31 Best Cookies that Travel Well

These cookies are guaranteed to deliver in all the ways.

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Emma Christensen
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Emma Christensen
Emma Christensen is the General Manager for Simply Recipes, the author of three books on home brewing and a graduate from The Cambridge School for Culinary Arts. 
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Updated December 29, 2023
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30 Best Cookies to Mail

Need an awesome cookie for the office holiday party that won't crumble on the way to work? Thinking about shipping some cookies to a faraway friend or family member? Want to wrap up a few cookies for an easy hostess gift?

That's where this round-up of recipes come in! Below are my favorite cookies from Simply Recipes that are sturdy enough to pack up, but delicious enough to make your best friend smile.

  • Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

    How to make the Best Chocolate Chip cookies from this Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
    Emma Christensen

    These homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies are the BEST! One special ingredient helps deepens the flavor and gives the chocolate chip cookies a chewier texture. Save this chocolate chip cookie recipe. It's that good.

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  • Brookies (Chocolate Chip Brownie Cookies)

    Brookie Cookie
    Cindy Rahe

    Brownies and chocolate chip cookies together as one! Brookies are the best of both worlds, so you don't have to choose.

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  • Peanut Butter Cookies

    A glass of milk with Peanut Butter Cookies on a white background.
    Michelle Becker

    These are the best peanut butter cookies ever! Use your favorite store-brand peanut butter and a combination of white and brown sugar. For the best cookie shape, let the dough chill for at least three hours before baking.

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  • Chocolate Crinkles

    Chocolate Crinkle Cookies on Plate
    Elise Bauer

    Chocolate crinkle cookies! Chocolate dough rolled in powdered sugar and baked into a festive black and white cookie. They're the perfect Christmas cookies!

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  • Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

    Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
    Elise Bauer

    These chocolate chunk cookies are made using brown butter and chunks of milk chocolate. Browning the butter is an extra step, but so worth it for these decadent chocolate chunk cookies!

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  • Thumbprint Cookies

    Overhead view of a plate of thumbprint cookies with a striped linen underneath.
    Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek

    Thumbprint Cookies! These buttery little cookies are filled with jam and rolled with nuts. Make this classic cookie for your next cookie exchange or holiday party.

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  • Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

    Peanut butter blossoms in a wide ceramic bowl.
    Aaron Hutcherson

    Nostalgia alert! When was the last time you made these favorite childhood cookies? Don't know? Let's remedy that. Chocolate and peanut butter belong together, and these easy cookies prove it.

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  • Brown Sugar Snickerdoodle Cookies

    brown sugar snickerdoodles next to a glass of milk

    These brown sugar snickerdoodle cookies are crackled with cinnamon-sugar on the outside and chewy-soft on the inside. This recipe does not use cream of tartar, but adds cornstarch for extra tenderness.

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  • Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies in a basket lined with a tea towel
    Elise Bauer

    Oatmeal and chocolate chips are great together. Add in some pecans and coconut and we're pretty excited. But it's the brown butter that take these cookies over the top!

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  • Holiday Pinwheel Cookies

    Holiday Pinwheel Cookies
    Irvin Lin

    Holiday Pinwheel Cookies are so fun on a cookie tray! Made by rolling with two colors of dough together. Freeze the log of dough for up to a month for slice-and-bake cookies.

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  • Slice-and-Bake Pistachio Butter Cookies

    Slice and Bake Pistachio Butter Cookies
    Sheryl Julian and Emma Christensen

    Easy slice-and-bake pistachio butter cookies! Keep the dough in the fridge or freezer for a cookies whenever you want them. Food processor dough.

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  • Pecan Meringue Cookies

    Pecan Meringue Cookies
    Elise Bauer (leads) and Sally Vargas (method shots)

    These light and sweet meringue cookies are made with just three ingredients: egg whites, sugar, and pecans. Great for Christmas or for a Passover or Easter treat! Start them the night before and let them cool slowly in the oven until morning.

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  • Cranberry Pistachio Chocolate Biscotti

    Cranberry Pistachio Chocolate Biscotti
    Sally Vargas

    These Cranberry Pistachio Chocolate Biscotti are tailor-made for dunking in coffee or tea. The recipe makes enough to wrap some up for a friend and keep the rest for yourself!

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  • Monster Cookie Bars

    Close up of an overhead view of Bar Cookies of the Gluten Free Monster Variety.
    Kalisa Marie Martin

    Colorful and craveable monster cookies in bar form let you pack as much cookie goodness in your package or Tupperware as possible.

