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35 Gluten-Free Vegan Christmas Cookies

Published: Dec 3, 2024 by Rhian Williams

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Modified: Dec 4, 2024 · Published: Dec 3, 2024 by Rhian Williams · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments
A collage of 35 Gluten-Free Vegan Christmas Cookies photos

A selection of 35 Gluten-Free Vegan Christmas Cookies, including chocolate cookies, oatmeal cookies, fruit cookies, chocolate chip cookies and nutty cookies as well as festive ones like Sugar Cookies and Gingerbread Cookies.

All of these cookies are also refined sugar free, and some are grain-free and paleo too.

A collage of four gluten-free vegan Christmas cookies photos

These Gluten-Free Vegan Christmas Cookies also make great homemade edible gifts!

Tips for packaging Christmas cookies for gifting

  • Make sure the cookies have cooled completely before packing, otherwise they will release steam, which will make them soggy!
  • Cookies without frosting are much easier to package for gifting - you can easily stack them on top of each other to wrap in baking paper or put in a tin or Tupperware.
  • Cookies with frosting are slightly harder to package - they can't be stacked on top of each other so need to be laid completely flat along the bottom of a tin or Tupperware.

Other relevant posts

  • For more vegan homemade edible gift ideas, check out my Vegan Gift Guide!
  • For more festive desserts, check out my 75 Vegan Christmas Recipes post and 40 Vegan Christmas Dessert Recipes post!

1. Chocolate Cookies

Chewy, fudgy, seriously indulgent chocolate cookies filled with pockets of even more chocolate! Also grain-free and paleo.

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A stack of chocolate cookies with chocolate chips against a grey background

2. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Soft, chewy and fragrant oatmeal cookies filled with sweet raisins!

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Oatmeal raisin cookies on a silver cake stand

3. Sugar Cookies

These Sugar Cookies are soft and chewy, slightly fluffy and covered in a rich, creamy cashew frosting. Plus they're super pretty and colourful! 

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Twelve circular sugar cookies topped with different coloured frosting and sprinkles on a sheet of brown baking paper

4. Snickerdoodles

Soft and chewy vanilla cookies covered in toasty cinnamon sugar! 

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Five snickerdoodle cookies coated in brown cinnamon sugar stacked on top of each other

5. Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Rich and nutty. chewy and crispy cookies packed with peanut flavour!

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Six golden brown peanut butter oatmeal cookies against a sheet of brown baking paper

6. Gingerbread Cookies

These Gingerbread Cookies are crispy yet chewy, fragrantly spiced and super adorable!

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A gingerbread man cookie on a marble background

7. Banana Oatmeal Cookies

These Banana Oatmeal Cookies are fragrant, taste like banana bread and are filled with chunks of chocolate!

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Four chocolate chip cookies stacked up on top of each other against a grey background

8. Ginger Cookies

These Ginger Cookies are soft and chewy, warmly spiced and perfectly sweet! Also grain-free and paleo.

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Four golden brown cookies on a sheet of brown baking paper with two drizzled with melted dark chocolate

9. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Soft and chewy oatmeal cookies studded with sweet chocolate chips!

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A pile of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies on a pink plate

10. Peanut Butter Cookies

Soft, fudgy, rich and "buttery" cookies packed with peanut flavour! Also grain-free.

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A stack of five peanut butter cookies on a marble slab against a grey background

11. Carrot Cake Cookies

Subtly spiced carrot cake cookies filled with juicy raisins and fragrant coconut!

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Five carrot cake cookies with raisins on a silver background

12. Chocolate Chip Cookies

Crispy, chewy and "buttery" cookies studded with chocolate chips! 

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Six chocolate chip cookies against a marble background

13. Chocolate No-Bake Cookies

These Chocolate No-Bake Cookies are fudgy, chewy, rich and satisfying. They're super easy and take just 15 minutes to make!

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Four no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies stacked on top of each other on a sheet of brown baking paper

14. Almond Butter Cookies

These Almond Butter Cookies are soft and fudgy and require just 3 ingredients to make! Grain-free, oil-free and paleo.

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Four golden brown cookies stacked on top of each other on a sheet of brown baking paper

15. Coconut Macaroons

These Coconut Macaroons are soft and chewy, fragrant and nutty and require just 5 ingredients to make! Grain-free and nut-free.

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Five coconut macaroons drizzled with melted chocolate on a sheet of brown baking paper

16. Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

These Pumpkin Sugar Cookies are soft and chewy, slightly fluffy, fragrantly spiced and covered in a rich, tangy "cream cheese" frosting.

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Two pumpkin cookies topped with white frosting one with a bite taken out

17. Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies

These Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies are soft and fluffy, sweet and tangy, and a little nutty.

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Lemon poppy seed cookies with frosting with a bite taken out of one

18. Shortbread Cookies

These Shortbread Cookies are crisp and crunchy, melt-in-your-mouth buttery and perfectly salty-sweet! 

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Five circular shortbread cookies on a marble background scattered with rose petals

19. Madeleines

These Madeleines are elegant, perfectly sweet and so fluffy!

