Tired of making the same old cookie recipes? Give your next bake sale or cookie exchange a wow factor with these 35+ unique cookie recipes.
Your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe may be delicious, and always turn out the way you like, but sometimes you just want something different.
Maybe you are attending a holiday cookie exchange or raising money with a school bake sale? You definitely don’t want to show up with the same cookies that others have made.
Well, you’ve come to the right place! I’ve gathered over 35 unique cookie recipes that will be perfect for the next time you want to change up your baking routine or are looking to impress.
What makes a cookie recipe unique?
To make it on my list, the recipe needed to make me drool just looking at it, and/or feature some different flavor combinations or textures. Then I headed over to Pinterest. Are there already 100 recipes for this cookie? If yes, it didn’t make the list!
You’ll find cookies with different shapes. For example, one looks like a peach! You’ll also find cookies with fun ingredients like black sesame seeds, edible rose petals, mochi, and even one that is topped with a candied sage leaf.
Lace up your apron and ready your taste buds because this list is going to make you want to ditch your old recipes and start baking (and eating) now!
Unique Cookie Recipes
Be the envy of everyone at your next bake sale or cookie exchange with these 35+ recipes for unique cookies. They will definitely impress!
1
Apricot Cookies
Combine sweet fruit with crunchy almonds and rich dark chocolate - you have the perfect, decadent dried apricot cookie recipe for year-round indulging!
2
Pistachio & Cranberry Linzer Cookies
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Linzer cookies are usually shortbread cookies sandwiched with a jam that shows through a cutout, and they are quite common. This recipe is a unique twist because the cookie has pieces of pistachio and cranberry baked in and the whole cookie is Vegan!
3
Margarita Cookies
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A melt in your mouth lime infused shortbread cookie topped with a tequila lime glaze. All the flavors of a margarita in a delicious cookie!
4
Butterscotch Popcorn Cookies
These buttered popcorn and butterscotch cookies are a unique twist on a tradition favorite! They are sweet, salty, chewy, and delicious - and the recipe is very easy to make.
5
Billionaire Alfajores with Toasted Coconut
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This delightful recipe combines millionaire shortbread bars with alfajores (a dulche de leche sandwich cookie). Just look at them! I can see why this combination takes them up from a millionaire to a billionaire.
6
Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Learn how to make the most delicious chocolate chip bacon cookies. This recipe is easy, and you're going to love the combination of sweet and salty!
7
Cotton Candy Cookies
These cotton candy sugar cookies are perfect for a summer dessert, wedding, or even a gender reveal.
8
Cream Horn Cookies
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Cream Horn cookies (also known as Lady Locks or Clothespin cookies) are a flaky crust surrounding a cream filling. They are then dusted with powdered sugar.
9
White Chocolate Snickerdoodles
Snickerdoodles are a holiday staple! Here's a way you can take the classic recipe to the next level by adding a little white chocolate and toffee.
10
Nutella Stuffed Cookies
These Nutella chocolate chip cookies are a crowd pleaser! They're filled with delicious hazelnut spread.
11
Rose Vanilla Shortbread Cookies
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An impressive cookie that only takes 20 minutes of prep! Vanilla shortbread cookies are dipped in dark chocolate, almonds, and edible rose petals.
12
Honey Lavender Latte Cookies
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Espresso sugar cookies frosted with honey lavender buttercream and sprinkled with dried lavender flowers.
13
Blackberry Cookies
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Watch the pureed blackberries in this recipe change the cookies from purple to bright blue when baked. No artificial colors needed!
14
Ferrero Rocher Cookies
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A Ferrero Rocher hazelnut chocolate is hidden in a Nutella and oat cookie. It is then topped with a drizzle of white chocolate shining with gold luster glitter reminiscent of the Ferrero Rocher gold packaging!
15
Black Sesame Matcha Shortbread
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A crisp, delicate black sesame biscuit cookie dipped in matcha green tea chocolate. Definitely a unique cookie!
16
Ube White Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Don't adjust your screen — yes, these cookies are purple, and no, it isn't food coloring! These naturally purple cookies get their color from ube, a purple sweet potato from the Philippines.