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  • Chocolate Cranberry Rugelach

    Chocolate Rugelach with Cranberry
    Sally Vargas

    Rugelach is a classic Jewish pastry that's not at all hard to make at home. This version is full of chocolate and dried cranberries! Bonus: They freeze well and keep well!

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  • Coconut Macaroons

    Completed Coconut Macaroons Recipe on White Plate
    Elise Bauer

    Coconut macaroons! These sweet coconut cookies are slightly crunchy on the outside, but soft and chewy on the inside, with a secret ingredient to make them extra smooth.

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  • Mexican Wedding Cookies

    Mexican Wedding Cookies
    Irvin Lin

    Crumbly, buttery, and nutty - Mexican Wedding Cookies are irresistible. Also called Russian Tea Cakes. Make with pecans, walnuts, almonds, or any other nut.

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  • Ginger Almond Biscotti

    Ginger Almond Biscotti
    Elise Bauer

    Ginger almond biscotti cookie recipe with ginger and toasted almonds, as well as cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and all spice. Perfect for dipping in coffee.

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  • Cocoa Coconut Macaroons

    Cocoa Coconut Macaroons
    Cindy Rahe

    These Cocoa Coconut Macaroons are like a cross between a classic macaroon and a fudgy brownie.

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  • English Toffee

    Easy English Toffee in Bowl
    Irvin Lin

    Homemade English toffee! Top this crunchy, caramel toffee with dark chocolate and toasted nuts. It's so easy to make and keeps for weeks. Ships well, too!

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  • Easy Fantasy Fudge

    Easy fudge recipe cut into squares and stacked.
    Alison Bickel

    This fudge recipe is adapted from the original Kraft back-of-the-can recipe—but with extra chocolate. It's easy to make with marshmallow fluff, chocolate, evaporated milk, and walnuts. It makes a huge batch so you can share with friends!

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  • Rum Balls

    Irvin Lin

    Chocolate rum balls! These easy no-bake treats are perfect for your next holiday party.

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  • Christmas Cracker Candy

    Christmas Crack
    Irvin Lin and Emma Christensen

    Who wants Christmas Cracker Candy?! Saltine crackers coated with caramel and chocolate make a salty, crunchy holiday treat. What's not to love?

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  • Peanut Butter Buckeyes

    Peanut Butter balls or Buckeye balls
    Irvin Lin

    Chocolate-dipped peanut butter buckeyes are so easy to make at home with this easy Buckeye recipe. An essential for any cookie tray!

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  • Pecan Pralines

    Pralines
    Steve-Anna Stephens

    Pecan pralines are more than the sum of their parts: pecans, sugar, cream, butter, and vanilla. They're a rich, crunchy, candy-coated indulgence! Make them for a holiday cookie tray or to ship to a friend.

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  • Peppermint Bark

    Soft and Easy Peppermint Bark
    Elise Bauer

    Peppermint Bark is so festive and so EASY! This recipe uses both peppermint extract and crushed candy canes to make it an extra-special holiday treat. It makes a great holiday gift for teachers, neighbors, and friends!

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  • Fudgy Chocolate Brownies

    Fudgy Brownie Bites
    Emma Christensen

    These super-fudgy brownies are for chocolate lovers only! Made with melted chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and chocolate chips. Great for picnics, potlucks, or mailing to a friend.

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  • Blondies

    Homemade blondie bars on a plate
    Elise Bauer

    These homemade blondies are rich, buttery, and chewy — the perfect treat for Game Day, birthday parties, and potlucks. They keep for several days and freeze like a dream.

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  • 7-Layer Magic Bars

    Overhead shot of magic cookie bars ready to eat
    Irvin Lin

    Classic 7-layer magic bars with chocolate, nuts, butterscotch, and coconut! They're the perfect make-ahead dessert for your next party.

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  • Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

    Peanut Butter Brownie Recipe
    Aaron Hutcherson

    Chocolate and peanut butter are made for each other. This recipe tugs at the nostalgia of those boxed brownie mixes from childhood—but ours is made entirely from scratch.

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  • Best Chocolate Brownies

    Best Chocolate Brownies
    Elise Bauer

    The Perfect Chocolate Brownie! All from scratch. EASY to make and so much better than a box mix! Super chocolatey.

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