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Seven madeleines on a marble background decorated with flowers

20. Pumpkin Cookies

These Pumpkin Cookies are soft and fluffy, seriously moist and covered in a silky "cream cheese" frosting. 

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A halved gluten-free vegan pumpkin cookie topped with white frosting and pumpkin seeds

21. Lemon Cookies

These Lemon Cookies are soft and chewy, slightly fluffy and perfectly tangy. They're covered in a rich, creamy lemon frosting too! 

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A lemon cookie topped with frosting with a bite taken out of it

22. Millionaire Shortbread

This Millionaire Shortbread (Caramel Slice) is the best sweet treat: a "buttery" shortbread base topped with fudgy caramel and silky-smooth chocolate.

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Three millionaire shortbread squares and goji berries on marble

23. Lemon Blueberry Cookies

These Lemon Blueberry Cookies are soft and chewy, fluffy and studded with juicy blueberries. They're covered in a creamy, tangy lemon frosting too, and taste like Blueberry Muffins!

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Three lemon blueberry cookies with frosting and a bite taken out of one

24. Oatmeal Cookies

These Oatmeal Cookies are perfectly chewy and studded with tart-sweet dried cranberries! 

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Four oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries

25. Linzer Cookies

These Linzer Cookies are light and tender, melt-in-your-mouth buttery and filled with sweet, sticky jam!

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Eight gluten-free vegan linzer cookies filled with raspberry jam

26. Coconut Flour Cookies

These Coconut Flour Cookies are crisp and crunchy, richly "buttery", and studded with toasty pecans! 

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Six round cookies with pecan nuts against a marble background scattered with rose petals

27. Orange Cookies

These Orange Cookies are soft and chewy, slightly fluffy and perfectly citrusy! They're covered in a rich, creamy orange buttercream frosting too.

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Three orange cookies with frosting and orange zest with a bite taken out of one

28. Gingerbread Cookie Bars

These Gingerbread Cookie Bars are soft and chewy, fragrantly spiced and covered in a rich "cream cheese" frosting!

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Three gingerbread cookie bars with frosting and dried cranberries with a bite taken out of one

29. Thumbprint Cookies

These Thumbprint Cookies are soft, melt-in-your-mouth "buttery" and filled with sticky, tart-sweet raspberry jam.

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Six gluten-free vegan thumbprint cookies with raspberry jam on a marble background

30. Homemade Oreos

These Homemade Oreos are crunchy and chocolatey, and filled with a sweet, silky, melt-in-your-mouth cream filling. 

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Three gluten-free vegan homemade oreos stacked on top of each other

31. Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

These Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are soft, chewy and fudgy. 

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Three gluten-free vegan chocolate chip cookie bars with sea salt on a marble background

32. Chocolate Brownie Cookies

These Chocolate Brownie Cookies are soft, super fudgy and perfectly indulgent, yet secretly healthy! 

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A stack of gluten-free vegan chocolate brownie cookies on a marble background

33. Chickpea Cookies

These Chickpea Cookies are soft, chewy and fudgy. 

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A chickpea cookie with chocolate chips on a plate sprinkled with sea salt flakes

34. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

These Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are rich, fudgy and perfectly soft. 

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A stack of four gluten-free vegan chocolate crinkle cookies

35. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are soft, chewy and perfectly satisfying! 

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Three gluten-free vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookie bars with a bite taken out of one
  • For more vegan homemade edible gift ideas, check out my Vegan Gift Guide!
  • For more festive desserts, check out my 75 Vegan Christmas Recipes post and 40 Vegan Christmas Dessert Recipes post!

If you make any of these Gluten-Free Vegan Christmas Cookies, I'd really love to see what you come up with! You can show me by tagging a photo @rhiansrecipes #rhiansrecipes on Instagram! Thank you.

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  1. Joshua Howard

    December 07, 2019 at 1:37 pm

    Wow! I love cookies! Thank you for these great ideas! Can't wait to try each of them

    Reply
    • Rhian Williams

      December 08, 2019 at 8:37 am

      Thank you so much!

  2. YL

    December 07, 2019 at 9:58 pm

    Hi Rhian,
    Thanks for this amazing collection of cookies.
    I want to make some as gifts for friends, and I'm wondering if it is possible to make the dough ahead of time and keep it in the fridge/freezer for a couple of days, and bake on the day I want to deliver the gifts?

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks

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    • Rhian Williams

      December 08, 2019 at 8:39 am

      Thank you! I would recommend freezing the dough over keeping it in the fridge as it can get quite dry in the fridge. But freezing the dough should work!

  3. Ashley

    December 12, 2020 at 8:28 pm

    Ahh thank you!!! I am so excited to have found your fantastic website! I will be perusing and making a list. Stay healthy x

    Reply
    • Rhian Williams

      December 13, 2020 at 12:05 am

      Thank you so much, so happy to hear that!

  4. Laurie

    December 10, 2022 at 9:36 pm

    I cannot eat grains. Is there anything I can substitute for the brown rice flour in the recipes that call for it?

    Reply
    • Rhian Williams

      December 13, 2022 at 2:17 pm

      Are you ok with buckwheat flour? That should be ok as a substitute!

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