking list (which is growing at a rapid rate)!
Look at those lovelies.
When you say you can swap the eggnog chips for the chocolate mean chocolate candy melts or chocolate chips like Hersheys?
Thanks
Hi May! Like I said in the post, you can swap out the eggnog chips with regular chocolate chips. Chocolate candy melts would work too! Hope this helps! :)
Oh my yum! I have recently discovered that chocolate gives me migraines (I know, sad day) but white chocolate is fine. I’m going to add these to my baking list!
Just noticed the dog icon on the tab when I have your site open–too cute!! Will look for eggnog melts and give these a whirl!
My son is allergic to cinnamon, so I’m going to try these with some white chocolate chips. YUM!
Those look insanely amazing!! What a perfect holiday cookie!
I seriously love the idea of making these with kinds of flavored candy melts!!
I’m not huge on eggnog either, but when made in a cookie, yes, I think I can go for it!
WHOA. Eggnog melts?! I need to find those. These cookies look amazing. I am super duper obsessed with all things eggnog this time of year. Pinned!
I’m not a big egg nog fan BUT I love the taste in baked goods (or pancakes! YUM!) so these are right up our alley!
I’m on the lookout for eggnog candy melts now. You should name these Sinful Cinnamon Eggnog Christmas Cookies. ;)