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When it comes to deciding which batch of classic Christmas cookies to bake and leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve, it's usually between the standard sugar cookies in cliché Christmas shapes or that go-to gingerbread man recipe, which is great, if you want to be all sugar and spice and everything nice. But we're going to let you in on a little secret. Nice can be boring AF, so this year, you need to give Santa what he really wants. There's only so many gingerbread men you can eat, TBH.
Santa's trash cookies are sweet, salty, crunchy, soft, and melty at the same time—so literally, everything you're craving in one dessert. They definitely aren't the prettiest Christmas cookie in your line-up, they aren't ornately decorated and covered in edible glitter, and they certainly aren't the healthiest (Christmas cookies don't have calories, right?), but they're just too damn good to pass up. And there's no better time to give in to all your lowbrow food cravings like the holidays.
These are your standard drop cookies with crushed potato chips, crushed pretzels, chocolate chips, and sea salt mixed in (plus some red and green sprinkles, because Christmas). They're wrong in all the best ways.
Holiday hack: Feed Santa's naughty side and you'll totally end up on the nice list.
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