Name: Everything But The Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter, softened; ½ cup light brown sugar, packed; ½ cup granulated sugar; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 large eggs; 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; Potato chips, lightly crushed; Mini pretzels, chopped; White chocolate chunks and/or chocolate chips or white chocolate chips; Christmas M&Ms; Christmas sprinkles; Large mixing bowl; Electric hand or stand mixer; Measuring cups and spoons; Whisk and spatula; Parchment paper; 2 Baking sheets; Wire cooling rack

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When you can’t decide between sweet, salty, chewy, or crunchy, these Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies save the day. They’re loaded with festive mix-ins like pretzels, chips, M&Ms, and sprinkles, making them a merry mash up of holiday flavors. Perfect for Christmas parties, cookie exchanges, or as a fun treat for kids to leave out with Santa’s milk.

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Sweet and Salty Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies

Overhead view of a baking sheet filled with Christmas Kitchen Sink cookies topped with red and green M&Ms, pretzels, sprinkles, white chocolate chunks, and crushed potato chips, surrounded by extra pretzels and chips on the side.

Everything but the Kitchen Sink Christmas cookies are everything you love about holiday baking rolled into one. Sweet, salty, crunchy, chocolatey and chewy. So darn good.

The dough comes together quickly with pantry staples, then gets loaded up with colorful M&Ms, crunchy pretzels, potato chips, and sprinkles for a playful twist.

I love how easy they are to scale for parties, potlucks, or kids’ classroom treats, and they’re always a favorite of mine to use as a christmas cookie exchange recipe. Kids and adults love them, plus they’re the perfect cookies for Santa.

Whether you’re baking a last minute batch for a holiday gathering or whipping them up as a festive project with kids, these cookies bring all the holiday cheer, without a lot of fussy work.

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⭐️ Also try more festive easy Christmas treats like our adorable Reindeer Bark and this Sweet Reindeer Christmas Dessert Dip, or these easy no-bake Reindeer Cookies and snowball peanut butter cookies.

Why You’ll Love These Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies

Sweet and salty: Every bite has chocolate, crunch, and a little salt.

Bakery style look: Extra toppings pressed mid-bake make them look like you bought fancy cookies.

Crowd-pleasing size: Big, chewy cookies that impress at parties.

Flexible mix-ins: Use up holiday candy, chips, or even dried fruit.

Freezer friendly: Dough balls bake beautifully straight from the freezer.

Santa-ready: Big, bakery-style cookies that look picture perfect on a cookie plate.

Close-up of a festive Kitchen Sink Christmas cookie packed with red and green M&Ms, pretzel pieces, white chocolate chunks, and red and green sprinkles, with a blurred background of more cookies and a glass of milk.

Ingredients You’ll Need

Flat lay of labeled ingredients for Everything Christmas Cookies, including red and green sprinkles, all-purpose flour, baking soda, eggs, butter, pretzels and potato chips, white chocolate chunks, white sugar, brown sugar, M&Ms, and vanilla extract.

For the Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies:

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
½ cup light brown sugar, packed
½ cup granulated white sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda

Mix-ins to total 1 to 1 ½ cups:

Potato chips, lightly crushed
Mini pretzels, chopped
White chocolate chunks and/or chocolate chips or white chocolate chips
Christmas M&Ms
Christmas sprinkles

Equipment You’ll Need

Large mixing bowl
Electric hand or stand mixer
Measuring cups and spoons
Whisk and spatula
Parchment paper
2 baking sheets
Wire cooling rack

Stack of Christmas M&M cookies filled with red and green M&Ms, white chocolate chunks, pretzels, potato chips, and festive sprinkles, with a glass of milk in the background and more cookies slightly blurred behind.

⭐️ For savory cravings check out our favorite easy Christmas Appetizers, like this super simple Christmas Tree Cheese Board, and more yummy Christmas Party food ideas for kids.

How to Make The Best Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies

Chewy Kitchen Sink Christmas cookies stacked on a wooden board, loaded with red and green M&Ms, white chocolate chunks, pretzel twists, potato chips, and holiday sprinkles, with scattered sprinkles and pretzels on the table.

