RECIPE

Milkybar® Festive Cookies

Name: Milkybar® Festive Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Yield: 34
Ingredients: Baking tray; Baking paper; Rolling pin; Round-shaped cookie cutter; Piping bag (optional); 225g caster sugar; 225g unsalted butter (room temperature – or zap it for 10 secs in the microwave); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 130g Carnation® condensed milk; 350g self-raising flour; 2 x 90g Milkybar® sharing bars; Edible gel food colouring

Creamy, Christmassy and ridiculously fun to make, these Milkybar® Christmas biscuits are about to become your new festive fave

14 March, 2025

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Need something festive, easy to make and delicious, to delight friends and family? These Milkybar® Christmas biscuits are it. They’re quick to throw together, kid-friendly – and look super cute when decorated (even if your holly might end up looking more like broccoli).

They’re perfect for a rainy afternoon, a last-minute edible gift for the neighbours, or to hang on the tree. And the best bit? Milkybar® white chocolate icing. Creamy, melt-in-your-mouth joy.

And if you’re inspired for more Christmas recipes, why not try our Milkybar Snowman Cake? Don't forget you can get more scrumptious recipes, tips, and inspiration straight to your inbox by sign up to our newsletter. So pull on your ugly Christmas jumper, pour yourself a mulled wine and get the festive vibes going!

How to Decorate Your Christmas Pudding Cookies

Want your homemade Christmas biscuits to look like they’re straight out of a Pinterest board? Here’s how to decorate your way to greatness:

Skip the liquid food colouring. Use edible gel colours instead, the kind that come in squeezy tubes or little pots. They’re way easier and actually stay where you put them.
Draw on the white chocolate, not the biscuit. The gel shows up more clearly on the white background and it gives you that clean, shiny finish.
Less is more. A couple of green squiggles for holly leaves, three red dots for berries; boom, Christmas magic.

Storage Instructions

Once your Milkybar® Christmas biscuits have cooled and the chocolate’s set, pop them in an airtight container. They’ll stay fresh for up to a week, although there’s more than a slight chance they might not last that long if you have a large household!

Want to give them as gifts? Stack a few in a little paper bag or box, tie with a ribbon, and you’ve got yourself a pretty, delicious DIY gift. Or, if you’re planning a selection box, you could whip up a batch of our Christmas shortbread snowmen, pumpkin spiced flapjacks or cookies and cream fudge! Simply wrap them in separate batches and place inside a pretty gift bag or box.

You will need:

Baking tray
Baking paper
Rolling pin
Round-shaped cookie cutter
Piping bag (optional)

Ingredients

225g caster sugar
225g unsalted butter (room temperature – or zap it for 10 secs in the microwave)
1 tsp vanilla extract
130g Carnation® condensed milk
350g self-raising flour
2 x 90g Milkybar® sharing bars
Edible gel food colouring

Milkybar White Chocolate Sharing Bar 90g

Each cookie contains:

Energy 652kJ 156kcal 8%
Fat 7.6g 11%
Saturates 4.7g 24%
Sugars 11.6g 13%
Salt 0.12g 2%

of an adult’s Reference Intake (RI)*
Energy per 100g: 2488kJ/594kcal

*Reference Intake of an average adult (8400kJ/2000kcal).
Portions should be adjusted for children of different ages.

Recipe

For the Cookies

Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan) or gas mark 4. Line 2 x baking trays with baking paper.
Cream the butter, Carnation® condensed milk, vanilla and sugar together in a big bowl until they’re smooth and fluffy.
Sift in the flour, bit by bit. Mix until it forms a dough.
Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough onto a floured surface.
Cut into round shapes and transfer them to the lined baking trays. Try to space them out a bit – they do spread a little in the oven.
Bake for around 10 minutes, or until the edges are just starting to turn golden. Don’t wait until they’re brown – they’ll keep cooking a little once they’re out of the oven. The biscuits will harden as they cool.

To Decorate

Melt the Milkybar® sharing bars in the microwave and make sure you stop and stir occasionally. Alternatively, you can melt it in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.
Pour the melted Milkybar® into a piping bag and draw the icing on the biscuits.
Have fun drawing your designs with the edible gel holly leaves, berries, or whatever you decide is on theme. Let your and the kids’ imaginations run free!