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Chocolate Cookie Box for Christmas

December 4, 2021 by Heather Smoke Leave a Comment

For the third year now, I’ve loved putting together a beautiful Christmas cookie box. For this year’s theme, I decided to go with just chocolate cookies and treats, and all you chocolate lovers are going to adore what’s included. There’s chocolate biscotti to accompany your coffee, homemade hot chocolate mix, truffles, dipped pretzels, fudge brownies, and more! I’ll be packing up all these yummy treats into chocolate cookie boxes for my son’s preschool teachers. Because if anyone needs chocolate, it’s our teachers. Find all the recipes at the end of today’s post!

For more Christmas cookie box recipes and ideas, my 2020 Christmas cookie box also includes a guide to styling and photographing your cookie box. My 2019 cookie box has so many varieties of shortbread, which I just can’t get enough of. And my 2022 Christmas cookie box is full of classic, old-fashioned cookie recipes.

A green wooden box filled with an assortment of chocolate cookies and treats for Christmas.

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What’s in my Chocolate Cookie Box

  • Chocolate Biscotti
  • Strawberry Ganache Chocolate Truffles
  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles
  • Chocolate Dipped Pretzels (no recipe)
  • Crackly Topped Fudge Brownies
  • Cookies and Cream Bark
  • Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • White Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cookies
  • Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Between the cookies, chocolate truffles, biscotti and other treats, there’s something in this chocolate cookie box to please everyone. For all of these recipes, be sure to use a good-quality Dutch-processed cocoa powder and semi-sweet chocolate.

Chocolate white chocolate chips cookies arranged in a green wooden box full of Christmas cookies.

Chocolate Shortbread

I absolutely love shortbread cookies, and chocolate shortbread looks especially beautiful when pressed with cookie stamps then iced to highlight the design. While I didn’t include these in today’s photographed cookie box, they would make a delicious addition.

Stamped Chocolate Shortbread Cookie Recipe

Stamped chocolate shortbread cookies with Christmas designs, surrounded by Christmas cards and twine.
Chocolate shortbread cookies with Christmas designs stamped on them, glazed with icing.

Chocolate Biscotti

Since biscotti has such a long shelf life, it’s a wonderful addition to a Christmas cookie gift box. This recipe is really easy to make, and I’ve included lots of step-by-step instructions to guide you through the process, if you’re new to making biscotti.

This easy high altitude recipe for chocolate biscotti makes the most perfect biscotti for dunking in hot coffee or tea. There’s chocolate chips and Dutch-processed cocoa powder in the biscotti for a rich chocolate flavor, and each one is spread with swirls of melted dark chocolate.

Chocolate Biscotti Recipe

Chocolate biscotti spread with melted chocolate arranged on a baking sheet.
Chocolate biscotti in a green wooden box of Christmas cookies.

Fudge Brownies

I absolutely adore brownies any time of year. My fudge brownies have a shiny, crackly top that looks so beautiful, and they stay soft and moist for days! Dutch-processed cocoa powder and melted dark chocolate gives these brownies rich and complex chocolate flavor that’s not too sweet. So throw out those boxed brownie mixes and get ready to make the most incredible fudge brownies you’ve ever tasted!

Fudge Brownies Recipe

TIP: For a cookie gift box, be sure to wrap the brownies individually, or the cookies and biscotti will draw their moisture out and make them dry.

Thick high altitude fudge brownies, one with a bite taken.
Fudge Brownies

Strawberry Chocolate Truffles

These 3-ingredient chocolate strawberry truffles are made from creamy dark chocolate ganache coated in crushed freeze dried strawberries for an easy and delicious treat. And their red strawberry coating looks so beautiful for Christmas.

Strawberry Chocolate Truffles Recipe

A silver bowl of chocolate strawberry truffles, one with a bite taken.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles

These are the most delicious chocolate chip cookie dough truffles, made with edible cookie dough coated in dark chocolate and sprinkled with flaky salt. I like to keep these in the refrigerator and eat them cold.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles Recipe

Chocolate chip cookie dough truffles, sprinkled with sea salt.