1. Preheat the oven

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

2. Cream butter & sugars

Beat the butter until smooth. Add both sugars and mix until light and fluffy.

Stick of softened butter in a clear glass mixing bowl, surrounded by ingredients for Christmas cookies including chopped white chocolate, red and green sprinkles, and holiday M&Ms.

Butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a large glass mixing bowl, ready to be creamed together, with bowls of chopped white chocolate, Christmas M&Ms, and red and green sprinkles nearby.

3. Add eggs & vanilla

Mix in the two eggs, then add vanilla.

Overhead view of creamed butter being mixed in a glass bowl with two cracked eggs on top, surrounded by bowls of chopped white chocolate, red and green sprinkles, and Christmas M&Ms, ready for holiday baking.

4. Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients

In a separate bowl, whisk flour and baking soda. Gradually mix into wet ingredients until just combined.

Glass bowl filled with all-purpose flour and baking soda, ready to be mixed into cookie dough, with chopped white chocolate nearby and part of a mixing bowl and whisk visible on the side.

Thick cookie dough in a clear mixing bowl with a purple spatula, surrounded by bowls of red and green holiday sprinkles, chopped white chocolate, and Christmas M&Ms, ready for mix-ins.

5. Fold in mix-ins

Gently stir in potato chips, pretzels, chocolate, M&Ms, and sprinkles. Reserve some for topping.

Bowl of cookie dough with holiday mix-ins on top, including red and green sprinkles, white chocolate chunks, Christmas M&Ms, pretzel twists, and potato chips, with a purple spatula ready to stir.

Fully mixed cookie dough in a glass bowl with festive mix-ins like red and green sprinkles, M&Ms, white chocolate chunks, pretzel pieces, and potato chips, stirred together with a purple spatula.

6. Shape cookies & chill dough

Scoop about 3 tbsp (~60g) portions and roll them into balls, you should have about 12.

Refrigerate the Christmas cookie dough balls for about 10 minutes, to prevent too much spreading.

7. Bake the cookies

Place dough balls on prepared sheets, spacing well apart.

Bake 12–15 minutes. Check the cookies at 10 minutes, then press a few extra M&Ms, pretzels, or sprinkles on top for a bakery style look.

Let cookies rest on the tray for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.

Storage Tips: Place cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days. To freeze, store portioned dough balls in a freezer bag for up to 2 months.

Close up of sweet and salty Christmas cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet, packed with red and green M&Ms, white chocolate chunks, pretzels, potato chips, and festive holiday sprinkles.

Tips & Variations

Make smaller cookies: Make 30 g dough balls for ~24 cookies; bake 9–11 minutes.

Chill time is key: Don’t skip chilling the dough, or cookies will spread too much.

Swap Mix-ins: Swap in your favorite red and green candies, leftover Christmas candies, crushed candy canes, or holiday Oreos.

Chewier center: Slightly underbake and let finish on the tray. These cookies are best slightly underbaked for a chewy center.

Nutty twist: Add chopped pecans or almonds for more crunch.

Freeze portioned dough balls: Bake dough from frozen, just add 1–2 minutes.

Close up of colorful, easy Christmas cookies on a wooden board, featuring red and green M&Ms, white chocolate chunks, pretzel pieces, potato chips, and red and green sprinkles baked into golden, chewy cookies.

⭐️ Looking for more fun Christmas treats? Try these Shortbread Cookies with pecans, , and this quick Apple Trifle Dessert.

Final Thoughts: Fun Kitchen Sink Cookies for Christmas

These easy Christmas cookies are the kind that instantly make a dessert table sparkle.

Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies have it all, crunchy pretzels, salty chips, melty chocolate, and cheerful sprinkles. They’re fun Christmas cookies to bake with kids, are kid friendly, and are just the right size to leave Santa on Christmas Eve.

Whether you call them “Everything but the Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies” or just your new favorite holiday baking treat, they’re guaranteed to be a hit with kids and adults. A holiday treat that feels extra festive without any extra fuss.