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December 22, 2020 By Brandy 10 Comments

Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes » Cookie Recipes

Gingerbread Cookie Boxes (Video)

Filed Under: Christmas, Cookie Recipes, Kids in the Kitchen

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These quick and easy gingerbread cookie boxes are made out of COOKIES! Fill with small candies and close with the cookie lid for a fun holiday favor. We originally shared these in 2017, but have updated the post to include a step by step video! This post contains affiliate links. 

If you like gingerbread you’ll love our soft and chewy gingerbread cookies.

Watch our step by step video!

These gingerbread cookie boxes are so fun to make (and easy, too!). We make them with homemade gingerbread cookie dough (this one is our favorite—so easy to work with and delicious), but you can TOTALLY make them with a store bought cookie mix! Our favorite store bought cookie mix is the Betty Crocker gingerbread cookie mix that comes in a pouch.

Gingerbread Cookie Box Supplies

  • 1 batch of gingerbread cookie dough
  • royal icing (a bottle of cookie icing works too)
  • candies
  • nesting cookie cutters: Any two cookie cutters that are the same shape would work. One needs to be bigger than the other)

3 star cookies stacked to create gingerbread cookie box

Gingerbread Cookie Box Instructions

(scroll to the end for step by step photo instructions!)

Step 1: Bake cookies.

For each box you’ll need two solid circles and two rings. Bake the cookies and let them cook completely.

Step 2: Place a solid cookie on your work surface and add a ring of icing.

Step 3: Lay one of the ring cookies on top, add more icing, and the the next ring cookie.

Step 4: Let the cookie boxes sit until the icing has had a chance to harden.

Step 5: Fill with M&Ms and add the lid (no icing necessary for the lid)!

open gingerbread cookie box filled with candies

We made four of these and used the extra cookie dough that was inside of the cookie rings to snack on. The nice thing about gingerbread is that it doesn’t go stale quickly. These boxes will last up to 5 days and still taste great. Far longer than sugar cookies!

gingerbread cookie box wrapped with red checked ribbon

How To Make Gingerbread Cookie Boxes

open gingerbread cookie box filled with candies

Gingerbread Cookie Boxes

These quick and easy gingerbread cookie boxes are made out of COOKIES! Fill with small candies and close with the cookie lid for a fun holiday favor.
5 from 3 votes
Print Pin Rate
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 boxes
Calories: 750kcal

Equipment

  • cookie cutters

Ingredients

  • 1 batch of gingerbread cookie dough homemade or from a mix
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 2-3 teaspoons water
  • M&M candies

Instructions

  • Bake cookies.
    For each box you’ll need two solid circles and two rings. Bake the cookies and let them cook completely.
    star cookie cutter cutting out gingerbread cookies
  • Place a solid cookie on your work surface and add a ring of icing.
    star gingerbread cookie upside down and frosted on the back with a line of icing
  • Lay one of the ring cookies on top, add more icing, and the the next ring cookie.
    3 star cookies stacked to create gingerbread cookie box
  • Let the cookie boxes sit until the icing has had a chance to harden. Fill with candy.
    star gingerbread cookies with center cut out and filled with M&M candies
  • Add a ribbon of you'd like!
    cookies stacked and iced to make a box with ribbon

Notes

If you use our homemade gingerbread cookie recipe, you will end up with 3-4 cookie boxes.

Nutrition

Calories: 750kcal
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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. Trisha LeBaron says

    December 13, 2017 at 10:55 am

    What a great, simple idea! Love it! Pinned

    Reply
  2. Leanne @ Healthful Pursuit says

    December 13, 2017 at 7:01 pm

    How amazingly creative! Perfect party giveaways!

    Reply
  3. Alisa Infanti says

    December 14, 2017 at 5:44 pm

    Cute idea! Would be great for little gifts at the end of a party to give away.

    Reply
  4. Julie says

    December 15, 2017 at 5:37 am

    Brilliant, just brilliant!

    Reply
  5. Miz Helen says

    December 16, 2017 at 2:52 pm

    What a great idea, we will love your Gingerbread Cookie Boxes! Hope you have a fantastic week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
    Come Back Soon
    Miz Helen

    Reply
  6. Heather says

    December 18, 2017 at 6:21 am

    This is such a cute idea for the holiday season! I love Christmas cookies that are unique and festive, just like this. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  7. Lisa says

    December 18, 2017 at 2:25 pm

    This is such a cute idea. I love the idea of making these and placing them at each guest’s place setting on your Christmas table as an adorable edible favor. Pinned! I wish you a very Merry Christmas.

    Reply
  8. Lisa says

    December 31, 2017 at 5:50 am

    These are adorable, and a great gift to give!

    Reply
  9. Christina Makri says

    January 4, 2018 at 5:04 am

    Oh wow! What a clever and unique idea! Pin it! ‎Happy New Year 🙂

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    Reply
  10. Michelle Leslie says

    January 4, 2018 at 11:57 pm

    That has to be one of the most adorable ways I’ve ever seen to make a cookie box. Love it Brandy

    Reply

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