Cookies and Cream Bark

This easy to make cookies and cream bark only requires two ingredients and no special equipment. A delicious no bake treat for a Christmas cookie box! One of my absolute favorite store bought cookies are the white fudge covered Oreos that are only available around the holidays. But when they’re not on store shelves, this simple candy is quick to make and tastes just like those cookies.

Cookies and Cream Bark Recipe

Closeup of squares of cookies and cream bark.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

What would a chocolate cookie box be without classic chocolate chip cookies? If you’re looking for a great recipe for high altitude chocolate chip cookies that are soft and chewy, then look no further. This is a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe developed specifically for high altitude bakers. So no fear of a flat cookie that spreads all over your baking sheet. These cookies are thick and chewy, soft for days after baking, perfectly salty and sweet, and loaded with chocolate chips.

What’s special about this cookie recipe is that instead of creaming softened butter with the sugar and other ingredients, you’ll simply be mixing in melted butter and stirring the dough completely by hand. The chocolate chip cookie dough only needs a brief time to cool and chill before it’s ready to bake, so you’ll have a fresh batch of warm, gooey cookies in less than an hour!

Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

High altitude chocolate chip cookies, arranged on a baking sheet and sprinkled with sea salt.

White Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cookies

These thick and chewy chocolate white chocolate chip cookies have a rich chocolate flavor from Dutch-processed cocoa powder, and they’re loaded with both dark and white chocolate chips. They have crisp edges with soft and chewy, brownie-like centers. White chocolate chips add a nice sweetness to balance the bitterness of the cocoa, and a sprinkling of flaky salt is the perfect finish. This is a quick and easy, high altitude chocolate cookie recipe, with no chill time and no mixer required!

White Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cookies

Chocolate white chocolate chip cookies arranged on a black cooling rack.
A green wooden box filled with an assortment of chocolate cookies and treats for Christmas, surrounded by candy canes, mugs of hot chocolate, and Christmas cards.

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

There’s nothing like a warm, cozy mugful of hot chocolate on a cold day. After playing outside in the snow, my little boys immediately ask for hot chocolate with lots of marshmallows. It’s such a nostalgic drink that’s perfect for sipping on a cold night, while snuggling under blankets, watching movies and eating popcorn. And since my little boys love hot chocolate so much, I’ve been keeping plenty of my homemade hot chocolate mix on hand. It’s quick and easy to make, and so much tastier than store bought powdered mixes.

Hot Chocolate Mix Recipe

TIP: Hot chocolate mix is so cute packaged in clear treat bags, tied up with red twine and a candy cane. You could even include a coffee mug, and some homemade vanilla bean marshmallows.

Homemade hot chocolate mix in a vintage measuring cup.
A cup of hot chocolate topped with whipped cream.

Chocolate Dipped Pretzels

I don’t have a recipe on my site for chocolate dipped pretzels, since they’re so straightforward. All you need are pretzels of some kind – sticks, rods and twists all work fine. I used long pretzel rods which I dipped into melted semi-sweet chocolate, then placed them on wax paper to set. Before the chocolate hardened, I sprinkled them with mini chocolate chips.

Chocolate dipped pretzels arranged in a box of cookies.

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Thick high altitude fudge brownies, one with a bite taken.
Chocolate Strawberry Truffles
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A silver bowl of chocolate strawberry truffles, one with a bite taken.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles
Edible chocolate chip cookie dough rolled into balls and coated in dark chocolate.
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Chocolate chip cookie dough truffles, sprinkled with sea salt.
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Closeup of squares of cookies and cream bark.
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High altitude chocolate chip cookies, arranged on a baking sheet and sprinkled with sea salt.
High Altitude Chocolate White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Thick and chewy chocolate white chocolate chip cookies, loaded with both dark and white chocolate chips. This is a quick and easy, high altitude cookie recipe, with no chill time and no mixer required!
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Chocolate white chocolate chip cookies arranged on a black cooling rack.
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Homemade hot chocolate mix in a vintage measuring cup.
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Starry nights stamped chocolate cookies glazed with icing, arranged in a silver dish.
A green wooden box filled with an assortment of chocolate cookies and treats for Christmas.

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