60 Ultimate Cookie Exchange Recipes {and When It's Time to End It}
If you're looking for a winning recipe for your holiday cookie swaps, then scroll through this round-up of 60 Ultimate Cookie Exchange Recipes on Taste As You Go!
I've been trying to battle that super persistent feeling for the past few weeks by giving myself little pep talks:
"Don't give up now. You DO want to do this!"
"Don't you remember how much you used to love doing this? Just keep going!"
"Do it one more time and you'll see -- everything will be fine. You'll feel much better once you get it over with."
But no matter how many times I tried to get excited about it, I found a reason to avoid doing it. (Thank you, Caroline.) That's when I knew it was time to end it.
With a somewhat heavy heart, I'm here to announce that this month's recipe round-up will be the last one on Taste As You Go for the foreseeable future.
When I first started sharing round-ups with you guys, I loved picking the themes each month and collecting recipes from my fellow bloggers. But, over time, the task became exhausting and a lot less fun. As I saw it, I had two choices -- accept the status quo or change the situation.
Obviously, I'm done with the status quo. It's time for a change. I know I've said that before, but between then and now, things still haven't evolved the way I wanted them to.
Little by little, you're going to start seeing evidence of that change on this site. I thought about making the official turn in this new direction in the new year, but why wait? Waiting will only give me more time to make excuses for leaving things exactly the way they are now.
Giving Taste As You Go a refresh will help me get things back on track so I can rekindle my love for sharing stories and recipes in this space. This shift has been a long time coming, and, quite frankly, I'm looking forward to the journey.
For now, though, how about those cookie exchange recipes I promised you?
60 Ultimate Cookie Exchange Recipes
Almond Butter Cookies | Taste As You Go
Almond Cloud Cookies | 2 Cookin' Mamas
Almond Joy Cookies | Julie's Eats & Treats
Andes Mint Cookies | Chocolate with Grace
Apricot Kolaches | Chef Lindsey Farr
Bacon Molasses Cookies | I Heart Eating
Beer Meringue Cookies | The Beeroness
Brown Butter Salted Caramel Pretzel Thumbprints | Pineapple & Coconut
Candy Cane No-Bake Cookies | Foxes Love Lemons
Caramel Thumbprint Cookies | Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt
Cherry Pecan Cookies | Chef Lindsey Farr
Chocolate Coconut Cookies | Cravings of a Lunatic
Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Cookies | Pineapple & Coconut
Chocolate Stout Crinkle Cookies | The Beeroness
Christmas Light Cookies | Fork and Beans
Christmas M&M Cookies | What's Gaby Cooking
Christmasdoodles | Persnickety Plates
Dark Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies | Taste As You Go
Ginger Cookies with Christmas Ale Buttercream | Melanie Makes
Gingerbread Cookies | One Sweet Appetite
Gingerbread Shortbread Cookies with Cranberries | Rachel Cooks
Gingerdoodle Cookies | Like Mother Like Daughter
Glazed Lemon Sugar Cookies | Cravings of a Lunatic
Gold Star Iced Cookies | Simply Sated
Healthy Ginger Snaps | Food Faith Fitness
Hershey's Chocolate Peppermint Cookies | The Bitter Side of Sweet
Holiday Sugar Cookies and DIY Colored Sugar | The View From Great Island
Hot Chocolate Cookies | I Heart Eating
Maple Pecan Shortbread Cookies {Gluten-Free, Paleo} | The Roasted Root
Melting Snowman Cookies | Karen's Kitchen Stories
Mint Chocolate Sandwich Cookies | Julie's Eats & Treats
Molasses Crinkle Cookies | Chocolate with Grace
Oatmeal Lace Cookies | The Blond Cook
Orange-Sour Cream Drops | ¡Hola! Jalapeño
Peanut Butter Cup Sandwich Cookies | Uncle Jerry's Kitchen
Pecan Brownie Bites | Farm Fresh Feasts
Peppermint Chewy Sugar Cookies {Gluten-Free} | Food Faith Fitness
Peppermint Red Velvet Oreos | Country Cleaver
Reindeer Cookie Pops {Gluten-Free} | Fork and Beans
Reindeer Sugar Cookies | One Sweet Appetite
Salted Caramel & Pretzel Thumbprints | The Creative Bite
Snowflake Cookies | Simply Sated
Soft Cut Out Sugar Cookies | Simple Joy
Soft Gingersnap Cookies | Barbara Bakes
Sparkly Chocolate Snickerdoodles | Kitchen Treaty
Turtle Cookies | The Kitchen Is My Playground
Vanillekipferl | Masala Herb
Whipped Shortbread Cookies | Cooking with Jax
White Chocolate Dipped Cherry Shortbread Cookies | Frugal Foodie Mama
Zimsterne / German Christmas Cookies | Karen's Kitchen Stories
Do you have a favorite holiday cookie that you like to bake this time of year? Let me know in the comments!
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