Christmas Funfetti Sugar Cookies
These Christmas funfetti sugar cookies are like a holiday party in cookie form—soft, chewy, and packed with festive red and green sprinkles. They’re quick, colorful, and guaranteed to bring instant cheer to any cookie exchange.
Christmas Funfetti Sugar Cookies
These cookies are ready to crash your holiday like the ultimate retro Christmas party—colorful, playful, and nostalgic.
They’re soft, chewy, and easy enough to make even if you’re deep in Jingle Bell Rock dance-routine mode. The rich vanilla flavor makes them taste like a warm holiday hug wrapped in extra sprinkles.
So slip on your fuzzy socks and leg warmers, grab the sprinkles, and let these cookies bring on the merry mayhem.
If red and green is your kind of holiday magic, check out my Christmas funfetti cookies, Christmas sprinkle cookies, and holiday M&M cookies.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Quick & easy: Mix, scoop, roll, chill, and bake—these cookies come together with no fuss.
- Minimal ingredients: Made with simple pantry staples for stress-free holiday baking.
- Soft & chewy texture: Each cookie has a tender, chewy center and lightly crisp edges.
- Delicious vanilla flavor: Sweet vanilla flavor shines through in every bite.
- Fun & festive: Christmas sprinkles add a bright, colorful pop to every cookie.
Ingredients for Christmas Funfetti Sugar Cookies
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda + baking powder
- Salt
- Unsalted butter – Room temperature.
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs – Room temperature.
- Vanilla extract – Use pure vanilla extract for the best vanilla flavor.
- Christmas sprinkles – Use red, white, and green jimmie sprinkles for the perfect texture and a pop of holiday color.
How to Make Christmas Funfetti Sugar Cookies
Make the vanilla sugar cookie dough.
Mix in the Christmas sprinkles.
Portion the cookie dough using a large cookie scoop.
Roll the cookie dough balls in Christmas sprinkles and chill for 30 minutes.
Place the chilled cookie dough balls on prepared baking sheet pans.
Bake the cookies and then cool to room temperature.
Courtney’s Expert Cookie Baking Tips
- Bring the chilled ingredients (butter and eggs) to room temperature before making the cookie dough. This helps the ingredients combine well and creates the perfect soft & chewy texture.
- Go with pure vanilla extract instead of imitation vanilla extract for this recipe as it is the star flavor for the cookies. And yes, one full tablespoon!
- Use a large cookie scoop to portion the cookie dough to create round, uniform cookies.
- Use jimmies for the best results. Nonpareils bleed color into the cookie dough more easily.
- Don’t skip chilling the cookie dough. This prevents the cookies from spreading too much and helps create the perfect chewy texture.
- Don’t overbake the cookies. Pull the cookies out of the oven when the centers still look slightly underdone—this will create super chewy sugar cookies.
- Immediately when the cookies come out of the oven, use the back of a spoon or a large round cookie cutter to gently shape the cookies so they are perfectly round.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Use a medium cookie scoop (1 ½ tablespoons) to make the cookies half the size. The baking time will be a few minutes less—about 10-11 minutes. The yield of the recipe will double.
Most jimmie-style sprinkles hold their shape and color well. Avoid nonpareils, as they tend to bleed into the dough and make it look gray. Use any sprinkle color you like! For this cookie recipe, I used Christmas colors, but rainbow sprinkles work perfectly!
Pure vanilla extract gives the richest flavor, but vanilla bean paste works beautifully for an extra pop of cozy holiday warmth.
Absolutely! After chilling the sprinkle-covered cookie dough balls for 30 minutes, store the cookie dough balls in a resealable storage bag in the refrigerator for 1 week.
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Christmas Funfetti Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
Funfetti Sugar Cookie Dough
- 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) baking soda
- ½ tsp (0.5 tsp) baking powder
- ½ tsp (0.5 tsp) salt
- 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1 ¼ cups (250 g) granulated sugar
- 2 (2) large eggs (room temperature)
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) pure vanilla extract
- ¼ cup (40 g) Christmas sprinkles
Additional Ingredients
- ¾ cup (120 g) Christmas sprinkles
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or in a large bowl with an electric hand mixer, cream the unsalted butter and granulated sugar for a few minutes until light and creamy. Add in the eggs and vanilla extract and mix until well combined.
- Add in the flour mixture and mix on low speed until the cookie dough comes together. Fold in ¼ cup of Christmas sprinkles until they are well dispersed throughout the cookie dough.
- Portion the cookie dough using a large cookie scoop (3 tablespoons). Roll the cookie dough balls in the additional Christmas sprinkles and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet pan. Chill the cookie dough balls for 30 minutes.
- While the cookie dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 350℉ (177℃). Line baking sheet pans with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.
- Place the chilled cookie dough balls on the prepared baking sheet pans, allowing room for spreading. Bake the cookies for about 13-14 minutes until the edges are set and the centers are slightly underbaked. Cool the cookies on the pan for 2 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Room temperature: Store the baked cookies in an airtight container or storage bag at room temperature for 2 to 3 days.
- Refrigerator (cookie dough): Store the sprinkle-covered cookie dough balls in a storage bag in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. To bake, place the chilled cookie dough balls on baking sheet pans and bake as directed.
- Freezer (cookie dough): Store the sprinkle-covered cookie dough balls in an airtight container or freezer-safe storage bag in the freezer for up to 3 months. To use, thaw the cookie dough for 1 hour and bake as directed.
- Freezer (baked cookies): Store baked cookies in an airtight container or freezer-safe storage bag in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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About Courtney
Baker | 80s Lover | Cookbook Author
Courtney is a self-taught home baker and cookbook author of “Girls Just Wanna Bake Cupcakes”. She loves to create new and unique recipes while simultaneously listening to 80s music.
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