Christmas Gift Tag Cookies

These Gift Tag Cookies are the perfect way to sweeten up your holiday gifting! With festive shapes like stockings, ornaments, and trees, you’ll dip them in colorful Candy Melts and top them with sprinkles for a fun, custom look. Add names with a little piping for an extra personal touch, then thread twine through to make them the cutest cookie tags for presents. Whether hanging on gifts or nibbling as a treat, these cookies will bring joy to your holiday celebrations!

Skill LevelBeginner

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Cut Out Sugar Cookie Dough
Red Candy Melts
Bright White Candy Melts Candy
Dark Green Candy Melts Candy
Christmas Sprinkles Mega Bulk Set (Nonpareils and Tree Mix Used)
Peppermint Crunch Sprinkles

Tools
Bowl
Rolling Pin
18-Piece Cookie Cutter Set (Stocking, Ornament, and Tree Cutters Used)
Cookie Sheet
Parchment Paper
12-inch Disposable Decorating Bags
Round Cake Decorating Tip 2

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Prepare sugar cookie dough following recipe instructions. Roll dough to 1/8 in. thickness.
Using stocking, ornament, and tree cookie cutters, cut out cookies, and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Poke a hole towards teh top of each shape using the #4 round tip.
Bake in the pre-heated oven for 6-8 minutes, or until the bottom edge just starts to brown.
Remove cookies to a cooling rack and cool completely.
After cookies have cooled completely, melt red, bright white, and dark green candy melts according to the package instructions, one color at a time.
Dip bottom half of the cookies into melted candy, then set on a piece of parchment paper to dry, adding sprinkles on top of the candy melts while still wet. Example color and sprinkle combinations:
- a. Stocking cookies: red candy melts and tree mix sprinkles
- b. Ornament cookies: bright white candy melts and tree mix sprinkles
- c. Tree Cookies: dark green candy melts and holidat nonpareils sprinkles
Using leftover melted red and/or green candy melts, place into a decorating bag fitted with a #2 round tip. Pipe names onto the cookies (you can also use Royal Icing for this step). Chill until set, about 5 minutes.
After the candy melts have set completely, thread a piece of twine into the hole of each cookie. TIP If needed, use a toothpick to help push the twine through the hole.