17
Lucky Charms Cookies
This Lucky Charm cookie recipe promises a sprinkle of magic in every bite! Bake these for parties and St. Patrick's Day.
18
Maple Cream Sandwich Cookies
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These maple cookies with maple cream filling only have five ingredients. Bonus? They are sugar, gluten, and grain-free! Perfect for a low carb diet.
19
Salted Caramel Heart Snickerdoodles
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You'll love these snickerdoodle cookies with a heart-shaped center filled with caramel and sprinkled with flake salt. Oh, and those little hearts that were cut out? They make cute mini cookies.
20
Bourbon Bacon Brown Sugar Cookies
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A soft fluffy cookie that combines the flavors of salty bacon, rich bourbon, and sweet brown sugar. Yes, please!
21
Breskvice
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Breskvice is a traditional Croatian cookie that is made for special occasions. Each cookie is made to resemble a peach and sometimes even has a leaf to further the illusion. The 'pit', or filling is made from apricot jam spiked with rum.
22
Iced Lemon Mascarpone Cookies
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Soft lemon and poppy seed mascarpone cheese cookies topped with a sweet icing and slivered almonds!
23
Salted Caramel Chip Chocolate Cookies
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A fudgy chocolate cookie with salted caramel chips and a sprinkle of sea salt on top! A delicious way to enjoy salted caramel.
24
Chocolate Chip Mochi Cookies
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A gooey chocolate center wrapped in Mochi (a Japanese treat made with milk, sweet rice flour, sugar and butter) and then wrapped with buttery cookie dough topped with chocolate chips.
25
Cranberry Sage Cookies
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Cranberry buttercream sandwiched between two sage sugar cookies and then topped with a candied sage leaf. A delicious combination of flavors!
26
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
These white chocolate chip cranberry cookies are the perfect combination of tart, sweet, and crunchy. This is my FAVORITE cookie recipe.
27
Meyer Lemon + Pistachio Sandwich Cookies
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These delicate sandwich cookies feature buttery pistachio shortbread filled with Meyer lemon buttercream and then they are rolled in chopped pistachios!
28
Neapolitan Cookies
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Can't decide what cookie to make? Why not make three — in one? You can enjoy a bite of strawberry, then vanilla, then chocolate with Neapolitan cookies.
29
Sweet Potato Cookies
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Topped with pecans, these soft chewy cookies feature sweet potato, semolina and butter. This is a really easy cookie recipe!
30
Zucchini Cookies with Lemon Glaze
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Just like with zucchini bread, the zucchini in these cookies provides a lot of moisture. If you like your cookies to not be overly sugary, these lemon glazed cookies are definitely for you!
31
Maple Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies
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Although thumbprint cookies are quite common, the 'thumbprints' are usually filled with jam. You can also use cheesecake or chocolate filling. However, these hazelnut cookies have a dollop of maple cream on top!
32
Tahini Oat Sandwich Cookies
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A buttery sweet tahini filling sandwiched between one bowl cookies with the crunch of oats!
33
Caramel Apple Cookies
This delicious caramel apple cookie recipe has the best flavors of fall packed into one amazing cookie. They are so rich and moist - you'll love them!
34
Raspberry Bow Tie Cookies
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Cream cheese cookies hugging raspberry jam and sprinkled with powdered sugar. A pretty cookies with delicious flavor!
35
Bacon Fat Ginger Cookies
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Take the classic ginger cookie up a few notches with this recipe! Candied ginger, fried ginger and fresh ginger juice give these cookies a big ginger kick and the addition of bacon fat provides a bit of a smoky flavor.
36
Cardamom Shortbread Cookies with Orange Glaze
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Cardamom shortbread cookies boast an exotic warm flavor, balanced with a sweet, citrusy orange glaze. The cookies are buttery, tender, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious!
37
Ruby Chocolate Chip Cookies
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A chocolate cookie chock full of delicious mix-ins! These cookies feature naturally pink ruby chocolate chips, freeze dried raspberries and chopped pistachios.
38
Red Hot Cookies
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This cookie recipe was born when Jamie was unable to find cinnamon chips in her grocery store. She decided to try Red Hots instead. I love the way recipes come together sometimes!
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