21 Christmas Bake Sale Ideas

Planning a holiday bake sale? These Christmas bake sale ideas are festive, easy to make, and guaranteed to sell. From classic Christmas cookies to simple holiday treats that package up beautifully, they’re perfect for fundraising at your next holiday bake sale.

The best part is you don’t need complicated recipes to make something special. These Christmas treats are practical enough for busy schedules but still look impressive lined up on a bake sale table. They’re the kind of desserts for a crowd that sell fast and help everyone feel some holiday joy.

Let’s make some bake sale treats!

four pictures of christmas treats that are good bake sale ideas: m&m christmas cookies on a cooling rack, reindeer cookies, muffins and peanut butter snowballs

Christmas Tree Oreos

oreos decorated with frosting to look like a christmas tree in the snow so they look like christmas tree cookies

Oreo Christmas tree cookies are as cute as they are easy. They are a no bake Christmas treat and are easy enough for when you’re prepping lots of bake sale recipes at the same time.

Reindeer Chocolate Bark

Detailed view of multiple chocolate bark shards laid out on parchment paper, each resembling a reindeer face with candy eyes, pretzel antlers, and red and green M&Ms used for noses and festive decorations

Reindeer chocolate bark is super cute and easy to make. You can break it apart into different size pieces which is great for a bake sale where you’d want to make more servings.

Grinch-Inspired Peanut Butter Snowballs

Grinch peanut butter snowballs with heart shaped candy on top and powdered sugar

Similar to Buckeye Balls, Grinch-Inspired Peanut Butter Snowballs are coated with powdered sugar instead of the chocolate coating. They have a cute Grinch-inspired look that make them stand out on a bake sale table.

Melting Snowman Sugar Cookies

sugar cookies with white frosting and a marshmallow to look like a snowman melting

These snowmen cookies are eye catching on a Christmas bake sale table. The best part is that they’re really easy to make.

Here’s how to make them:

Bake up some break-and-bake sugar cookies per package instructions
While the cookies are baking, decorate marshmallows as snowman heads with frosting or edible food pens
Add some white frosting or melted white candy melts (melt per package instructions) as “melted snow”
Stick on one marshmallow per cookie to the “melted snow”
Decorate snowman arms, buttons, and scarf with icing.

Biscoff Rudolph Cookies

biscoff cookies half dipped in chocolate with pretzel antlers and candy faces to look like reindeer cookies

How cute are these no bake Reindeer cookies? They are simple to make and have great flavor similar to cookie butter. They are a nice salty sweet treat too thanks to the pretzel salt.

Candy Cane Pretzel Rods

close up of pretzel rods dipped in white candy melts and sprinkled with candy cane shards

Candy cane pretzel rods come together with only three ingredients and just a couple steps. Since they’re so easy, they make a great Christmas snack to round out your bake sale inventory without much effort.

Christmas Tree Brownies

brownies decorated like christmas trees on a plate

Christmas tree brownie are surprisingly simple and are popular at bake sales. You can even use packaged brownie mix to make them even easier

Here’s how to make them:

Bake up your favorite box brownie mix per package instructions
Slice the brownies in triangles to look like trees
If making into pops: Allow to cool enough so that the brownies don’t crumble when you remove them from the tray but not cool fully and gently push in popsicle sticks (you can totally skip this step if you want!)
Allow to fully cool and then decorate with green frosting and sprinkles to look like a Christmas tree.

Almond Flour Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies are one of my favorite holiday cookies. My version uses almond flour and less sugar, making them a healthier option for a bake sale.

Popcorn Snowballs

Coconut popcorn marshmallow snowballs in a plate with a mug of hot chocolate drink on the side

Popcorn snowballs are akin to rice krispie treats but using popcorn as a base. The snowball look are fun for Christmas time and they’re quick to make if you have a lot of bake sale baking to do.

Cinnamon Pecan Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling

three cinnamon pecan cream cheese muffins in a plate

You’ve got to have some good muffin options at a Christmas bake sale and this recipe fits the bill. The flavors of cinnamon and pecan fit in well with a Christmas spread and the cream cheese filling keeps the muffins moist longer so you can make them ahead of a sale.

Snow Globe Oreos

snowglobe dipped oreos with white and blue coating and sprinkles

Snow Globe Oreos use candy melts and sprinkles to transform Oreos into cute snow globes. You can personalize them with whatever sprinkles you have on hand too.

Oreo Truffles

Oreo Truffles are a great addition to a Christmas cookie spread because they taste decadent but are actually so simple to make. They’re nice for a bake sale because they’re small and can be a lower price point than some of your other items.

Eggnog Truffles

Using a classic Christmas drink, these eggnog truffles are unique Christmas treats. They’re also a no-bake Christmas treat and they come together quickly.

Gingerbread Cookies with Cranberry

Gingerbread Cookies with Cranberry are a unique spin on gingerbread cookies. The soft cookie base brings all the cozy spice you expect from Christmas cookies, while the cranberry filling adds a tangy contrast.

Christmas M&M Cookies

christmas colored m&m cookies on a wooden tray

These double chocolate M&M Christmas cookies are perfect for chocolate lovers. Not only do they have lots of M&M’s, they also are loaded with chocolate chips.

Golden Oreo Balls

Another spin on the Oreo truffle, this time with golden oreos. Golden Oreo Balls have a creamier, more neutral flavor than regular Oreo balls. They’re great to have at a bake sale as an option for anyone who doesn’t like chocolate.

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Some people argue that pumpkin pie is a traditional Christmas dessert as much as it is a Thanksgiving dessert. Keep those people happy with these pumpkin whoopie pies at your Christmas bake sale. They’re so so good that they’ll sell regardless of season.

Nutter Butter Reindeer

chocolate dipped nutter butters made into rudolph the red nosed reindeer

Here’s another version of a reindeer cookie, this time using nutter butters. The final product looks so cute that they are sure to sell at a bake sale. Plus, they’re easy to make.

How to make reindeer nutter butters:

Break in half pretzels for antlers and make groups of 2 candy eyes and 1 red M&M so you’re ready to quickly decorate
Line cookie sheet with parchment paper so cookies don’t stick
Melt chocolate or chocolate candy melts per package instructions
Dip each nutter butter fully in chocolate
Working quickly, dip ends of pretzels in chocolate and press gently into dipped nutter butter. Add eyes and nose.
Repeat with the rest of the cookies

Carrot Cake Muffins

While Carrot Cake isn’t traditionally a Christmas dessert, these carrot cake muffins have a lot of the same warm spiced flavors that feel like a cozy Christmas morning. And muffins are a good option at a bake sale for those who may not want dessert.

Reindeer Sugar Cookies

sugar cookies with simple frosting antlers and face and a red candy nose to look like a reindeer cookies

Here’s one more version of reindeer cookies and they may be the easiest ones yet.

How to make them:

Bake break-and-bake sugar cookies per package instructions
Let cookies fully cool
Use icing to draw on antlers and little dot eyes
Add a dollop of icing and adhere a red M&M or red hot as a nose.

Christmas Pretzel Wreaths

close up of a christmas wreath treat made of pretzels and melted chocolate

These Christmas wreath pretzels are cute, easy to make and guaranteed to be Christmas bake sale items that sell. They’re no bake and come together in minutes.