Bake and prepare all cookie recipes as instructed and assemble in a large box with dividers.

Make Ahead Tips:

• One of the most overwhelming parts of creating a cookie box is coordinating all the recipes. Most people, including me, do not want to make 7 cookie recipes all in one day. That is why I like to choose recipes that either freeze well after baking, the dough can be made ahead, or the cookie/treat itself has a long shelf-life.
• To make my 2023 Christmas Cookie Box, I made several cookie recipes ahead of time and froze them. The cookies I made ahead were the gingerbread caramel thumbprints and the eggnog thumbprints.
• I made the sugar cookie and chocolate cookie dough and stored them in tightly sealed containers in the refrigerator and scooped and baked them cold.
• I made the brown butter blondies 3 days ahead and stored tightly wrapped in plastic in the refrigerator. When I was ready to assemble the box, I cut the tree shapes and added the toppings. The white chocolate hardens almost instantly on the cold blondie.
• The no bake cookies and graham cracker toffee recipes are great make aheads because they store really well at room temperature for a week or even more. I made these two recipes a few days before I assembled this cookie box and stored them at room temperature in airtight cookie tins.
• Assemble cookie box once all cookies are prepped. See blog post for packing and shipping instructions.
• See my 2020 Christmas Cookie Box for even more recipes and tips