Delicious & Unique Cookie Recipes
Get ready to bake with this list of 50 unique cookie recipes to try - from classic cookies to out-of-the-box new flavor combinations!
I am a serious cookie lover, so I take my baking seriously. If you have been looking for a unique cookie recipe to try, you are in the right place.
Unique Cookie Recipes
From Classic Sugar Cookies to Tie Dye Cookies, we have found the BEST cookies from around the web so that you can find delicious new recipes to make and share with your friends or family.
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Fun Cookie Recipes
Tie-dye sugar cookies are a twist on the classic cookie, they're super fun to make.
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Cornflake Chocolate Chip Cookies with melted marshmallows are to die for! This is a copycat Milk bar recipe that is always a crowd-pleaser.
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These easy Oatmeal Scotchies are delicious. Soft and chewy oatmeal cookies with butterscotch chips and coconut.
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White chocolate and raspberry are two flavors that should be married. These cookies are absolute perfection!
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I don't know why chile and chocolate work so well together, but they do. Chocolate and ancho chile crinkle cookies from Honestly Yum sound like a wonderful way to bring them together!
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I only recently discovered browned butter, and it is liquid GOLD. I'm sure these Brown Butter Cinnamon Crinkle Cookies from Cookies and Cups are just as delicious.
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Aren't these Raspberry Almond Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies from Cooking Classy so elegant? I could totally see the Queen sitting down to eat them with her afternoon tea.
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I've never seen cookies like this, but I'm dying to try these Peaches n' Cream Cookies from The Girl Creative.
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Traditional Cookies
These crinkle cookies are absolutely delicious and so easy to throw together!
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These chocolate coconut macaroons are quick, easy to make, and so delicious!
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These sugar cookies are to die for good! Plus, they are so easy to make!
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These Chocolate Sugar Cookies with chocolate frosting are so delicious.
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You only need one chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe in your life and this is it! You will not regret saving this one.
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These double chocolate chip cookies are sinfully good! Not only do they please a crowd, but they freeze like a dream so you can always have dough on hand for when you need it!
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My absolute favorite homemade cookie recipe! They are easy, to make and impossible to say no too ;)!
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How to make homemade sugar cookies, cut out into any shape. This is the best soft sugar cookie recipe with cream cheese frosting!
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These Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies are as timeless as they are delicious. One batch makes over 50 cookies, so plan on lots of neighbors asking for this recipe.
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These Ginger Snaps are my grandma's recipe! This cookie flavored with ginger, molasses and cinnamon is old fashioned and they're so good, they stand the test of time.
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Another classic. I'm sure these Snickerdoodles from Tastes Better From Scratch are soft, chewy, and amazing.
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Cake Inspired Unique Cookies
Oh boy, these cake-inspired cookies look amazing. I think I'll try the Carrot Cake first because I can't resist cream cheese frosting...
Red velvet will always be a classic. These Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies from One Little Project look so great.
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Who doesn't like cake batter? These Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies from Sally's Baking Addiction look like major crowd-pleasers.
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Adding a vegetable to a dessert makes it 100% healthy. Ok, that's probably not true. But these Carrot Cake Cookies from Celebrating Sweets still look worth it.
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These Muffin Mix Blueberry Streusel Cookies from The Domestic Rebel look so great, and since they start from a mix, so easy.
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If you love the combination of cherry and chocolate then these cookies are for you! They are to die for good!
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Cookies are the best of both worlds. Sally's Baking Addiction has done it again!
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These sea salt caramel chocolate chip cookies from Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen sound like the perfect blend of salty-sweet.
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Candy Bar Inspired Cookies
What is your favorite candy bar? Have you ever put it into cookies? Today might be the day to try it.
Almond Joys!!! Chelsea's Messy Apron has done a beautiful job recreating them in cookie form.
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These Marshmallow Roll Cookies from Rock Recipes look like no-bake versions of Hostess Sno Balls.
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I don't have to buy candy bars, but still get to have the delicious wonderful experience of eating a candy bar? That's the dream. Thanks to This Grandma is Fun for fulling that dream with these Twix Cookies.
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Butterfinger makes everything better. These Butterfinger Chocolate Chip Cookies from Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen look so yum.
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Unique Cookie Recipes Inspired by Popular Desserts
I am very impressed by how these bakers have taken the flavors of their favorite dessert like Churros or Cheesecake and made it into a cookie! Truly, I don't know which one to try first.
Holy cow, these Churro cookies look incredible, and easy to make. Can't wait to try them.
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The most controversial cookies on the internet. I have to admit I'm a fan, and I'm so excited to recreate these Soft Lofthouse Style Frosted Sugar Cookies from Life Made Sweeter.
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I love home-made oreos and s'mores so I decided to combine the two into one delicious cookie. These devil's food cake sandwich cookies are so delicious and the golden grahams just add that extra oomph!
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I love that these white chocolate chip biscoff cookies are made with Biscoff spread AKA cookie butter.
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Cheesecake is always a good idea, so by extension, so are these Cheesecake Cookies by Yellow Bliss Road.
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I can practically smell these cookies through the screen and they remind me of Christmas! If you love chocolate oranges, you've got to try these cookies.
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These Cinnamon Bun Cookies look so adorable! Head over to Wanna Come With to grab the recipe.
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A root beer float that never melts? I'm in. These Root Beer Float Cookies from This Grandma is Fun look amazing!
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I've had banana everything, bread, cake, pie. I can't wait to try these Banana Cream Cookies from Butter With a Side of Bread.
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These caramel, chocolate and coconut topped sugar cookies are so good! They are inspired by the classic and ever popular girl scout cookie Samoas AKA Caramel DeLites.
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These Creme Brûlée Sugar Cookies from Delish look so fancy. I'm sure they're tasty too.
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Delicious Cookie Recipes
No Bake Cookies
Sometimes you want cookies but you don't want to turn that oven on. No problem! Try one of these amazing no-bake cookie recipes!
White chocolate covered Oreos are what dreams are made of. You only need three ingredients for these white fudge covered Oreos and they are the perfect easy dessert for any holiday or special occasion!
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Coconut No-Bake Cookies are a coconut lovers dream! They're quick and easy, ready in 15 minutes!
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These no-bake monster cookie bites are absolutely delicious! A perfect sweet treat for those hot summer days!
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The perfect chocolate no bake cookies! These chocolate peanut butter cookies are to die for good. Plus, easy enough for your kids to make!
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If you want edible cookie dough without risk of getting sick, try our friend Aimee's Eggless cookie dough. This small-batch recipe is perfect for an evening treat and no baking is required!
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So many great options! A must save for later for those times when I need a unique cookie but not sure what to make.
These are fun cookies! They're adorable and look sooo delicious! We already tried some of them and we can't wait to try the chocolate coconut macaroon cookies next!
Thanks for putting together this list. Trying to perfect my cookie making. I loved the lemon sugar and crinkles. So good!
Thanks for linking my Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies. All the recipes look so good that I want to pin every single one of them! :)
You're so welcome!! :)